But the truth is, I do. And I would be willing to bet you do, too. A fascinating, exciting, mysterious, beautiful, wicked cover can pull you in faster than anything else about a book. Here are a few books that have covers I love:
The Arrival, by Shaun Tan - a graphic novel about the immigrant experience - the cover is a lovely sepia photograph of a man in a suit and hat with a suitcase in hand, confronting a strange little white critter of undefinable character, staring up at him with gaping mouth and perky tail. It feels both old-fashioned and otherworldly at one time, both comfortable and mysterious.
Because I am Furniture, by Thalia Chaltas is a mystery. The white cutout silhouette of a girl in a dress against a black and white room is intriguing, yet threatening. What is the problem that has rendered her no more than a cutout? Will she ever re-appear?
Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci. Red. A city lit by golden lights high above a concrete wall. A gaping drain hole, rushing floodwaters. Where is the water coming from? What is it draining into? What city lurks above?
Inexcusable by Chris Lynch. A blank field of whiteness, with nothing more than a girl's black bra discarded, accusingly, emptily, abandoned, meaningfully...
What cover do you love? What cover drew you in and made you read a book that you might never have otherwise read? Was there ever a cover that made you decide NOT to read a book? Why?
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