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The 11 Best Book Covers of February

The 11 Best Book Covers of February

Winter’s Last Gasp (We Hope)

By Emily Temple | February 29, 2024

Jean Jullien's enormous blue bookworms are a work of literary (and capitalist) delight.

Jean Jullien's enormous blue bookworms are a work of literary (and capitalist) delight.

By Emily Temple | February 28, 2024

Want to Write Better? Consider Building Your Own Writing Desk

Want to Write Better? Consider Building Your Own Writing Desk

Devin Murphy on Woodworking, Writerly Angst, and Freeing Up the Energy to Compose

By Devin Murphy | February 26, 2024

Becky Chambers on the new illustrations for <em>The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet</em>.

Becky Chambers on the new illustrations for The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 16, 2024

The 12 Best Book Covers of January

The 12 Best Book Covers of January

Starting the Year Off Right

By Emily Temple | January 31, 2024

2024's hottest book cover trend is . . . pastel skies.

2024's hottest book cover trend is . . . pastel skies.

By Drew Broussard | December 18, 2023

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Rebecca Solnit on Meghann Riepenhoff’s Cyanotype Prints Made in Freezing Landscapes

By Rebecca Solnit and Meghann Riepenhoff | December 13, 2023

The 139 Best Book Covers of 2023

By Emily Temple | December 12, 2023

The 10 Best Book Covers of November

By Emily Temple | November 30, 2023

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Considering Boom for Real: The Late-Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat While Walking Through Baltimore

By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | November 30, 2023

Year of the Rabbit: Why We’re Seeing So Many Bunnies on Books

Year of the Rabbit: Why We’re Seeing So Many Bunnies on Books

Celia Mattison on the Renaissance of an Age-Old Symbol of Feminine Power

By Celia Mattison | November 29, 2023

Why Are We So Obsessed with Making Cities Greener?

Why Are We So Obsessed with Making Cities Greener?

Des Fitzgerald Wonders What "Nature" Actually Is

By Des Fitzgerald | November 21, 2023

Capturing Process and Industry in America: On the Photography of Christopher Payne

Capturing Process and Industry in America: On the Photography of Christopher Payne

Kathy Ryan on How "the Manufacturing World is Payne’s Muse"

By Kathy Ryan | November 3, 2023

The 14 Best Book Covers of October

The 14 Best Book Covers of October

Things are getting weird

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2023

On the Artisanal Craft of Making a Globe

On the Artisanal Craft of Making a Globe

Peter Ellerby, the Founder of the World's Only Truly Bespoke Makers of Globes, On How It's Done

By Peter Bellerby | October 23, 2023

Exclusive: See the (sexy) cover for C. Michelle Lindley's debut novel, <em>The Nude</em>.

Exclusive: See the (sexy) cover for C. Michelle Lindley's debut novel, The Nude.

By Literary Hub | October 3, 2023

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