Share up to five books that you feel have distinctive covers.
Linda M. Johnson
Carol O'Connell
John Dunning
Diana Gabaldon
T. A. Baron
William Kienzle
Melodie Stickrath
TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Kami Garcia
DEAD UNTIL DARK by Charlaine Harris
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by Thomas Harris (the original cover)
SB
All of them.
Rosalie Sambuco
INTENSITY by Dean Koontz
Brad Thor's books, including THE PATRIOT
ROSES
DEWEY, THE LIBRARY CAT
VEIL OF ROSES
Lori L. Clark
Hush Hush
Beautiful Creatures
Sea Change
Fallen
Rosanne Sharkey
The most beautiful cover I have seen is SAVING CICADAS by Nicole Seitz. She is an author and artist and this is her design. It was very inviting.
Sandra Stiles
NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL by Justina Chen Headley
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
CHAINS by Laurie Halse Anderson
Jackie Ferrell
Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series
Tony Hillerman's books
Stuart Woods's books
J. K.Rowling's Harry Potter series.
Beth Cummings
STONES INTO SCHOOLS by Greg Mortenson
SAVING CEECEE HONEYCUTT by Beth Hoffman
Elizabeth V
MARLEY & ME by John Grogan
LES MISERABLES by Victor Hugo
Three of Harlan Coben's books: 1) NO SECOND CHANCE, 2) PROMISE ME, and 3) THE WOODS
Linda Bentzen
Sarah's Key
The Faith Club
The Soloist
My Sister's Keeper
The Big Burn
Melvin Robinson
THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD by Simon Winchester. Published about 6 to 8 years ago, the dust cover unfolds into a much larger rendition of the map subject of this fascinating historical biography.
Mary Q.
This was hard because I really love book covers! Only five, huh? OK:
BELONG TO ME (Marisa de los Santos)
TIME OF MY LIFE and THE ONE THAT I WANT (both by Allison Winn Scotch -- the second one has not yet been released)
And because I love covers with color:
EVERY LAST CUCKOO (Kate Maloy)
SHELTER ME (Juliette Fay)
Jean H
THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER by Kathleen Kent
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb
ABUNDANCE by Sena Jeter Naslund
HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford
PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN by Vanora Bennett
Barbara Mardones
THE LACUNA by Barbara Kingsolver has a lacuna in the dust jacket in case the reader should miss the point....
Marjorie
Shanghai Girls
The Swan Thieves
The Gate House
From Dead to Worse
Run For Your Life
Curt Jarrell
Joseph Finder
James Rollins
Steve Berry
Chelsea Cain
Susan
FIREFLY SUMMER by Maeve Binchy
SAVING CEECEE HONEYCUTT
THE POSTMISTRESS
THE SHELL SEEKERS by Rosamunde Pilcher
Curt Jarrell
THE SWAN THIEVES by Elizabeth Kostova
NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman
THE DOOMSDAY KEY by James Rollins
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE by Anne Rice
WINTER'S TALE by Mark Helprin
(all choices refer to original hardcover artwork)
Debi
INKHEART, INKSPELL, and INKDEATH by Cornelia Funke
HAVE A LITTLE FAITH by Mitch Albom
Rachel
Winter Garden
31 Hours
Jane Ballard
The Gone Away World
The Half-Mammals of Dixie
The Road
She's Come Undone
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor
Katherine Schulz
Little Bee
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Netherland
Sandra Hughes
Five books with wonderful covers in my opinion are HALF BROKE HORSES, LARK AND TERMITE, THE FRUIT OF STONE, WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT, and WHERE THE DOG STAR NEVER GLOWS.
Lisa
BEAT THE REAPER by Josh Bazell
THE SPELLMAN FILES by Lisa Lutz
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES by Seth Grahame-Smith
The recent Georgette Heyer mystery reissues in trade paperback.
Ellen
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO and THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE. I'm guessing the third book will have a distinctive cover too!
Suzy Broussard
Shanghai Girls
Tallgrass
Sarah's Key
Not My Daughter
The Girls from Ames
Fran
MOLOKA'I and HONOLULU. I bought these books because the covers were so pretty.
Joan
The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson
The Bag Lady Papers
Sue Brandes
THE VAMPIRE AND THE VIRGIN - Kerrelyn Sparks
UNDER THE DOME by Stephen King
All three Frankenstein books - Dean Koontz
Barb Frye
The Postmistress
Harriet Stay
MONKEEWRENCH by P. J. Tracy - memory chips and what becomes the Monkeewrench logo.
BLACK & WHITE AND DEAD ALL OVER by John Darnton - entire cover is a newspaper with blood drops and a partial column about the murder story. Darnton is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (NY Times).
DARK PLACES and SHARP OBJECTS by Gillian Flynn - both simplistic yet symbolic.
Jana Harver
CUTTING FOR STONE - Abraham Verghese
OPEN - Andre Agassi
LAST SNOW - Eric Van Lustbader
THE LOST SYMBOL- Dan Brown
Kaye
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
The Last Will of Moira Leahy
They Found Him Dead
Brenda Radder
DRY by Augusten Burroughs
BELONG TO ME by Marissa De Los Santos
EEVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED by Jonathan Safran Foer
YOU BETTER NOT CRY by Augusten Burroughs
EAT, PRAY LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert
