{"id":2559,"date":"2025-05-28T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:15:20","slug":"20-of-the-best-book-covers-for-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/20-of-the-best-book-covers-for-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"20 of the Best Book Covers for May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2012, Jenny Volvovski<\/a> launched From Cover to Cover<\/a>\u2014a personal project in which she sought to design a cover for every single book she read. And, well, they were surprisingly brilliant, and have unsurprisingly led to a career designing real book covers (and much more).<\/p>\n

Her latest project: A cover for Juan Jos\u00e9 Saer\u2019s novel The Event<\/em>. The book originally came out in 1987, and given her background reinterpreting contemporary and classic works, Volvovski was perhaps the ultimate designer for such a rerelease. Below, she tells us more about it\u2014and the rest of our favorite cover picks from May follow.<\/p>\n

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Cover design by Jenny Volvovski<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Publisher description:<\/strong>
Blanco the Magician is renowned across Europe for his astonishing telepathic feats, dazzling audiences with the power of his mind. But when a ruthless conspiracy exposes him as a fraud, his carefully constructed world shatters. Fleeing disgrace, Blanco escapes to the remote corners of Argentina, where he begins a new life in obscurity with the beguiling and enigmatic Gina.<\/em><\/p>\n

As Blanco struggles to rebuild his identity, he finds himself entangled in a series of events that blur the line between illusion and reality. In <\/em>The Event, Juan Jos\u00e9 Saer weaves a hypnotic tale of deception, exile and the search for meaning in a world where nothing is as it seems. With his signature philosophical depth and luminous prose, Saer explores themes of love, identity and the fragile constructs that hold our lives together.<\/em><\/p>\n

What was the brief for this project?<\/strong>
The brief was pretty concise. I received a synopsis of the book and the original Kirkus review. There was also a positive note about the original English cover<\/a>, which had a distinct surreal vibe.<\/p>\n

How did you arrive at the motif of frames within frames? (And how did you select the number of repetitions?)<\/strong>
The novel is largely set in the Argentine pampas, and I wanted to anchor the design in that landscape. \u2026 To convey the story\u2019s dreamlike quality, I used image repetition as a way to suggest a real place overlaid with unreality. The number of repetitions isn\u2019t symbolic\u2014it came down to composition: Any more felt too busy, any fewer didn\u2019t feel intentional enough. The inverted image further hints at the uncanny and Blanco\u2019s pursuit of paranormal power.<\/p>\n

Did you know from the start that you wanted everything to run full-bleed?<\/strong>
Yeah, I always imagined the cover full-bleed. Since the Argentine plains are so expansive, I wanted the design to echo the sense of a horizon that stretches on forever.<\/p>\n

What were you looking to convey with the type treatment? I also love the detail of breaking the \u2018T\u2019.<\/strong>
Like the upside-down image, I wanted the type treatment to feel slightly off and unconstrained by a rigid frame. It was another way to echo the story\u2019s surreal, dramatic tone. The red background helps balance the composition, playing against the flipped sky.<\/p>\n

What other comps did you explore before arriving at the final design?<\/strong>
My favorite of the unused covers has a similar concept, executed in a different way. It features a serene painting of the pampas and bold, centered type\u2014but at its center, a circle has been cut out and rotated, disrupting the landscape and typography.<\/p>\n

Out of curiosity, how much of your cover work is still personal project\u2013based, versus commercial?<\/strong>
I don\u2019t do much personal cover work these days since the real cover work keeps me busy. But I still come up with cover ideas for just about every book I read. There are a few specific sketches floating in my head that I hope to make time for one of these days \u2026<\/p>\n

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Cover design by Pablo Delcan<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Jared Bartman<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Na Kim<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Jeff Miller<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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Cover design by Emily Mahon<\/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 Amit Malhotra<\/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 Janet Hansen<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Na Kim<\/a><\/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 Kimberly Glyder<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Kelly Blair<\/a>; art by Walton Ford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Victoria Maxfield<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Cover design by Tyler Comrie<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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