I’m even later than usual this month and everyone else posted their selections days ago, so you must really like book covers if you’re still jonesing for more! (And just a reminder: if you are in fact addicted to book covers and don’t want to miss any new posts, you can get them automatically sent to your inbox now. It’s not a newsletter, just magical RSS. But subscribing will confirm that you have a problem and should seek help!)
Beyond Measure by James Vincent; design by Jonathan Pelham (Faber & Faber / June 2022)
This reminded me of David Litman‘s cover for One Day by Gene Weingarten from a couple of years ago. I like both of these a lot.
Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen; design by Gray 318; illustration by Nathaniel Russell (Faber & Faber / July 2022)
(Happy belated birthday, Jon!)
Carnality by Lina Wolff; design by Tyler Comrie (Other Press / July 2022)
This is giving me strong New Directions vibes for some reason.
Denial by Jon Raymond; design by Natalia Olbinski; photograph by Robert Adams (Simon & Schuster / July 2022)
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak by Jamil Jan Kochai; design by Zak Tebbal (Viking / July 2022)
An Honest Living by Dwyer Murphy; design David Litman (Viking / July 2022)
A bit of a Saul Bass / Hitchcock thing happening at the moment…? (The cover of the Faber edition of The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight was designed by Jack Smyth)
Inheritance by Baynard Woods; design by Henry Sene Yee (Legacy Lit / June 2022)
Joan by Katherine J. Chen; design by Holly Ovenden (Hodder & Stoughton / July 2022)
The cover of the US edition published by Random House was designed by Lucas Heinrich:
New Waves by Kevin Nguyen; design by Zak Tebbal (One World / July 2022)
If I remember correctly, Zak Tebbal also designed cover of the hardback edition:
Other Names for Love by Taymour Soomro; design by June Park (Farrar, Straus & Giroux / July 2022)
The Pink Hotel by Liska Jacobs; design by June Park (MCD / July 2022)
Quite the contrast between these two designs!
Reward System by Jem Calder; design by Luke Bird (Faber & Faber / May 2022)
Reward System by Jem Calder; design by Alex Merto (Farrar, Straus & Giroux / July 2022)
The Status Game by Will Storr; design by Steve Leard (William Collins / July 2022)
Total by Rebecca Miller; design by Rodrigo Corral and Jared Bartman; photograph by Elinor Carucci (Farrar, Straus & Giroux / July 2022)
The Wine-Dark Sea Within by Dhun Sethna; design by Rebecca Lown (Basic Books / June 2022)
Orange covers: it’s a thing.