Another month of books, another month of book covers. March has been one of the best months in recent memory for books—and the same is true for the covers. Here’s an unusually long list of favorites from the last few weeks:

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Tomás Q. Morín, Where Are You From: Letters to my Son (University of Nebraska Press, March 1)

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This is the third cover Bráulio Amado has designed for one of Morín’s books (his cover for Machete is another—very different!—favorite). The common thread is high energy, rich color, and a winking cleverness, that here is taken to the next level by that casually brilliant text treatment.

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Marina Yuszczuk, tr. Heather Cleary, Thirst (Dutton, March 5)

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The bite marks and dripping blood are perfectly understated, and intensified by their juxtaposition to the marble (unbiteable, one imagines) flesh.

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Rachel Lyon, Fruit of the Dead; cover design by Math Monahan and Jaya Miceli (Scribner, March 5)

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Another juicy and irreverent use of classic sculpture, in a very striking composition.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234906" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/51pz1ieraol-_sl1200_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/51Pz1IeraoL._SL1200_.jpg" data-orig-size="750,1200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Jonathan Buckley, Tell; cover design by Janet Hansen (New Directions, March 5)” data-image-description data-image-caption=”

Jonathan Buckley, Tell; cover design by Janet Hansen (New Directions, March 5)

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One of the best type-only covers I’ve ever seen—it almost leaps off the page.

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Jennine Capó Crucet, Say Hello to My Little Friend (Simon & Schuster, March 5)

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Gotta love that font—and also the reverse image spray, which takes on a very dark and ambivalent tone when paired with this title.

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Helen Oyeyemi, Parasol Against the Axe (Riverhead, March 5)

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It hurts my eyes, in the best possible way—a bonkers, irreverent cover for a bonkers, irreverent writer. The UK edition, designed by Kishan Rajani, is also great:

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Jón Kalman Stefánsson, tr. Philip Roughton, Your Absence is Darkness; cover design by Jason Arias (Biblioasis, March 5)

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I love the tactile, almost surrealist landscape here—which is earth, sky, snow, mountain?—and the way the handwritten text slides off in different directions.

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Paulette Kennedy, The Devil and Mrs. Davenport; cover design by Kimberly Glyder (Lake Union, March 5)

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It almost looks like a boilerplate, middle-of-the road novel design—until you see the crack.

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Katie M. Flynn, Island Rule; cover design by Adriana Tonello, art direction by Rodrigo Corral and Lisa Litwack (Scout Press, March 5)

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Weirder than it appears at first glance. Those green paws!

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234912" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/71v4f0vhtdl-_sl1500_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71v4f0VhTdL._SL1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="990,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans, The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels (Crown, March 12)” data-image-description data-image-caption=”

Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans, The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels (Crown, March 12)

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A simple idea, executed beautifully. And that yellow!

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234914" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/91pyyv1b5ol-_sl1500_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91PyYv1b5OL._SL1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="999,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations; cover design by Anna Kochman (Hogarth, March 12)” data-image-description data-image-caption=”

Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations; cover design by Anna Kochman (Hogarth, March 12)

” data-medium-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91PyYv1b5OL._SL1500_-200×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91PyYv1b5OL._SL1500_-682×1024.jpg” class=”wp-image-234914″ src=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91PyYv1b5OL._SL1500_.jpg” alt=”Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations; cover design by Anna Kochman (Hogarth, March 12)” width=”450″ height=”676″ srcset=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91PyYv1b5OL._SL1500_.jpg 999w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91PyYv1b5OL._SL1500_-200×300.jpg 200w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91PyYv1b5OL._SL1500_-682×1024.jpg 682w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91PyYv1b5OL._SL1500_-768×1153.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91PyYv1b5OL._SL1500_-40×60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/91PyYv1b5OL._SL1500_-33×50.jpg 33w” sizes=”(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px”> Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations; cover design by Anna Kochman (Hogarth, March 12)

What to do with a title like Great Expectations? Give it big book energy with lush art and big, neon green text. The result is very compelling.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234919" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/61hjmahoojl-_sl1500_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61hJMAHoOjL._SL1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="994,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Katya Apekina, Mother Doll; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin (Abrams, March 12)” data-image-description data-image-caption=”

Katya Apekina, Mother Doll; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin (Abrams, March 12)

” data-medium-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61hJMAHoOjL._SL1500_-199×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61hJMAHoOjL._SL1500_-679×1024.jpg” class=”wp-image-234919″ src=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61hJMAHoOjL._SL1500_.jpg” alt=”Katya Apekina, Mother Doll; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin (Abrams, March 12)” width=”450″ height=”679″ srcset=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61hJMAHoOjL._SL1500_.jpg 994w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61hJMAHoOjL._SL1500_-199×300.jpg 199w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61hJMAHoOjL._SL1500_-679×1024.jpg 679w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61hJMAHoOjL._SL1500_-768×1159.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61hJMAHoOjL._SL1500_-40×60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61hJMAHoOjL._SL1500_-33×50.jpg 33w” sizes=”(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px”> Katya Apekina, Mother Doll; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin (Abrams, March 12)

Very odd—the doll crying fat teardrops of language!—and very appealing.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234920" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/71a2dadbctl-_sl1200_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71a2dAdBCTL._SL1200_.jpg" data-orig-size="800,1200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Armen Davoudian, The Palace of Forty Pillars: Poems; cover design by Beth Steidle (Tin House Books, March 19)” data-image-description data-image-caption=”

Armen Davoudian, The Palace of Forty Pillars: Poems; cover design by Beth Steidle (Tin House Books, March 19)

