One of the most important elements of a book is its cover.. With it, potential readers are trapped. And it is that, if it enters through the eyes, you have more opportunities to get him to pick up the book, read the synopsis and be interested in reading it. Therefore, if you are a graphic designer or a writer and you want to sell your book well, the cover is the main thing. AND books with pretty covers there are many.
In fact, below we are going to show you some of them, both modern and old. It's a way that you can be inspired and know what you have to look at to achieve the same effect that is achieved with these. Do you want to see some?
Since we know that practice is best, we won't keep you waiting much longer and here we present some of the books with beautiful covers that we have found through Google. If you have one that has called you, you know that in the comments you can write to us. Go for it!
Books with beautiful covers: The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Specifically, we are referring to the version of the Editorial Libros del Zorro Rojo. It is one of the best covers of 2020 and the truth is that if you look closely, the shadows that create the silhouettes of the characters are well defined and they give meaning to what you are going to find in it.
Breviary of oblivion
This book also came out in 2020 and is by Siruela. If you look at the cover, it's stark white with the title slightly larger than the subtitle, in all caps. The same goes for the author. But, among them are some curious shapes.
At first it is possible that do not realize what is putting that word, which is oblivion. And it is that, according to the book, time causes us to lose memories, that we cannot remember everything 100%. And that is what has been done on the cover.
A Clockwork Orange
This is one of the books with pretty covers that you can find. And it has it all. From the Booklet publishing house, it presents us with a book on an orange background with the author's name above and, just below, larger and with a shadow, as well as a curious font, the title.
But what is most striking is that orange background is broken with a triangle in which the drawing of a person with something characteristic appears: a bowler hat and curious eyelashes.
The Forest Gate
Source: Agapea
We have chosen this novel from the RBA Molino publishing house because the cover itself says a lot. In fact, whenever you look at it you will find new things, or different points of view. In it you have some doors and from them come out like stairs, trees forming a figure eight. But around it there are a lot of elements that we have no doubt will be related to the story.
The wall
From the Anagram publishing house. These books almost all have a common cover, with a yellow background and a square in the center that is the one designed for each book. In this case, they chose to put up a brick wall. It really goes with the story.
But they added phrases on certain bricks that are clues to what a reader is going to find. We could say that they are the hook phrases; instead of using one they have put several.
And with them they seek to capture that reader.
The national breakthrough
This work by JM Ponce, from the Glénat publishing house, is a cover that transcends. And it is that, when you see it for the first time, you think of the Osborne bull placed on a mountain or something similar.
Of course, when you look a little closer, you realize that curious shape of the mount, which looks like a female butt. And it is that gives priority to the image before the title, which can go unnoticed, but there is no doubt that the cover calls. Keep in mind that almost everything related to nudity does.
Metamorphosis
We are going to finish with the Alianza Editorial book La metamorfosis, by Franz Kafka. It is an example for you to see that a cover does not always have to go with an image. Sometimes the words themselves are enough.
In this case see the word Metamorphosis several times, but if you look closely, there is a shadow which, with each word, grows larger. What's the point? Well, you will start with a character and you will see the evolution and how it changes.
In fact, a curiosity is that, when you have seen the cover, you will surely think that the book is called Metamorphosis and not The Metamorphosis. And it is that priority is given to that second word and it is the one that is retained in our memory.
Why covers are important
Una cover is like a person's first impression. When you see her, just by looking at her, you know if you are interested or not. Whether she attracts you or not. And this is very important to have more opportunities to sell.
But in addition, the covers are a summary of the most important of a book. It is useless to put a pretty cover on a book when the subject to be treated is boring. Or it has nothing to do with her. That the only thing it achieves is that the reader feels cheated, and instead of good opinions, you risk bad ones.
Everything that should have a cover
If you want to make a beautiful cover that is perfect, there are several elements that you cannot forget. These are:
- The author's name. That is, the person who wrote that book. It can be the real name or a pseudonym.
- The title of the book. In this case it is as or more important than the author. In fact, the title will always go larger than the author's. Only on a few occasions has it been seen the other way around (usually because it is the name of the writer that sells regardless of the story he writes).
- The publisher. If he has it. With self-publishing so close at hand and the possibility of earning more for free than by publishing, I launched myself many times ago.
Sometimes there will be a title and subtitle. Or a hook phrase. These will always go with a smaller font size because they do not want to stand out as much, although they do attract attention.
We could be giving you examples for hours because the truth is that there are many books with beautiful covers. But now we leave it to you to recommend books whose cover you liked or inspired to carry out your projects. You are free to comment to us.