Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
Who doesn’t love a pretty cover? I know I’ve fallen prey to many a pretty cover (with a less than pretty storyline) but there’s something mesmerizing about a truly special cover that draws me in making me want to read its story without knowing a single thing about it. I adore the recent influx of illustrated book covers and am forever a sucker for a pretty dress cover but they aren’t something you would typically find on my walls. I’m partial to book covers with landscapes: bridges, mountains, gardens, the sea, forests, I love them all. Here are several gorgeous ones that I would consider especially frame-worthy.
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo {Purchase}
The Opposite House by Helen Oyeyemi {Purchase}
The Terror by Dan Simmons {Purchase}
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson {Purchase}
The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman {Purchase}
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton {Purchase}
Touch by Alexi Zentner {Purchase}
The Lantern by Deborah Lawrensen {Purchase}
The Cartographer of No Man’s Land by P.S. Duffy {Purchase}
The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook {Purchase}
The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan {Purchase}
So Far Away by Meg Mitchell Moore {Purchase}
I approve of your taste in covers, and I also like how easy to categorize it is. These make sense together. I’m very scattered. I ALMOST included The Lifeboat, because I love that cover, but I’m still annoyed about how much the book bored me. But still PRETTY. I love it.
Christina (A Reader of Fictions) recently posted…Review: Red by Alison Cherry
Ahhh see I haven’t actually read that one yet. It’s sitting pretty on my shelves still but I keep hearing it’s boring and keep finding a better book to pick up. Maybe I should try it on audio? Boring books work better on audio sometimes.
Bonnie recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday – Book Cover Art
The right narrator can make just about anything not boring.
Christina Franke recently posted…Review: Red by Alison Cherry
Very good point. Might have to try that route just to see.
Ooh,some really pretty ones! I especially like the covers for The Terror, The Lifeboat, and The Opposite House, although all of your picks are really eye-catching.
Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Book Covers I’d Frame As Pieces of Art
Beautiful calming blues and neutrals in these covers! These would all make for lovely wall art. Bridge of Sighs, So Far Away and The Lantern are my favorites. Nicely done!
Lucy @ The Reading Date recently posted…Frame It! Top Ten Art Quality Book Covers
I can see you’re partial to blue, Bonnie!
I love the way you presented them like a collage. My eye keeps being drawn back to Touch; there’s something that really touches me in it.
Danielle recently posted…TTT: Top Ten Book Covers I’d Frame as Art
Very interesting and unique covers. I know I am guilty of grabbing books all the time based on covers alone and then I got burned. You think I would learn.
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Oh wow Bonnie, I’ve read quite a few TTT posts today, but I’m definitely loving how unique yours is, I would love to have covers of The Lifeboat and The Aftermath up in my house! Thanks for sharing!
Jasprit recently posted…Review: Far From You by Tess Sharpe
I love the blueish theme, I never thought to match my art 🙂
Michael @ Literary Exploration recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: Great Covers
These covers are so gorgeous! I need to check out some of these books. You have some unique picks here. And gahhhh I’ve been meaning to read The Terror, and I really need to. Wonderful list! 😀
Courtney @ Courtney Reads A Lot recently posted…Top Ten Book Covers I’d Frame As Pieces of Art (28)
I have always liked pretty landscapes. I used to go through magazines and calendars and rip out the ones that I liked! You chose some beautiful covers!
I love that most of your picks are blue-ish — I am a sucker for blue covers, especially if they are water/ocean related!
Christine @Buckling Bookshelves recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday (#24): Frame-Worthy Cover Art
The types of covers you’d frame are very different from me, but I love these! Your picks look like they all could legitimately be high-end photographs you’d find at a gallery or something. So lovely! I especially like the covers for Moore’s, Oyeyemi’s, and Lawrensen’s books.
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