It looks like one of those book-to-film covers that everyone wants to avoid but, contrary to popular belief, this cover of ...

Book covers do more than attract attention—they signal genre, audience, and the author's intent, shaping first impressions and influencing which books readers choose to pick up or leave behind.

In fact, judging a book by its cover might not be such a bad thing. A cover can help readers get a sense of what a book is going to be about, or pique their interest in the story.

‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’: 15 of the most iconic book covers. From ‘The Great Gatsby’ to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, Finn Cliff Hodges looks at the best covers out there .

The tomes are all “rescue books,” ones that would otherwise be discarded or recycled for paper pulp, said Charles Roberts, the president of Books by the Foot’s parent company, Wonder Book.

Local bookstores will have a larger selection of great covers, and you can also find gems at used booksellers, my personal choice for book consumption. When you begin to judge a book by its cover, you ...

A good judge of cover. Book covers are usually designed to reflect what the book is all about — which isn't exactly in line with the famous saying about judging a book by its cover.

Following Kamala Harris over the years, I can relate to her frequent tales of wisdom passed down from her mother. One particularly useful bit that always stuck with me is how to judge a book: Not ...

Its staid composition and slightly sinister colour palette seem to say: you’ve seen all the sexual covers and this is not a sexual cover — we know that you know what this book is about.

Earlier in the summer, the original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was sold for a record £1.5m.The book is more than 25 years old, but the price the watercolour ...