The Quiet Concert: Cover Trends & The Books That Got It Right

Jun

2014

Cover Trends & The Books That Got It Right

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's Top Ten list is
"Top Ten Book Cover Trends We Like and Dislike" but we modified that to...

Cover Trends and the Books That Got It Right

1. Typography

2. Dresses

3. Places

4. Graphics

5. Models

6. Simplistic

7. Chromatic

8. Romantic

9. Eerie

10. Intricate

What are your top ten?

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Dea S. · 562 weeks ago

AAHHH so many gorgeous covers! I may or may not have spent several seconds just staring at A Thousand Pieces of You's cover. Yep your choices are spot on.

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cassandrapage 14p · 562 weeks ago

That Maggie S. cover is gorgeous - I'd never seen it before!

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loveatfirstpage 73p · 562 weeks ago

All of your choices are so pretty! I'm a huge fan of "romantic" covers too, and also typography.
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joyousreads 92p · 562 weeks ago

I'm weirdly drawn to eerie covers; especially Some Quiet Place. ;) Great picks, ladies!

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chrissi1986 73p · 562 weeks ago

So many gorgeous covers. Practically drooling over them. I prefer your cover for Perfect Ruin. My UK version isn't as pretty.
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The Local Muse · 562 weeks ago

Love Everything Leads to You's cover. I had dresses on my list as well! I forgot about Eva Lavender when I made my list! So many great covers!
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sarahf10 34p · 562 weeks ago

You've made so many amazing selections! I think I am most drawn to the typography, simplistic and intricate covers.

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amengelhart 68p · 562 weeks ago

A Thousand Pieces of You is really cool -- that's a cover that makes me want to pick up the book to figure out just what is going on!
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Justin · 562 weeks ago

I love the list you ladies came up with! Those are some really great covers. I'm still trying to get use to the new Anna and Lola covers. I honestly liked how fun the old ones were, but I can understand wanting to have them match with Isla. They definitely aren't bad covers though. I did my post strictly on one trend, and it was tough. There was no way I could go through a lot of the trends like you ladies did.

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Kay · 562 weeks ago

Typography is now my favorite think to look at on book covers, especially because they are becoming more of a focus on them as of late. I love it!
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caitlinemccann 15p · 562 weeks ago

Eerie covers are super on trend right now! They're definitely attention grabbing. Great list!

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readingonthefarm 21p · 562 weeks ago

Blue Lily, Lily Blue is one of my favorite covers ever. Between the colors and her face, it's just beautiful! Great job thinking of so many trends!

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Jess · 562 weeks ago

I love the cover for Everything Leads to You! Also Blue Lily, Lily Blue is beautiful! can't wait to read those two :)

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rachelpatrick93 40p · 562 weeks ago

Love those simplistic covers (and THE BEAUTIFUL SORROWS is even prettier in person). A THOUSAND PIECES OF YOU is so gorgeous and I need it framed on my wall. And THESE BROKEN STARS is so pretty, too, and THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US is adorable!
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caitdrews 124p · 562 weeks ago

Ooh, I love your picks too! I'm so drawn to the pretty dresses. I know people say they look generic, but pfft. Who are we kidding?! THEY'RE JUST GORGEOUS. x) Thanks for stopping by mine!
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Pam@YA Escape · 562 weeks ago

You've got some of my favorite covers…Clockwork Princess and The Distance Between Us especially. Great list!
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maurainjapan2014 18p · 562 weeks ago

first time seeing the cover for The Quiet Ones and it definitely does look creepy. Clockwork Princess cover is so beautiful :D So is Wither XD

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mel1704 86p · 562 weeks ago

Typography: yes, I love the cover from Everything leads to you, such a pretty font.
Dresses: also on my list. There is still something about it.
Places: A thousand pieces of you is stunning.
Graphics: art/illustrations, my favorite type of covers! I also love simplistic.
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Makaela · 562 weeks ago

Your choices for Blue Lily, Lily Blue & Stormdancer are great! I think we need more art, less actual people.
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readingwabc 40p · 562 weeks ago

I had such a hard time putting these into categories! You did an awesome job though :) I love all these covers, especially the ones for Blue Lily, These Broken Stars and Angelfalll. Thanks for stopping by!

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inspiringinsomnia 26p · 561 weeks ago

Lots of great covers here. Out of all of them, my favorite is ITSOB. I remember at one point writing about the cover and the hovering ghost, and I was surprised at him many people didn't notice the ghost! It's so eerie, and it captures the mood and the time period of the book so well.
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Kelly L. · 561 weeks ago

We definitely have similar tastes in covers because I agree with ALL of this! :D<3
Something I hate are face covers and those couple covers with no good backgrounds. And how about those badly photoshopped covers? No thank you.
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bookaddictsguide 51p · 560 weeks ago

Wow, great choices, ladies! I agree with every single selection and love how you sorted them out. I LOVE typography and chromatic covers. I also really like the cover model/covers for the Chemical Garden trilogy! I feel like a bunch of people didn't but I thought they were great and I liked how concrete things from the book were represented!
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