Well, it’s been a month. I hope you’re all keeping safe and well, especially my friends and publishing colleagues in Minnesota. Stay Strong.
The Aquatics by Osvalde Lewat, translated by Maren Baudet-Lackner; design by Alban Fischer (Coffee House Press / December 2025)
As If by Magic by Edgard Telles Ribeiro, translated by Kim M Hastings & Margaret A Neves; design by Alban Fischer (Bellevue Literary Press / January 2026)
Yes, starting off the year with two covers designed by Alban, but also two books from nonprofit publishers based in Minneapolis, Coffee House Press and Bellevue Literary Press.
Crux by Gabriel Tallent; design by Jaya Miceli (Riverhead / January 2026)
I do like how Jaya uses paintings on covers…
Galápagos by Fátima Vélez, translated by Hannah Kauders; design by Frances DiGiovanni / Rodrigo Corral Studio (Astra House / December 2025)
Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy; design by Arsh Raziuddin (Ballantine Books / January 2026)
The Hitch by Sara Levine; art and design by Amber Day (Roxane Gay Books / January 2026)
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley; design by Joan Wong (Pantheon / January 2026)
The Infamous Gilberts by Angela Tomaski; design by Tristan Offit (Scribner / January 2026)
The Islands and the Stars by Subodhana Wijeyeratne; design by Daniel Benneworth-Gray (Stanford University Press / January 2026)
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash; design by Na Kim (Farrar, Straus and Giroux / January 2026)
One Sun Only by Camille Bordas; design by Sinem Erkas (Serpent’s Tail / January 2026)
The Rest of our Lives by Ben Markovits; design by Maddy Angstreich; art by Kento IIDA (Summit Books / December 2025)
Service by John Tottenham; design by Samantha Johnson; illustration by David Clark (Tuskar Rock / November 2025)
I am very late on this one (for which I apologise!), but who can resist a bookshop illustration?
Seven by Joanna Kavenna; design by Robbie Porter (Faber & Faber / January 2026)
Steppe by Oksana Vasyakina, translated by Elina Alter; design by Nicole Caputo (Catapult / January 2026)
Nicole’s cover for Wound by Oksana Vasyakina was on my notable list back in September 2023.
A Very Cold Winter by Fausta Cialente, translated by Julia Nelsen; design by Jared Bartman (Transit Books / January 2026)
Vigil by George Saunders; design by Giacomo Girardi / Rodrigo Corral Studio (Random House / January 2026)
When the Museum is Closed by Emi Yagi; design by Suzanne Dean; illustration by Seb Agresti (Soft Skull / January 2026)
This is a variation on the cover of the UK edition published Harvill Secker in July last year.