Top ten favourite book covers

Hi guys! Happy Tuesday. Today I’m doing the Broke and the Bookish Top Ten meme (my first one!). This week’s topic was a free choice. So here are my favourite book covers, that I own physical copies of.

10. Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee (Drop Caps edition) (Illustrated by Jessica Hische)

All of the drop caps books are honestly gorgeous, but I have a soft spot for this one because it’s L for Lauren. I’m easily entertained.

9. To be or not to be by Ryan North (Illustrated by Noelle Stevenson)

I’m a gigantic Ryan North fangirl, and I love Nimona, so this cover is just a match made in heaven for me, really.

8. The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick

The theme of this book is spirals, so this beautiful metallic cover is relevant to the plot and gorgeous.

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7. Fairy Tales by Berlie Doherty (Illustrated by Jane Ray)

I’ve had this book for years and years, and it’s one of my favourite ever books. It’s stunning – covered in gold gilt and detailing. The insides are even more pretty.

6. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (VMC edition)

Look at those pink oysters! And the luminescent pearl! God!!! It’s so perfect! It’s a lovely thick hardback too, which makes it even more satisfying in real life.

5. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

Okay, is this not the coolest cover ever? Look at those bone honeycombs! I’m kind of obsessed with bees anyway, but this is just deliciously gruesome.

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4. Everything Leads to you by Nina La Cour

I just… I could stare at this cover all day, I think.

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3. His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman (Everyman’s library edition)

I found this edition in a charity shop for £1, and it was honestly the best bargain of my life. Look at it! It’s all gilt and sketched and lovely – and there are bonus appendices in this edition, which is an added bonus.

2. The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman (Illustrated by Chris Riddell)

Gold! And black and white! Honestly, this is so beautiful I can’t look at for too long without getting heart eyes. The cover has a transparent dustjacket which just adds to the magic.

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1. The Next Together by Lauren James

I tried not to include my own book. I honestly did. But . . . I can’t do it. I just love it so much. [happy sigh]

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So there are my most beautiful books! What are yours?

Published by Lauren James

Lauren James was born in 1992, and has a Masters degree from the University of Nottingham, UK, where she studied Chemistry and Physics. She is the twice Carnegie-nominated British Young Adult author of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe, The Quiet at the End of the World and The Next Together series, as well as the dyslexia-friendly novella The Starlight Watchmaker and serialised online novel An Unauthorised Fan Treatise. Her upcoming release is The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker. She started writing during secondary school English classes, because she couldn’t stop thinking about a couple who kept falling in love throughout history. She sold the rights to the novel when she was 21, whilst she was still at university. Her books have sold over fifty thousand copies in the UK alone, and been translated into five languages worldwide. Her writing has been described as ‘gripping romantic sci-fi’ by the Wall Street Journal and ‘a strange, witty, compulsively unpredictable read which blows most of its new YA-suspense brethren out of the water’ by Entertainment Weekly. The Last Beginning was named one of the best LGBT-inclusive works for young adults by the Independent. Lauren is a passionate advocate of STEM further education, and all of her books feature female scientists in prominent roles. The Loneliest Girl in the Universe was inspired by a Physics calculation she was assigned at university. The Quiet at the End of the World considers the legacy and evolution of the human race into the far future. Lauren lives in the West Midlands and is an Arts Council grant recipient. She has written articles for numerous publications, including the Guardian, Buzzfeed, Den of Geek, The Toast, and the Children’s Writers and Artist’s Yearbook 2020. She teaches creative writing for Coventry University, WriteMentor, and Writing West Midlands, providing creative writing courses to children through the Spark Young Writers programme. View more posts

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