Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
I was really excited by this week’s theme, which was Top Ten Book Covers I’d Frame As Pieces of Art, because I actually already have one book cover on my wall, and I have several more saved on my computer.
I think the best way to do this is to just give you the covers. I’m not going to say why I love them because I think they each speak for themselves. (Okay, I might give a note or two).
So here we go.
(this is the one I have on my wall; I got a copy when I was interning at Canongate)
(I would actually put pretty much any page of this book on my wall)
(Yeah, I know, this is an advertisement for a book, but I LOVE it)
(this cover was done by Lauren Nassef, using pinpricks through heavy cardstock, according to the designer, Isaac Tobin’s website. ARE YOU KIDDING?)
I like a lot of different things. 🙂
I would love to have some more beautiful covers to look at, so if you did TTT, link to it in the comments. Or tell me what covers you’d like to frame!
Caught Read Handed 
I love the cover of Image.
http://crushingcinders.com/?p=723
Wow! These are all so pretty! I especially like the cover for She Rises/
Isn’t it gorgeous?! I love that one.
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You are totally like me. I didn’t explain why I like books either because covers should speak for themselves. The one I am fascinated with the most Moral Relativism. That cover is really amazing to me. I love it. Sometimes I really just pick a book up based off the cover.
Angie
Angela’s Anxious Life
I’m really fascinated by that cover as well. I would definitely frame it.
Oh, I feel you! A lot of the time I pick up a book based solely on the cover or title. Then, I’ll read the back to see if it’s something I want to read.
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These books do speak for themselves – they are unique and beautiful. I don’t really pay a lot of attention to cover art so didn’t participate this week but I am really enjoying everybody else’s pretty!
Great list I love the advise for a human advertisement!
Thank you! That advertisement is for The Humans, which is an all-around amazing and beautiful book. The things listed on that advertisement is from the section of the book, a few pages long, that is titled Advice for a Human. It’s really lovely.
Sorry for the long reply! I just love that book.
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I haven’t read any of those books, but those are some unique covers. They are awesome! I really like the cover of A Monster Calls. Great list!
Thank you!
A Monster Calls is beautiful, inside and out. I would HIGHLY recommend checking it out. It’s just gorgeous. 🙂
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Love Tell the Wolves I’m Home, it’s stunning.
I agree. Just gorgeous.
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Tell the Wolves I’m home is so pretty! I love the black silhouetted against the green!
Me too! Green is my favorite color, and I love colors like that with black. Plus the design is killer.
That advertisement is pretty tried-and-true! Now I’m just tripping out– I can’t tell if The Flame Alphabet is 3-dimensional or not LOL. Well played, Marcus…well played.
Cheers,
joey via. thoughts and afterthoughts
I just love the book it’s from, The Humans. I want everyone to read it. There’s a few pages titled Advice for a Human, which this advertisement is from. It’s such a beautiful book.
Right?! That’s why I love it. It looks 3D. So cool.
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Hour 8: Image still perplexing.
Literally lol-ed. In public. At my phone. Thanks. 😛
There are so many amazing covers on your list that I’ve never seen before! I love She Rises and Tell the wolves I’m Home.
Yay! I tried to go with unique and different books. I read most of these while I was living in the UK, so I was hoping people in the States might find some new books. 🙂
I love the cover of Don’t Tell the Wolves I’m Home, that is absolutely gorgeous. You have great taste, nice list!
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These are stunning, what a great selection! I toyed with including The Flame Alphabet but didn’t like the book so I think that swayed me! She Rises is really beautiful.
Thank you! I chose The Flame Alphabet purely for the cover. I just love the 3D look and the skilled paper cutting. 🙂
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Wow these are some beautiful covers. I love the one for She Rises. I haven’t heard of that book before, but the cover really makes me want to read it!
You know, I haven’t actually read it either. Oops. I just love the title and the cover art. It’s on my TBR pile; I just haven’t had a chance to read it.
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The cover for ‘The Flame Alphabet’ is amazing!
One of my favourite covers is from ‘The Dinner: A Novel’ by Herman Koch. It’s so simple but tells you a little of what to expect from the story. It would definitely look good in the kitchen 😀 I love the cover to another Siobhan Dowd story too, ‘The Ransom of Dond’, the illustrations are always so detailed.
I almost put The Dinner on my list! I think it is just perfect. Like you said, it’s simple but it does a good job of representing the story while not giving too much away.
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Wow these picks are awesome! I absolutely love the covers for Obsession (crazy cover art story!), Imagine and Mortal Relativism. They would all look very cool on a wall.
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That cover for Obsession is nuts, right? I love it because it’s so simple yet so very detailed. It’s intense, and it perfectly represents what that book is about.
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You chose some really unique covers-love all of them! Now I need to look up some of these books 🙂
Finley Jayne
http://finleyjaynesbookshelves.blogspot.com/
Thank you! These are all just covers that I have either read or thought to be unique. 🙂
Let me know if you check any of them out and what you think!
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I love the cover for Tell the Wolves I’m Home, it came so close to making my list but I had to cull it in the end 😦
The cover for Obsession is awesome, so minimalistic but very effective.
That’s part of reason I like the cover for Obsession: it’s simple, but at the same time really detailed. I mean, can you imagine sitting there and poking a piece of paper with a pin to do that?!
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