Sexy Book Covers. 

Am I the only one who will not buy a book if the cover is hideous?

I am for ever haunted by more beautiful editions of books I already own...

The cover of Yukio Mishima's Star republished by Penguin Modern has this stunning screen-printed pop art cover by Tadanori Yoko from the 1960s. It's by far my favourite cover of all time!

that intro....If wes Anderson was a booktuber 😘 Love the video!

Impeccable taste as always 😌 also absolutely obsessed with the michael kohlhaas one omgg

As an illustrator im obsessed with this video! I have a bookstagram where i redesign books by hand

Those covers are stunning! Great choices 👌🏻 I laughed so hard at the intro, it’s literally me! I worked as a graphic designer for a while and now I’m a bookseller 😂

This was another absolutely KILLER video and it is always so fun to see new recommendations. These books that I recommend are probably not going to be super accessible to an English audience, but I may as well give a sample. Plus, there are SOME English ones. I couldn't tell you my favourite cover of all time- yet: 1- Ekko: Et Essay om Algoritmer og Begjær (Echo: An Essay On Algorithms and Desire) by Lena Lindgren. I really love the look of the classic Baroque painting with the soft green font. 2- Tilbakeslaget (the Reaction) by Carline Tromp- Like your Eve Babetz, I really love the green font against the wine purple background. 3- The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg- I haven't read this, but GOD if I cannot wait for the opportunity. It is so grizzly and interesting. 4- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee- this is such a beautiful cover and I cannot wait to read this either. But studies are an ass.

Movie posters on covers should just be abolished...

I like your examples a lot -- you're right about color choices and just words can cause a double-take. I decided to read these books because I liked the cover: - How Proust Can Change Your Life in paperback [Alain de Botton, Vintage; First Edition (April 28, 1998)] - Blue Jelly in hardback [Debbi Bull, Hyperion; First Edition (April 1, 1997)] - Beautiful Losers in paperback [Vintage; Reissue edition (November 2, 1993)] - Breakfast at Tiffany's in paperback [Truman Capote; by Vintage Books, January 1, 1993)]; I read most of the Vintage editions of Capote books that Borders had in the 90s. The idea of not judging a book by its cover without any more caveats is silly. Even using a more accurate verb like "evaluate" would get the point across better if a person really means, "no, you should not take a mere glance at the front jacket of a book and form opinions about it." Yet, it's totally possible to evaluate a book just by making eye contact with it. Once you hold it in your hands? Ooo, maybe that "gonna get this one" becomes an "eww, i hate the way it feels," and upon closer inspection," "and definitely don't like the way it smells."

I have a copy of a Picador Classic of American Psycho that I found at a Half-Priced Books which is a completely white cover with the name and author in small text in the bottom left corner and in the bottom right corner is a smudged bloody fingerprint. It is so perfect and beautiful. Great video, I’m very interested in what people think about movie posters so this was fun as well!

My favorite book cover of all time is Hit Parade of Tears by Izumi Suzuki. Her other collection, Terminal Boredom also has a great cover, but Hit Parade of Tears is so gorgeous…

ana, yes, you're right. about all of them, yes. also, you might like to look up the book covers of cosac naify, which was a brazilian publishing house that used a lot of neon colors on their covers

Great video. I bought the UK cover of Our Wives Under the Sea because I wanted to read it and the US cover was nothing compared to the UK version-which is stunning. (Unfortunately I don't know how to add a photo into the comments to show.)

oh these are impeccable. the virginie despentes, pink, the john waters, the emma cline etc etc etc

Fun video! I think about book covers a lot, but sadly mostly about how most of them are just meh to me, and why they aren't better overall. Btw I actively dislike most of the book covers that you love ahahahahahaha but I am autistic and those bright colours together make me need to book a few sessions in a sensory deprivation tank (you'll be receiving an invoice). I want to run my favourite book cover of the year by you. It does actually have pops of bright colour, but with a dark background, rather a gruesome image, and to me, beautiful font choices. Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova.

I always had a stronger tie to good album covers since they feel more central to the work and more of an artist's decision, whereas book covers seem more like a publishers choice. That being said, I like the minimalism of my copy of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and the ominous look of my copy of Underworld.

nice book shelf!

personally my favvvvorite book covers are the My Heart is a Chainsaw series by stephen graham jones (in hardcover). i truly think book covers are an art and it’s so respectable when real work and thought is put into them…. i love collecting books that i’m just drawn to in the moment and then the rest i read from the library if theyre ugly

Wow she comments on every comment that’s so sweet. I think we need more women like her

Only Cop the Hardcovers😊-Captures the Authors Original Vision the Best

i mean this in the most non-parasocial way but i am so happy to discover you have the same opinions on book covers as me. genuinely felt so affirming as i am constantly fighting tooth and nail to convince people that 'ugly' vintage covers kick ass,, but hey if they dont want them ill take them!

My absolute favorite covers are Patricia McKillip books which were illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft! So sumptuous!

ms ana !!!! have you seen the new edition of wild by cheryl strayed??? massive improvement from quite possibly the WORST book cover in the history of book covers 🤮 my FAV book cover is beya rebaï's cover illustration of the bell jar 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 she just gets it!

My all-time GOAT book cover is the Puffin Books edition of A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin. If you haven't seen it, please Google and feast your eyes, as it brings me so much joy - they don't make fantasy covers like that any more... I just HAD to own it, despite having an omnibus edition, which I actually prefer to read. Runners up for me are The Goldfinch, The Dutch House, all of the Mieko Kawakami Picador editions, and the Rachel Cusk Faber & Faber editions. From this video, Among Flowers and A River Runs Through It really piqued my interest, what beauties.

They say don't judge a book by its cover but a nice design cover helps a lot of decision making when you get lost in labyrinths of bookstores❤😅

Does anyone know where I can find a similar bookshelf/stand like that??

That microphone is intense 😜

Checkout 19 is the perfect example of horrible book, great cover

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not sure if this was the intent, but I'm suddenly feeling quite flush 🤒

I feel the same way about Pink. I have kept it since 1997 for the same reasons. It's such a bad book

I don't want to be a meanie but can everyone in America pls just try for one quick little second to not pronounce Himalaya like that? Very sincere request 🙏

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