Another month of books, another month of book covers. It’s been gloomy in upstate New York, but according to a certain saying, all this endless rain will pay dividends one day soon. In the meantime, here are some nice things to look at:
Ryan Chapman, The Audacity; cover design by Luke Bird (Soho Press, April 2)
The audacity, indeed. I love a book cover that feels goofy and highbrow at the same time.
Jen Silverman, There’s Going to Be Trouble; cover design by Rachel Ake Kuech (Random House, April 9)
This one kind of has similar vibes as the Luke Bird cover above, only deployed maximally instead of minimally; both covers make me eager to read the book at hand, the ostensible goal.
Allen Bratton, Henry Henry; cover design by Jaya Nicely; art by Kris Knight (Unnamed Press, April 16)
Cropping is everything! This is a very nice way to reflect (ha ha) the novel’s doubled title.
Victor Lodato, Honey; cover design by Robin Bilardello (Harper, April 16)
You don’t see full fur on covers all that often—this one makes me wonder why.
Joy Sorman, tr. Lara Vergnaud, Tenderloin; cover design by Jamie Keenan (Restless Books, April 16)
Deeply creepy massaging of spacial expectations, in the best way.
Salman Rushdie, Knife; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin (Random House, April 16)
The cover for Rushdie’s memoir about his assassination attempt must have been tough to get right; this nails it.
José Donoso, tr. Leonard Mades, Megan McDowell, Hardie St Martin, The Obscene Bird of Night; cover design by Joan Wong (New Directions, April 23)
I love Joan Wong and her squiggles.
László Krasznahorkai, The World Goes On (paperback); cover design by Paul Sahre (New Directions, April 23)
An all-type cover that manages to feel super energetic.
Daniela Tarazona, tr. Lizzie Davis and Kevin Gerry Dunn, Divided Island; cover design by Jack Smyth (Deep Vellum, April 23)
The nose! The egg. The color. I love.
Emet North, In Universes; cover design by Robin Bilardello (Harper, April 30)
Both gorgeous and technically interesting. Excellent blurb placement.
Anoushka Warden, I’m F*cking Amazing; cover art by Nancy McKie, lettering by Lynn Buckley, art direction by Emily Mahon (Doubleday, April 30)
You really are.
