This feels a bit like blogging at the end of world, but I am taking my joy where I can get it these days. I hope you can find at least a couple of minutes respite from the stress by scrolling through a few nice book covers.
Normally I link titles to the Book Depository because they ship internationally, but I won’t be doing that this month. Please try — more than ever — to support your local independent bookstore instead. Amazon does not need your money.
In Canada, many independent stores are offering free local delivery. Some may still be offering curbside pick-up, although that no longer seems to be the case in Toronto and Montreal. If you are in the US, you can also check out bookshop.org, which allows you to order online and support local stores. LitHub posted some other tips on how to help (US) bookstores here. I know there are some fundraisers for booksellers doing the rounds too. If anyone has collected them together in one place or can point to other useful resources, please let me know — I’ll be more than happy to post the links.1
Stay safe. Read books.
Actress by Anne Enright; design by Evan Gaffney (W. W. Norton / March 2020)
The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton; design by Tristan Offit (Scribner / January 2020)
Companions by Katie M. Flynn; design by Laywan Kwan (Scout Press / March 2020)
Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang; design by Allison Saltzman; illustration by gg (Ecco / March 2020)
The Discomfort of the Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld; design by Pete Adlington (Faber & Faber / March 2020)
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo; design by Richard Bravery; illustration by Karan Singh (Penguin / March 2020)
I believe Penguin are reissuing Bernardine Evaristo’s backlist with similarly bold covers.
The hardcover of Girl, Woman, Other, also designed by Richard Bravery, features an illustration by Ali Campbell:
Heavy by Dan Franklin; design by Luke Bird (Constable / March 2020)
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor; design Jamie Keenan (New Directions / March 2020)
Inferno by Catherine Cho; design by Greg Heinimann (Bloomsbury / March 2020)
The Inland Sea by Madeleine Watts; design by Anna Morrison (Pushkin Press / March 2020)
I think this fits with the new psychedelia trend that I mentioned last year.
Ledger by Jane Hirshfield; design by John Gall (Knopf / March 2020)
My word, it’s good to have John Gall designing covers for Knopf again.
Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist; design by Paul Sahre (New Directions / March 2020)
Our Revolution by Honor Moore; design by Robin Bilardello (W. W. Norton / March 2020)
We Inherit What the Fires Left by William Evans; design by David Litman (Simon & Schuster / March 2020)
Thank you so much for doing this, despite everything else going on! I look forward to seeing the covers you choose every month and was delighted to see this even more than usual today. I hope you’re staying safe and well as much as you can.
Thank you so much! Stay safe!