Often, a potential reader judges a book as harshly on how the title looks, as they do what the title is. The font, color, spacing, size, imagery, and other factors all have a strong impact on the perceived attractiveness of cover design.
And while we claim to never judge a book by its cover, the reality is that the cover is the very first thing we do judge a book by.
This gallery has 35 examples of wonderful typography in book cover design. People who made all the right choices for a design that’s both honest and attractive.
Flies and Carrots By Ryan McGuire
Cinema Book
Fall in Love Stay in Love
Inception The Comic Cover Book Cover Design
Taxi Book Cover Illustration
Making Short Films Book Cover
The Outsider Book Cover
A Guide to English Schools
Typographic Book Cover
Courtney Miller Book Cover
From Russia with Love
The Adventurers Handbook
Real Dutch Design Books
Girls Love Funny Boys
Richard Feynman’s Cover
Poetry Book Cover Design
The Coffee Book
Always and Forever
Number 9 Dream
The Time Traveller Hand Book
Vintage Book
Double Day Anchor Literature
Riddles in Mathematics
BFI Film Classics
Making Ideas Happen
Typographic Book Cover
2000 AD Remake
Typographic Book Cover
Letterology
Pakistani Truck Art
Book Poster Project
The Man Who Was Thursday
Be Bold with Bananas
