Coolest Book Covers? Really?

[julieandrews]

So the Huffington Post did a piece on 21 of the Coolest Book Covers This Year.

I was looking forward to seeing some awesome, beautiful, funny covers.

But. Blah. Well, they all scream 'literary' to me, and that generally turns me off.

After working in a library for a couple of years, I will tell you that you absolutely should judge a book by its cover. 9 times out of 10*, I can tell you what collection a book goes in just by looking at its cover.

"Celebrity Chekhov"'s cover amused me. But I won't be reading it. Otherwise, blah blah blah. Even the one with the solar system does nothing for me!

You want coolest covers, take a look at the SF/F, YA and children's books. I mean, seriously. Heck, even the business and science books are usually more interesting.

Coolest? No. Especially not when one of the supposedly coolest is a headless woman! That's not even creative!


* Statistic totally made up.

Comments

[swanjun.livejournal.com]

The only cover I liked in that article was the first one.

And you're totally write about YA having awesome covers. Here's one I think is particularly gorgeous:

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/uploads/2010/03/Incarceron.jpg

[julieandrews.livejournal.com]

Forbidden!

Is it this one?

http://www.amazon.com/Incarceron-Catherine-Fisher/dp/0340893605

[swanjun.livejournal.com]

Nope. This is:
http://www.amazon.com/Incarceron-Catherine-Fisher/dp/0142418528/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

[julieandrews.livejournal.com]

Here's a cover that caught my eye when browsing Amazon just now.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1864718625/ref=s9_al_bw_ir012?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1Y7PHFEAS8PX7VV5AD6A&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1278305502&pf_rd_i=28