It’s really not a Top Ten Tuesday without me bending the rules a little…
This week’s topic (hosted by The Broke and the Bookish) is all about favourite covers of books that you’ve read. It’s an ace topic as I have been known to judge a book by its cover. Rather than look back on jacket art that I have loved (and read), I looked at my TBR stack and picked out ten books that I bought based on the cover. Yes, I’m that shallow.
1. A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams – it’s just like Tigers in Red Weather (my favourite cover of 2012 and also one of the best books I read last year).
2. The Autobiography of Us by Aria Beth Sloss – more Tigers-inspired cover work.
3. Skippy Dies by Paul Murray – kind of retro… but not.
4. The Fields by Kevin Maher – there’s a certain promise in this jacket (maybe because it has a similar font to The Art of Fielding)
5. The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne – oh look! Something shiny!
6. The Light of Day by Graham Swift – you need to feel this one – embossed leaves in autumnal colours – lush.
7. Flatscreen by Adam Wilson – looks just like lad-lit should look
8. And Sons by David Gilbert – a hint of Manhattan never fails to win me.
9. The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P by Adelle Waldman – appealing combination of old-fashioned and pop
10. Beautiful Fools by R. Clifton Spaigo – #Gatsbyfactor
Love your twist on this week’s TTT 😉 I’m curious to check out & Sons, it looks like a fantastic read! I had also added A Hundred Summers to my want to read pile, the premise sounds interesting too.
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The Love Song of Jonny Valentine! I just read about that the other day and added it to my wishlist (like I need another book). The cover is definitely awesome.
Haha, number 5…though I like the cover for that reason as well. Love number 1 and 10 primarily because of their retro feel and secondly because I want to trade places with the women on the beach (specifically a beach where it’s warm enough to wear a swimsuit).
The first one looks amazing – I’d definitely pick that up. I also like the looks of The Light of Day’ & ‘And Sons’ – though I haven’t heard of any of them. I too am a sucker for Manhattan.
I really like the cover of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P it kind of reminds me of Andy Warhol. Thanks for visiting my blog!
The only one I’ve read is The Love Song of Jonny Valentine — and it’s a good one, not just for the cover! Some really pretty ones here, must check them out. I esepcially like the look of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. Nice list!
Good to hear Jonny Valentine is a top read – it had great reviews.
It is not shallow, buying good books based on their cover art is a sport.
I like The Light of Day cover 🙂
A sport… yes, I like that!
Nice twist. Skippy Dies looks interesting – its cover looks the complete opposite to its title!
Exactly!
Gorgeous covers! i especially love the graphic design of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. and The Light of Day:)
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Nathaniel P is one of those covers that you can’t help but look closely at.
There’s just too many amazing covers here. I like most of them. Gah, I love this topic. Haha.
I haven’t read any of your picks, but all of the covers are great! Beautiful Fools is my favorite 🙂
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I have Skippy Dies on my TBR list, actually — it’s the cover that first attracted me! I like The Light of Day as well, and since you mention it: I think I’ll see if the library has it. I just love it when covers are embossed.
Given I read so many e-books these days, I do like to pick up a hard copy that is tactile or takes advantage of its print publication in some way (eg. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Closy by J. Safran Foer)
That Nathaniel P. would entice me too.