Nothing gives me more joy that compiling these delicious book cover lists every year. This year I seem to be leaning toward jigsaw-like designs. As always, there are too many stunning designs to choose from. I recently made a Twitter thread on the ‘Best Book Covers from India 2019‘ because they were all so good that I didn’t want to limit a few of them to this roundup. The reaction to the same was very encouraging, so here’s more cover love. Presenting the 30 Delicious Book Covers of 2019
PS: I have tried to give credit wherever possible. If I have made a mistake, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Or if you know the designers of those books where credits have been omitted, leave me a comment/message.
DELICIOUS BOOK COVERS OF 2019
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin;
translated by Megan Mc Dowell
One World (Januray, 2019)
Design by Stephen Brayda
The Heavens by Sandra Newman
Granta (January, 2019)
Design by Leo Nickholls
All the Lives We Ever Lived by Katharine Smyth
Crown (January, 2019)
Design by Michael Morris
Salt on Your Tongue by Charlotte Runcie
Catapult (January, 2019)
Design by Gray318
Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis
Catapult (February, 2019)
Design by Charlotte Strick & Claire Williams
Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James
Hamish Hamilton (February, 2019)
Design by Pablo Gerardo Camacho
Instructions for a Funeral by David Means
FSG (March, 2019)
Design by Alex Merto
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Hutchinson (March, 2019)
Design by Lauren Wakefield
Follow This Thread by Henry Eliot
Three Rivers Press (March, 2019)
Design by Elena Giavaldi
Crossing by Pajtim Statovci
Translated by David Hackston
Pushkin (May, 2019)
Design by Tyler Comrie
The Office of Gardens and Ponds by Didier Decoin,
Translated by Euan Cameron
MacLehose Press (May, 2019)
Design by Andrew Smith
The Body Myth by Rheaa Mukherjee
Hamish Hamilton (June, 2019)
Design by Ahlawat Gunjan
Supper Club by Lara Williams
Putnam (July, 2019)
Design by Oliver Munday
Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon
Counterpoint (July, 2019)
Design Jaya Miceli
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Delacorte (July, 2019)
Design by Regina Flath
Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa,
Translated by Stephen Snyder
Harvill Secker (August, 2019)
Design by Tyler Comrie
A Gallery of Rascals by Ruskin Bond
Aleph (August, 2019)
Design by Mohit Suneja
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Norton Company (September, 2019)
Design by Lynn Buckley
Permanent Record by Mary H. K. Choi
Simon and Schuster (September, 2019)
Design by Lizzy Bromley
The Divers’ Game by Jesse Ball
Ecco (September, 2019)
Design by Sara Wood
The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada
New Directions (October, 2019)
Design by Janet Hansen
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Harvill Secker (November, 2019)
Design by Suzanne Dean
Exquisite Cadavers by Meena Kandasamy
Atlantic (November, 2019)
Design by Carmen R Balit
The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Translated by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Seagull Books (November, 2019)
Design by Sunandini Banerjee
Bombay Balchão by Jane Borges
Westland (November 2019)
Design by Mohit Suneja
Be my Guest by Priya Basil
Canongate (November, 2019)
Design by Rafaela Romaya
The Crying Book by Heather Christle
Catapult (November, 2019)
Design by Nicole Caputo
The Drunk bird Chronicles by Malay Chatterjee
Speaking Tiger (December, 2019)
Crafting the Word edited by Thingnam Anjulika Samon
Zubaan (November, 2019)
Design by Nori Norbhu
The Many that I am edited by Aningula Zoe Longkumer
Zubaan (November, 2019)
Design by Nori Norbhu
MORE DELICIOUS BOOK COVERS
Vintage Classics Japanese series
Design by Yoko Shimizu
Red Circle Minis
Design by Aiko
30 delicious book covers of 2019 that are absolute eye candy. These should be framed Share on X
The Heavens is my favourite of the bunch. It’s so eye-catching and I’d definitely buy it if I saw it on a store shelf.
Agree.. Love these
Lots of talent there. Thank you for sharing…
A pleasure. I loved these covers
Delighted to see credit being given to the cover artists – they get so little recognition
Agree. Very difficult to get their names too unless we’ve seen a physical book or the book is famous enough that someone has talked about the design. Hope times change and they will soon be included in the ‘Details’ tab on online buying platforms, Goodreads etc so they get more recognition.
Great selection!!
Thank you
Thank you 🙂
These are all so beautiful! I love Shimizu’s covers for the Vintage Japanese series. I also love her designs. And Bombay Balchão cover is another fav.
Such talent in design—agree!