Below is a mere sampling of recent(ish) books featuring books on the cover, spanning in genre from romance, memoir, young adult fiction, comics, middle grade mystery, and adult fiction. Readers of all ages and types rejoice! Cover designers and artists have been credited to the best of our ability. If you know who an uncredited artist is, please let us know so they can get proper recognition. Cover design is an art form that needs to be acknowledged and appreciated. If you’re the kind to judge books by their covers, you’re going to love judging these books by the books on their covers. Talk about meta. For more collections of rockin’ book art, be sure to check out Book Riot’s book covers archive. Illustrated by Robin Ha. Cover design and illustration by Vikki Chu. Cover design and art by Debbie Tung. Cover art by Jess Cruickshank, design by Colleen Reinhart. Jacket art by Christina Allen, design by Michelle Cunningham. Cover design by Chistopher Lin, illustration by Vikki Chu, lettering by Jason Booher. Illustration by Grant Snider. Cover art by John Gall. Cover design by Jim Tierney. Cover design by Honi Werner. Cover design by Sharanya Durvasula.
