A bit of a quick and dirty post for a wet and dirty January. Sorry.
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor; design by Gregg Kulick (Riverhead Books / January 2023)
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns; design Emily Mahon (Doubleday / January 2023)
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff; design by Elena Giavaldi (Ballantine Books / January 2023)
This made me think of the opening credits to a movie from the 1960s. I think it’s partly the type, but the colours also reminded me of Maurice Binder’s title sequence of Charade. Maybe it’s more of the overall vibe than anything else?
The Deluge by Stephen Markley; design by Matt Dorfman (Simon & Schuster / January 2023)
I’m not sure why exactly, but this feels like a very Matt Dorfman cover. The ripped paper perhaps?
Different Sound selected and introduced by Lucy Scholes; design by Jo Walker (Pushkin Press / January 2023)
Fieldwork by Iliana Regan; design by Morgan Krehbiel (Agate / January 2023)
Life on Delay by John Hendrikson; design by Oliver Munday (Knopf / January 2023)
Maame by Jessica George; design by Olga Grlic; art by Michelle Durbano (St. Martin’s Press / January 2023)
The New Life by Tom Crewe; design by Jaya Miceli (Scribner / January 2023)
Interestingly, the cover of the UK edition published by Chatto & Windus uses the same photograph but it’s flipped the other way and printed on one of those fancy half dust jackets (forgive me for not remembering their technical name). I believe the design is by Kris Potter.
Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey; design by Mumtaz Mustafa; art by Sari Shryack (William Morrow & Co / January 2023)
The cover of the UK edition published by Fourth Estate was designed by Jo Thomson. It’s interesting to see the same basic concept executed in two very different styles.
A Sensitive Person by Jáchym Topol; design by Jenny Volvovski (Yale University Press / January 2023)
The cover of Granta edition The Devil’s Workshop by Jáchym Topol designed by Telegramme Studios was on my list of favourite covers back in 2013 (there were some great covers published that year!). Interesting that the colour palettes are similar.
The Terrible Event by David Cohen; design by Design by Committee (Transit Lounge / January 2023)