Inspiring book cover designs

Excellence in book cover design

Good book cover designs are usually a creative challenge and often some of the hardest things to get just right. I've done two in recent history, and if you are interested in the creative process behind those two book covers go here and here. The main purpose of this post is inspiration so I hope you'll enjoy my selection.

Oliver Sacks

• Title: Oliver Sacks paperback repackage
• Designer: Cardon Webb
• Art Director: John Gall
• Design Firm: Vintage/Anchor

The Bauhaus Group

• Title: The Bauhaus Group - Six Masters of Modernism
• Author: Nicholas Fox Weber
• Designer: Peter Mendelsund

America

• Title: America
• Author: Franz Kafka
• Designer: Peter Mendelsund

Aphorisms

• Title: Aphorisms
• Author: Franz Kafka
• Designer: Peter Mendelsund

The Trail

• Title: The Trail
• Author: Franz Kafka
• Designer: Peter Mendelsund

Diaries

• Title: Diaries
• Author: Franz Kafka
• Designer: Peter Mendelsund

Gabriel Garci­a Marquez: The Early Years

• Title: Gabriel Garci­a Marquez: The Early Years
• Author: Ilan Stavans
• Designer: Jason Ramirez
• Art Director: David Baldeosingh Rotstein

Milk

• Title: Milk
• Author: Anne Mendelson
• Designer: Barbara deWilde

Ilustrado

• Title: Ilustrado
• Author: Miguel Syjuco
• Designer: gray318

Mr. Peanut

• Title: Mr. Peanut
• Author: Adam Ross
• Designer: Peter Mendelsund

The Naked Pint

• Title: The Naked Pint
• Author: Christina Perozzi & Hallie Beaune
• Designer: Richard Oriolo

An Object of Beauty

• Title: An Object of Beauty
• Author: Steve Martin
• Designer: Darren Booth

Tell The Wolves I'm Home

• Title: Tell the Wolves I'm Home: A Novel
• Author: Carol Rifka Brunt
• Designer: Caroline Cunningham

Alaska

• Title: Alaska
• Author: Sue Saliba
• Designer: Alilison Colpoys