{"id":4233,"date":"2018-12-14T14:01:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T08:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/?p=4233"},"modified":"2020-03-19T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T05:26:45","slug":"delicious-book-covers-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/delicious-book-covers-of-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Delicious Book Covers of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
PS: It is very difficult to find the names of the cover designers as they are seldom mentioned (Wish Goodreads adds a block for cover designers). 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.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4256″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]\nKintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi<\/p>\n
Cover design by Nathan Burton<\/p>\n
One world (January, 2018)
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4251″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Girl in the Tower<\/p>\n
Cover design by Aitch<\/p>\n
Ebury (January, 2018) Cover design by Suzanne Dean<\/p>\n Harvill Secker (January, 2018)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4253″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch<\/p>\n Cover design by Rafi Romaya<\/p>\n Canongate (January, 2018)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4237″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin<\/p>\n Cover design by Sandra Chiu<\/p>\n Putnam’s Sons (January, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4236″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Peach by Emma Glass<\/p>\n Cover design by David Mann<\/p>\n Bloomsbury (January, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4235″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi<\/p>\n Cover design by James Paul Jones<\/p>\n One world (February, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4234″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert<\/p>\n Cover design by Jim Tierney<\/p>\n Flatiron (February, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4245″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Largess of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson<\/p>\n Cover design by Suzanne Dean<\/p>\n Jonathan Cape (March, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4246″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Circe by Madeline Miller<\/p>\n Cover design by David Mann<\/p>\n Bloomsbury (April, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4247″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer<\/p>\n Cover design by Ben Denzer<\/p>\n Riverhead books (April, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4249″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan<\/p>\n Cover design by Julia Connolly<\/p>\n Harvill Secker (April, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Cover lust? Cover love? Here are the best covers of 2018 <\/a><\/span>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4248″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]See what can be done by Lorrie Moore<\/p>\n Cover design by Johnny Pelham<\/p>\n Faber and Faber (May, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4250″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]A stitch in time by Daphne Kalmar<\/p>\n Cover design by Karl James Mountford<\/p>\n St. Martin’s Press (June, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4258″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Review<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n Cover design by Luke Bird<\/p>\n Granta (July, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4274″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott<\/p>\n Cover design by Lauren Wakefield<\/p>\n Hutchinson (June, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4276″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]A sky painted gold by Laura Wood<\/p>\n Cover design by Yehrin Tong<\/p>\n Scholastic (July, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4277″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup<\/p>\n Cover design by Rashmi Gupta<\/p>\n Harper Collins India (July, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4260″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Incendiaries by K. O. Kwon<\/p>\n Cover design by Jaya Miceli<\/p>\n Riverhead (July, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4261″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]There, There by Tommy Orange<\/p>\n Cover design by Suzanne Dean<\/p>\n Harvill Secker (July, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4259″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce<\/p>\n Cover design by Kimberley Glyder<\/p>\n Scribner (July, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4263″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]This Mournable Body\u00a0by Tsitsi Dangarembga<\/p>\n Cover design by Kimberly Glyder<\/p>\n Graywolf\u00a0 (August 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4264″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Fierce Fairytales by Nikita Gill<\/p>\n Hachette books (September, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4267″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Everything Under by Daisy Johnson<\/p>\n Cover design by Kimberly Glyder<\/p>\n Graywolf Press (October, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4266″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami,<\/p>\n Cover design by Suzanne Dean<\/p>\n Harvill Secker (October, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4265″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah<\/p>\n Cover\u00a0design by Mark Robinson<\/p>\n Mariner Books (October, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4278″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Flames by Robbie Arnott<\/p>\n Cover design by Studio Helen<\/p>\n Atlantic Books (November, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4271″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Evening in Paradise by Lucia Berlin<\/p>\n Cover design by Na Kim<\/p>\n FSG (November, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4275″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]If you see me, don’t say hi by Neel Patel<\/p>\n Penguin (December, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4270″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M Harris<\/p>\n Cover design by Rabab Adams<\/p>\n Gollancz (December, 2018)[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4272″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4287″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_single_image image=”4273″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\n Virago celebrated the 80th anniversary of Du Maurier’s Rebecca<\/em> with a beautifully stitched cover. The cover art was directed by Hannah Wood. You can see more of the creative process\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>. Another noteworthy cover that caught my eye is the design by Suzanne Dean for The Handmaid’s tale<\/em> rejacketed copy. The design also won the ABCovereD awards this year in the Sci-Fic category. You can check out the shortlist of the ABCovereD awards here<\/a><\/span> and it showcases some fascinating covers.\u00a0Fox 8<\/em> by Saunders was republished this year by Randomhouse and it still remains a favourite (both cover and book). The\u00a0cover design is by Chelsea Cardinal. Do we fall in love with the cover before the book? There…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6311,130],"tags":[5955,5957,4410,5956,187,1213],"thb-sponsors":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4254″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar (Review<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\nAnd some more<\/h4>\n
\nIf you love looking at book covers, check out\u00a0Delicious Book Covers of 2017<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n30 delicious book covers of 2018 that are drool worthy <\/a><\/span>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"