It’s not always easy for me to think of ideas for my Sunday Salon posts, but I’ve recently been enjoying posts by other bloggers that highlight book covers for one reason or another, so thought I’d do one of my own. I have a to-read shelf on GoodReads that currently has 565 titles on it. Here are some of the covers on that list that I love for one reason or another.
What do you think? Have you read any of the above books? Any other books have covers that you love? And how much does a book’s cover influence your decision to read it?
Other bookish posts this week:
~ Book Review: This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
~ Literary Road Trip: Author Glenda Burgess
~ Book Review: The Quiet American by Graham Greene
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I’ve not read any of these, but the covers are certainly eye-catching! Once in awhile, a cover will catch my attention, and every time I go into a bookstore, I’ll stop and touch it. Usually, I’ll end up buying it but it takes some thinking about before I do. The cover that is bewitching me right now is The Swan Thieves. (Of course, it doesn’t hurt that I thoroughly LOVED The Historian.)
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Sandy – I love the cover of The Swan Thieves, too! She’s one author I haven’t read yet.
Nice selection. I often pick up or buy a book because I am drawn to its cover. Matthew Pearl once spoke about how much thought and detail goes into deciding on a cover and if you go to his website, he shows all the different covers for foreign versions of his novels which I find fascinating.
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Amy – I am often intrigued by the different covers between hardcover/paperback and foreign editions. And I’ve also been misled by a book’s cover, which I hate.
Oh, that’s such a pretty collection! I love The Seamstress cover, The Calligrapher’s Daughter and Leviathan’s. As for reading, I really enjoyed Leviathan and Hunting and Gathering, but couldn’t get into Caravaggio’s angel.
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Kay – looking at this post makes me want to get to these books soon!
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I have not read any of these but you are right about the covers! I love covers and you have some wonderful ones! Caravegio’s Angel really is amazing!
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Sheila – it is gorgeous, isn’t it?
A good cover can influence me a lot, I’m sad to say. I’ve read Sunflowers and The Seamstress and they’re both really good.
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Kathy – good to know! I remember your review of The Seamstress – that may have been why I added it to the to-read list!
I’ve read Septembers of Shiraz (my cover had a different image, but similar colors) and Calligrapher’s Daughter, both excellent books. I love the cover with the chalk.
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Fizzy – I love the chalk one, too – the colors are wonderful.
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Beautiful covers and a great list of books. Happy reading!
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Thanks, Trisha!
My reading is, to a degree, affected by a cover. Sometimes it’s the cover that draws me to pick it up off the shelf, or the cover that attracts me to read a review. But my choice is also affected by title and author. Of the covers shown here, I’m drawn in by The Calligrapher’s Daughter. The cover is attractive, the title intrigues, and the author’s name “Kim” interests me as I wonder if she’s Asian. I also like Septembers in Shiraz‘s blue color and the silver teapot.
I enjoyed this post, thanks
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Kool-Aid Mom – as I look at the covers I’m drawn to, a lot of them are because they feature “cool” colors – blues, purples, etc.
I have Sunflowers. I haven’t read it yet and I’m actually interested in the book, but I’ll admit that what first drew me to it was the cover.
I love green and yellow. And Sunflowers.
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Ash – the colors on Sunflowers remind me of my mom – those are the colors she loves.
I could look at book covers all day.
Probably wouldn’t be very productive though would it? LOL Of the covers you’ve posted, I have read Septembers of Shiraz. It’s a good one. And I think it’s my favorite of the covers you’ve posted. Have a great week, Carrie!
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Wendy – I really need to read that one soon!
I haven’t read any of these books, but the covers you chose were gorgeous! Nice post.
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Thanks, Sheri – have a great week!
I think you’re a mindreader! Sunflowers and The Calligrapher’s Daughter are both books I’ve been thinking about buying. My library doesn’t have either one. I’m hoping to read Leviathan this week. I’m more likely to buy a book if it has a beautiful cover than one that doesn’t. I hate it when my favorite books have horrible covers.
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Vasilly – I’ve actually returned a book I ordered online because it didn’t come with the cover I was expecting!
I absolutely love the covers of both Leviathan and Sunflowers. I think they are gorgeous, as are the other covers you highlighted.
It’s funny how something as simple as a cover can garner my interest or completely turn me off a book.
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Stephanie – I am that way, too – if I hate a book’s cover, it will take a lot of recommendations to make me want to pick it up.
I haven’t even heard of most of these titles, but wow are those some pretty covers. I think my two favourites there are London Calling and The Septembers of Shiraz. Going to go look those ones up!
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Alita – I don’t even remember why I added those books to my to-read list, but it might have simply been the covers!
The Seamstress is fantastic, I would definitely recommend picking that up!
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Jen – I think it might have been a review on your site that had me adding it to my to-read list!