The Book Cover Trend You’re Seeing Everywhere Take a genteel painting, maybe featuring a swooning woman. Add iridescent neon type for a shock to the system.

A 25-year-old's emotional reaction went viral on TikTok after her friend surprised her with a custom coloring book filled with personal memories.

We reflect on Penguin Books’ formidable design history on its 90th birthday, and reveal the winners of its annual Cover Design Award This year, Penguin Books turns 90. Founded on the simple premise of ...

Go ahead, judge that book by its cover. Book cover designers picked the best book covers of 2025 and told us what makes them so great.

Meet the designer ‘Restraint, clarity, respect for the story’: Devangana Dash’s philosophy for designing book covers An interview with Devangana Dash, winner of the 2025 Oxford Bookstore ...

Sociology grad turned book designer Bena Sareen discusses her creative process, influence of minimalism, and evolution of book design in India.

Why do all book covers look the same now? At first glance, I thought I’d already read this book. Then I realised I’d just seen the cover five times before.

Discover how AI is transforming book cover design with cost-effective solutions and rapid prototyping for authors.

A book designer explains — and reveals how covers work There are lots of choices an illustrator makes in representing a book’s characters on its cover, including outfits and body size.

Jenny Grigg is the talented book designer behind The Luminaries and Gerald Murnane’s last book. We asked her to explain how covers communicate – and how they can fall short.

To mark the 205th anniversary of Melville’s birth, a journey to the Peabody Essex Museum's exhibition "Draw Me Ishmael" that explores how book artists have been inspired by the author's iconic ...

Designer Elisha Zepeda has become a TikTok star for sharing his book cover design process. Are publishers paying attention?