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Top Ten Favourite Book Covers Of Books I’ve Read

21st May 2013 By Julianne 14 Comments

This is my twenty-third Top Ten Tuesday post. Top Ten Tuesday was created and is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I thought it would be silly to mention the books without showing them to you, so this week I bring you a video!

Top Ten Favourite Book Covers Of Books I’ve Read

1. The World’s Wife, by Carol Ann Duffy (Picador, 2000) – simple but eyecatching!

2. The Book of Blood and Shadow, by Robin Wasserman (Atom, 2012) – blue and purple and pretty, a really well designed cover, I think.

3. The Iron King, by Julie Kagawa (Mira INK, 2011) – glitter, swirls, and thorns. Just lovely.

4. Under the Never Sky, by Veronica Rossi (Atom, 2012) – gorgeous illustration, title in the colours of a sunset.

5. The Magic Toyshop, by Angela Carter (Virago, 2008) – I chose this one specifically for the cover, which is fabric-covered and features an array of puppets.

6. Nights At The Circus, by Angela Carter (Picador, 1985) – just fantastic, Fevvers in all her winged glory and a starry leotard!

7. Vile Bodies, by Evelyn Waugh (The Great Writers Library, 1988) – fabulous Art Deco styling.

8. The Secrets of Jin-Shei, by Alma Alexander (HarperCollins, 2004) – the kind of design you’d expect for historical fiction set in Asia, but beautiful nonetheless.

9. Let’s Get Lost, by Sarra Manning (Hodder Childrens/Bite, 2006) – eyecatching, black and pink illustration.

10. Dramarama, by E. Lockhart (Hyperion, 2007) – bold yet classy.

Have you chosen any of my selections? What did you think of my foray into YouTube?

Filed Under: Recommendation Lists Tagged With: book chat, book covers, books, Top Ten Tuesday

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  1. Saru Garg

    22nd May 2013 at 9:28 pm

    I like all of these, but I have to say that The Magic Toyshop is my favorite cover out of them all! 🙂

    Reply
    • Julianne

      30th May 2013 at 4:04 pm

      It is really lovely, and even better in real life!

      Reply
  2. Bookzilla

    23rd May 2013 at 1:10 am

    My gosh, I love that you've done a video — what a wonderful idea! I might have to steal that sometime. 😉

    Nice cover for The Magic Toyshop as well. Very geometric and pretty.

    Reply
    • Julianne

      30th May 2013 at 4:05 pm

      Feel free! Thanks for the comment!

      Reply
  3. Cayce

    23rd May 2013 at 1:14 am

    Great selection! Esp. <3 the cover of Nights At The Circus 🙂
    Thanks for stopping by my TTT!

    Reply
    • Julianne

      30th May 2013 at 4:06 pm

      You're welcome and thank you!

      Reply
  4. Teresa

    23rd May 2013 at 2:49 am

    Wow, that cover for The Book of Blood and Shadows is gorgeous! I love the city's skyline along the bottom.

    Reply
    • Julianne

      30th May 2013 at 4:03 pm

      It is! I think the Atom design team did a really great job with that one.

      Reply
  5. Ashna Banga

    23rd May 2013 at 4:24 am

    Love these covers! And the video!! Though our lists don't have any in common, I do love the covers for Iron King, Under The Never Sky and Nights at the Circus! 🙂

    Reply
    • Julianne

      30th May 2013 at 4:02 pm

      Thanks! It was a bit of an experiment, I'm glad that it's been enjoyed.

      Reply
  6. maijareads

    23rd May 2013 at 6:55 pm

    The Vile Bodies cover had a really nice cover design – the golden frame and the illustration. Very 20s, I agree. And while I didn't love the cover of The Iron King that much, I really liked the swirly patterns at the beginning of chapters!

    The bridge image on the cover of The Book of Blood and Shadows started to bother me, because I've been to Prague and couldn't remember that bridge. But then I did a bit of googling and found this image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prague_charles_bridge_winter.jpg . So yeah, it definitely is in Prague, and after seeing the image I remembered that I actually did walk over it! 😀 How could I forget something like that?

    Reply
    • Julianne

      30th May 2013 at 4:01 pm

      Oh wow, the bridge looks even lovelier in that photo! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  7. Fly to the Sky

    24th May 2013 at 12:42 pm

    I love the covers for Under the Never Sky and the Iron King!!! They're so pretty!

    Reply
    • Julianne

      30th May 2013 at 3:59 pm

      They are gorgeous, aren't they? 🙂

      Reply

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