This will be the last of the monthly cover round-ups for 2021 because I have to turn my attention to the year as a whole, but there are some really top-notch covers in this month’s post so it feels like a good place leave off…
Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom’Boa Ervin; design by David Pearson (Pluto Press / October 2021)
Bewilderment by Richard Powers; design by Jennifer Griffiths (Random House Canada / October 2021)
Burntcoat by Sarah Hall; design by Jo Walker (Faber & Faber / October 2021)
Concepcion by Albert Samaha; design by Lauren Peters-Collaer (Riverhead / October 2021)
Cultish by Amanda Montell; design by Joanne O’Neill (Harper Wave / June 2021)
Empty Wardrobes by Maria Judite de Carvalho, translated by Margaret Jull Costa; design Gabriele Wilson (Two Lines Press / October 2021)
God of Mercy by Okezie Nwọka; design Sara Wood (Astra House / November 2021)
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins; design by Rachel Willey (Riverhead / October 2021)
The cover of the UK edition, publishing next year I believe, was designed by Jack Smyth:
Jacket Weather by Mike DeCapite; design by Michael Salu (Soft Skull / October 2021)
I was reminded of the cover of The Empty Chair by Bruce Wagner designed by Gregg Kulick from what seems like an age ago (2013 I think?) . It’s very possible I have been doing this for too long…
Machete by Tomás Q. Morín; design by Braulio Amado (Knopf / October 2021)
The Making of Incarnation by Tom McCarthy; design by Peter Mendelsund (Knopf / November 2021)
This seems like a reasonable excuse to post Peter Mendelsund’s cover designs for the two previous novels by Tom McCarthy…
Satin Island by Tom McCarthy; design by Peter Mendelsund (Knopf / February 2015)
The cover of the UK edition of The Making of Incarnation, published last month by Jonathan Cape, was designed by Mario de Meyer:
My Best Mistake by Terry O’Reilly; design by David Gee (HarperCollins Canada / October 2021)
North by Brad Kessler; design by David Drummond (Harry N. Abrams / October 2021)
Two Canadian designers doing the big magical sky thing to great effect!
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino; design by Joanne O’Neill; art by Paul Mann (Harper / November 2021)
Joanne O’Neill also designed the cover of the mass market paperback edition released earlier this year.
Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit; design by Gray318 (Viking / October 2021)
The Third Unconsciousness by Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi; design by Erik Carter (Verso / October 2021)
I love that the cover had to include “Bifo” in inverted commas.
Virtue by Hermione Hoby; design by Ben Denzer (Riverhead / July 2021)
This Weightless World by Adam Soto; design by Tyler Comrie (Astra House / November 2021)