From Donna Cheng’s clever interpretation of Tell Me Lies to Karl James Mountford’s gorgeous imagining of A Stitch in Time, the 10 book covers in this gallery deliver some of June’s best designs. Browse our top picks, and enjoy celebrating the designers and illustrators we love.
If you want to view even more stunning book covers, you can check out our gallery of the best covers of 2017. We also recommend visiting both Spine Magazine’s and The Casual Optimist’s websites, as they introduced us to many of our favorite designs this month.
Rather than rank the covers, we listed them in an aesthetically pleasing order.
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My German Brother by Chico Buarque
Cover design by Michael Morris
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Aroused by Randi Hutter Epstein
Cover design by Zoe Norvell
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Still Lives by Maria Hummel
Cover design by Jaya Miceli
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We Begin Our Ascent by Joe Mungo Reed
Cover design by Zak Tebbal
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A Stitch in Time by Daphne Kalmar
Cover illustration by Karl James Mountford
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Here Kitty Kitty by Jardine Libaire
Cover design by Catherine Casalino
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When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri
Cover design by Lynn Buckley and illustration by Ben Wiseman
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Choose Your Own Disaster by Dana Schwartz
Cover design by Justin Renteria
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Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering
Cover design by Donna Cheng
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The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
Cover design by Abby Weintraub