• The 11 Best Book Covers of October

    Hidden Faces, Earth Tones, and Other Seasonal Delights

    Another month of books, another month of book covers. Looking at this list, all I can say is that October was weirdly beige… but in a good way? My favorites from spooky season are below.

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    Forrest Gander, Mojave Ghost; cover design by Rodrigo Corral (New Directions, October 1) the wilderness Ayşegül Savaş, The Wilderness; cover design by Anna Morrison (Transit Books, October 1) Betsy Lerner, Shred Sisters Betsy Lerner, Shred Sisters; cover design by Amanda Hudson/Faceout Studio (Grove Press, October 1) the driving machine Witold Rybczynski, The Driving Machine: A Design History of the Car; cover design by Jared Bartman (Norton, October 8) fresan melvill Rodrigo Fresán, tr. Will Vanderhyden, Melvill; cover design by Daniel Beneworth-Gray, cover concept by Daniel Fresán (Open Letter, October 8) Mark Haber, Lesser Ruins Mark Haber, Lesser Ruins; cover design by Kyle Hunter (Coffee House Press, October 8) Johannes Anyuru, tr. Nichola Smalley, Ixelles Johannes Anyuru, tr. Nichola Smalley, Ixelles; cover design by Jonathan Pelham (Two Lines Press, October 8) minot don't be a stranger Susan Minot, Don’t be a Stranger; cover design by Janet Hansen (Knopf, October 15) Lucy Ives, An Image of My Name Enters America: Essays Lucy Ives, An Image of My Name Enters America; cover design by Kapo Ng (Graywolf, October 15) eurotrash Christian Kracht, tr. Daniel Bowles, Eurotrash; cover design by Jason Heuer (Liveright, October 22) miss kim knows Cho Nam-Joo, tr. Jamie Chang, Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories; cover design by Ingsu Liu, illustrations by Mariko Enomoto (Liveright, October 29)



    Emily Temple
    Emily Temple
    Emily Temple is the managing editor at Lit Hub. Her first novel, The Lightness, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins in June 2020. You can buy it here.
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