{"id":2432,"date":"2025-06-30T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:14:59","slug":"30-of-the-best-book-covers-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/30\/30-of-the-best-book-covers-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"30 of the Best Book Covers of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Need a reprieve from the nationwide heat wave and the overarching global hot mess?<\/p>\n

This month we found cover zen in the launch of the Picador Shorts series, which Alex Merto<\/a> designed, featuring illustrations by Ty Williams<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Below, Merto shares a bit more about the project\u2014and the rest of our favorite cover finds announced or released in June follow.<\/p>\n

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Tell us, in a nutshell, about the project and the brief.<\/strong>
Picador Shorts is a new series of small books with big ideas. Each one is an excerpt from a beloved backlist title, reframed to spotlight a subject we believe deserves renewed attention. The debut season focuses on water: oceans, rivers, streams, and the lives tangled up within them. From Marion Nestle on the ethics of eating seafood to John McPhee tracing the shad\u2019s improbable migrations, these books offer clarity on a subject that is, by nature, ever-shifting. Designed to be bought as a set, read in a sitting and returned to often, they invite readers to re-engage with essential thinkers in a format that feels both fresh and collectible.<\/p>\n

How did you select Ty to illustrate the series? And did you give him a blank canvas, or more concrete direction?<\/strong>
I\u2019ve been a huge fan of Ty\u2019s work for a long time. He\u2019s truly one of a kind. His illustrations are loose, characterful and instantly recognizable. You know it\u2019s Ty the moment you see it. I first reached out to him in 2020 to do a drawing for a friend\u2019s beach house, and I\u2019ve been waiting for the right project to work with him again ever since.<\/p>\n

This series felt like the perfect fit. So much of Ty\u2019s world already lives in and around the water\u2014surfing, fish, boats, waves. We gave him a few images and loose prompts to start with, but mostly just got out of the way. He delivered more than we hoped for.<\/p>\n

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What did Ty make of the project, and what was his approach with the art?\u00a0<\/strong>
[From Ty]: \u201cMaking illustrations of fish and oceanic subject matter is a full-circle project assignment for me. I spend the bulk of my spare time at the beach, and when I\u2019m not in the water, I can be found sketching sealife. I struggle to imagine something I\u2019d rather be doing than projects like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alex, how did you select the color palette?<\/strong>
Limiting the palette to just two colors gave Ty\u2019s linework room to breathe. Across the set, the simplicity helps unify the books without flattening their individual voices.<\/p>\n

How about the type treatment?<\/strong>
The typography is deliberately quiet, letting the illustration lead. It acts more like a caption than a headline.<\/p>\n

Did you explore any other comps for the project?<\/strong>
I played with a few typographic variations, but they were all in the same ballpark. From the start, I knew the art needed to carry the cover. The goal was to keep the type out of the way and let Ty\u2019s illustrations do the talking.<\/p>\n

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What do you think of the final product?<\/strong>
I think they\u2019re perfect. Ty\u2019s art makes each book feel special. Each illustration feels like its own little surprise, totally unique, but still part of the same world. There\u2019s a timeless quality to them that I think will still feel right years from now. It\u2019s one of those rare projects I know I\u2019ll return to and still feel proud of. And the response so far has been exactly what we hoped for! People are picking them up, sharing them and collecting the full set.<\/p>\n

Are there more volumes in the Shorts series coming? If so, are you going to adhere to the design system here, or brand each one differently?<\/strong>
Yes, we have more shorts in the works. The idea is for each series to feel distinct but still part of a larger conversation. We\u2019ll likely keep the same type structure for consistency, but update the artwork and color palette to reflect each new theme.<\/p>\n

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Cover design by Claire Sullivan<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Max Rompo<\/a>; art by Amanda Tejo Viviani<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Math Monahan<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Frances DiGiovanni<\/a> \/ Rodrigo Corral Studio<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Daniel Benneworth-Gray<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Megan Wilson; art from Po\u00e9sies de St\u00e9phane Mallarm\u00e9, 1932, Henri Matisse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Giacomo Girardi<\/a> \/ Rodrigo Corral Studio<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Olga Grlic<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Pablo Delcan<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Jenny Volvovski<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Jack Smyth<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover designs by Na Kim<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Ben Denzer<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Luke Bird<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Sarah Schulte<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Jim Tierney<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by kid-ethic<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Rodrigo Corral Studio<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Elisha Zepeda<\/a>, based on a concept by Designb\u00fcro L\u00fcbbeke Naumann Thoben<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Nicole Caputo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by David Pearson<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Claire Sullivan<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Olga Grlic<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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