{"id":4805,"date":"2020-04-15T12:31:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T07:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/?p=4805"},"modified":"2020-04-17T17:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T11:30:05","slug":"best-book-covers-india-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/best-book-covers-india-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Book Covers from India 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Every year I take much pleasure in rounding up the best book covers of the year. I call them Delicious Book Covers \u2014 designs so attractive that you want to eat them up. In December, 2019, I compiled 30 Delicious Book Covers of 2019<\/a><\/span> and noticed there were so many brilliant cover designs from India.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These books are either published in India or republished in India. They include books I loved such as Bombay Balch\u00e3o<\/em> ( I wrote a rather personal reading experience of this Bombay book on Huffpost<\/a><\/span>), short story collections, twin books such as Anukriti Upadhyay’s Bhaunri<\/em> and Dauri<\/em> and the twin anthology released by Zubaan \u2014 The Many that I am<\/em> and Crafting the Word<\/em>, debut books by women (The Body Myth<\/em>) and translations (A Promised Land <\/em>being a favourite read last year. Check more fantastic books of 2019 by women in translation<\/a><\/span>). I did a Twitter thread highlighting these amazing covers but I do think they deserve a whole post. Bigger pictures and more time to ogle at the intricate details! So here is a separate list of the best book cover designs of titles published from India this year.<\/p>\n Enjoy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n These are anthologies from Manipur and Nagaland. Love how the covers complement one another capturing life in a pleasing colour scheme.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The faceless man jumping forward captures the mystery, magical realism and scope of this doorstopper that explores the history of Bangladesh. Love the colour scheme too.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The simplicity of the covers enhance the simplicity of this rustic, charming novel that explores lives in rural Rajasthan. The embossed figure adds to the charm. And these two look good together just like how twin novels should.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The vintage post card look of the cover evokes nostalgia.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Suneja’s design makes a book look fun and entertaining. You feel you will have a good time reading it. (This book is a great collection of stories too! When does Ruskin Bond ever disappoint.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The spice bundles, a market scene, a man looking \u2014 a Middle eastern setting comes alive in so few colours.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Look at all the scribbles \u2014 makes me want to open it and underline the sentences and write in the margins furiously. Also this novel is experimental in its narrative and the design captures such a deviation effortlessly.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What a bleak, simple cover about refugee tents and refugees; excellent design for a partition novel <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publisher : Aleph For a collection of animal stories, there\u2019s nothing better than this majestic tiger. The colours and the yellow eye reminds me of jungle, dark spaces and life lurking in between.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A male oriented short story collection and the cover spells it right.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The vintage feel of the cover complements the setting of the interconnected stories set in a fictional village in Karnataka in 1980s. Read the book to find more Easter eggs on the cover.<\/em><\/p>\n Publisher : Aleph The images on the front and back cover evoke the mysticism and yet give a flavour of what to expect for a qissa in English<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Priya Kurian is so versatile and her style of art changes according to the book she illustrates for. Here this simple yet intricate cover has a design that makes you think \u2018history\u2019 and the illustrations inside complement the historical pieces explored in the book.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publisher : Pan MacMillan The greenery and the lush spread makes it a very inviting cover. It makes you remark \u2018beautiful\u2019 which is what the title says too.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Light and breezy cover sums up this fun read. Coconuts, a book store, a lone woman \u2014 all that makes you eager to read a novel set around a bookstore in Bandra, Mumbai<\/em><\/p>\n Cover design : Sandhya Prabhat<\/p>\n The cover spells ‘hilarious read’ and I think with such a gorgeous cover, the reader gets sky-high expectations. I went on a spree looking at Prabhat’s other art work.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publisher : Penguin India Clean, sharp and very mysterious. This is a cover that you’ll keep appreciating as you read the book because it captures the essence just right.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publisher : Harper Collins The details, the colours, the painting on the cover \u2014 all point towards a wonderful mythical tale. <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publisher : Speaking Tiger This is a book cover of surprises. The more I try to make sense of it, the more I want to read the book.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publisher : Seagull Books I am yet to see a cover designed by Sunandini Banerjee that I don’t immediately fall in love with.<\/em><\/p>\n23 BEST book covers from India in that are too beautiful to stop staring at <\/a><\/span>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n <\/p>\n Delicious book covers of 2019<\/a><\/span>, 2018<\/a><\/span>, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every year I take much pleasure in rounding up the best book covers…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6307,6311],"tags":[5955,5957,4410,5956],"thb-sponsors":[],"yoast_head":"\nBest Book Cover Designs from India<\/h2>\n
1. Bombay Balch\u00e3o<\/em> by Jane Borges<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Westland
\nCover design : Mohit Suneja
\nThe art captures the cramped Mumbai apartments and the close living quarters perfectly.<\/em><\/p>\n2. Many that I am<\/em>, Crafting the word<\/em><\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Zubaan
\nCover design : Nori Norbhu<\/p>\n3.Babu Bangladesh<\/em> by Numair Atif Chaudhary<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Harper Collins
\nCover design : Saurabh Garg<\/p>\n4. Bhaunri<\/em> and Daura <\/em>by Anukriti Upadhyay<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Harper Perennial
\nCover design : Ishan Koshla design<\/p>\n5. Suncatcher<\/em> by Romesh Gunasekhara<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Bloomsbury
\nCover design : Emma Ewbank<\/p>\n6. A Gallery of Rascals<\/em> by Ruskin bond<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Aleph
\nCover design : Mohit Suneja<\/p>\n7. Al Arabian Novel Factory<\/em> by Benyamin<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Juggernaut
\nCover design : Gavin Morris and Saurav Das<\/p>\n8. Two Anti Novels<\/em> by Subimal Misra<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Harper Perennial
\nCover design : Anna Lena von Helldorf<\/p>\n9. A Promised Land<\/em> by Khadija Mastur translated by Daisy Rockwell<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Penguin India
\nCover art : Harshad Marathe | Cover design : Ahlawat Gunjan<\/p>\n10. Animalia Indica<\/em> Ed by Sumana Roy<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
\nCover design : Rohan Dahotre<\/p>\n11. One Hell of a Lover<\/em> by Unni R<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Westland
\nCover design : Elwin Charly<\/p>\n12. Left from the Nameless Shop<\/em> by Aditi Rao<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Harper Collins
\nCover design : Krishna Baka Shenoi<\/p>\n13. The Merman and the Book of Power <\/em>by Musharraf Ali Farooqi<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
\nCover design : Bena Sareen<\/p>\n14. The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin<\/em> by Manu S Pillai<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Westland
\nCover design : Priya Kurian<\/p>\n15. Beautiful Place<\/em> by Amanthi Harris<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
\nCover design : The Cover Factory<\/p>\n16. Paper Moon<\/em> by Regina Munir<\/h3>\n
\nPublisher : Harper Collins
\nCover design : Sanchita Jain<\/p>\n17. Cow and Company<\/em> by Parashar Kulkarni<\/h3>\n
18. The Body Myth<\/em> by Rheaa Mukherjee<\/h3>\n
\nCover art : Ankita Thakur | Cover design : Ahlawat Gunjan<\/p>\n19. The Forest of Enchantments<\/em> by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni<\/h3>\n
\n(please comment if you know who the cover designer is)<\/p>\n20. The Drunk Bird Chronicles<\/em> by Malay Chatterjee<\/h3>\n
\nCover Design : Jazreel Sara Nathan<\/p>\n21. The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright by Ng\u0169g\u0129 wa Thiong’o<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
\nCover design : Sunandini Banerjee<\/p>\nYOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY<\/h4>\n