The Best Book Covers of 2014

I love books.  In fact, I think I must confess that I have abiliophobia, the fear of being without a book or at least something to read.

Book Covers Pull You In

Do you ever buy a book because you are attracted to its cover?  Book covers do that.  A well-designed book jacket stops you. Maybe makes you squint or smile or pause for a second. It calls you to pick up the book and look inside.

Nobody is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey

Bad Teeth by Dustin Long

The Fracking King by James Browning

Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor

Euphoria by Lily King

The Vacationers by Emma Straub

The End – Or Something Like That by Ann Dee Ellis

Locomotive by Brian Floca

Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung

Friends Forever: 42 Ways to Celebrate Love, Loyalty, and Togetherness

In Case of Emergency by Courtney Moreno

Area X: The Southern Reach Triology: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer

Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

The Way of Tea and Justice: Rescuing the World’s Favorite Beverage from Its Violent History by Becca Stevens

Leaving the Sea Stories by Ben Marcus

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

The Intervals of Cinema by Jacques Ranciere

100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith

Playing for the Commandant by Suzy Zail

Schizo: A novel by Nic Sheff

Ocean: A Photicular Book by Dan Kainen and Carol Kaufmann

Skippyjon Jones Snow What by Judy Schachner

The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story by David Adam

My Pet Book by Bob Staake

You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station by Chris Hadfield