” data-medium-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71a2dAdBCTL._SL1200_-200×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71a2dAdBCTL._SL1200_-683×1024.jpg” class=”wp-image-234920″ src=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71a2dAdBCTL._SL1200_.jpg” alt=”Armen Davoudian, The Palace of Forty Pillars: Poems; cover design by Beth Steidle (Tin House Books, March 19) ” width=”450″ height=”675″ srcset=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71a2dAdBCTL._SL1200_.jpg 800w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71a2dAdBCTL._SL1200_-200×300.jpg 200w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71a2dAdBCTL._SL1200_-683×1024.jpg 683w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71a2dAdBCTL._SL1200_-768×1152.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71a2dAdBCTL._SL1200_-40×60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71a2dAdBCTL._SL1200_-33×50.jpg 33w” sizes=”(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px”> Armen Davoudian, The Palace of Forty Pillars: Poems; cover design by Beth Steidle (Tin House Books, March 19)

I love a good trompe-l’oeil cover, and this is a particularly lovely and delicate example, as if an old, crumpled-up page from a magazine had been rescued and flattened out, in an attempt to remember it.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="224362" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/exclusive-see-the-cover-for-tea-obrehts-next-novel-the-morningside/81qhb5fqznl/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL.jpg" data-orig-size="1688,2550" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="tea obreht the morningside" data-image-description data-image-caption="

Téa Obreht, The Morningside; cover art by Nana An (Random House, March 19)

” data-medium-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL-199×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL-678×1024.jpg” class=”wp-image-224362″ src=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL.jpg” alt=”tea obreht the morningside” width=”450″ height=”680″ srcset=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL.jpg 1688w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL-199×300.jpg 199w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL-678×1024.jpg 678w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL-768×1160.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL-40×60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL-1017×1536.jpg 1017w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL-1356×2048.jpg 1356w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/81QhB5FQzNL-33×50.jpg 33w” sizes=”(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px”> Téa Obreht, The Morningside; cover art by Nana An (Random House, March 19)

“I wanted to depict the city in a way that felt mythical and to emphasize nature taking over in bright, surreal colors that contrast to the foggy skyline,” An told Lit Hub. “It’s such a thrill to see the Island City that’s evolved in my imagination—hazy, sun-drenched, half-submerged, not-wholly-knowable—brought to life in such striking and vivid detail,” Obreht added.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234921" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/a1yqlvpqesl-_sl1500_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1yqlVPqesL._SL1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="993,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Cameron Russell, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone: A Memoir; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin, art direction by Rachel Ake (Random House, March 19)” data-image-description data-image-caption=”

Cameron Russell, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone: A Memoir; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin, art direction by Rachel Ake (Random House, March 19)

” data-medium-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1yqlVPqesL._SL1500_-199×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1yqlVPqesL._SL1500_-678×1024.jpg” class=”wp-image-234921″ src=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1yqlVPqesL._SL1500_.jpg” alt=”Cameron Russell, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone: A Memoir; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin, art direction by Rachel Ake (Random House, March 19) ” width=”450″ height=”680″ srcset=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1yqlVPqesL._SL1500_.jpg 993w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1yqlVPqesL._SL1500_-199×300.jpg 199w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1yqlVPqesL._SL1500_-678×1024.jpg 678w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1yqlVPqesL._SL1500_-768×1160.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1yqlVPqesL._SL1500_-40×60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1yqlVPqesL._SL1500_-33×50.jpg 33w” sizes=”(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px”> Cameron Russell, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone: A Memoir; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin, art direction by Rachel Ake (Random House, March 19)

A cool collage that’s weirder than it looks at first glance, and a clever text treatment—you’d think that a title this long would be a challenge to fit onto a cover at all. So hey, why not include it three times?

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234924" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/a1eyzazblsl-_sl1500_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1EyZAZBlSL._SL1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="993,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Heather McCalden, The Observable Universe, cover design by Arsh Raziuddin and Gaby Pesqueira, art direction by Donna Cheng (Hogarth, March 19)” data-image-description data-image-caption=”

Heather McCalden, The Observable Universe, cover design by Arsh Raziuddin and Gaby Pesqueira, art direction by Donna Cheng (Hogarth, March 19)

” data-medium-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1EyZAZBlSL._SL1500_-199×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1EyZAZBlSL._SL1500_-678×1024.jpg” class=”wp-image-234924″ src=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1EyZAZBlSL._SL1500_.jpg” alt=”Heather McCalden, The Observable Universe, cover design by Arsh Raziuddin and Gaby Pesqueira, art direction by Donna Cheng (Hogarth, March 19)” width=”450″ height=”680″ srcset=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1EyZAZBlSL._SL1500_.jpg 993w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1EyZAZBlSL._SL1500_-199×300.jpg 199w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1EyZAZBlSL._SL1500_-678×1024.jpg 678w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1EyZAZBlSL._SL1500_-768×1160.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1EyZAZBlSL._SL1500_-40×60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A1EyZAZBlSL._SL1500_-33×50.jpg 33w” sizes=”(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px”> Heather McCalden, The Observable Universe, cover design by Arsh Raziuddin and Gaby Pesqueira, art direction by Donna Cheng (Hogarth, March 19)

Another collage cover with a warm, vintage mood—it’s fun to see how a designer’s sensibility translates from cover to cover.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234922" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/81kmdmewwdl-_sl1500_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81kmDMewwdL._SL1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="1000,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Marie Mutsuki Mockett, The Tree Doctor; cover design by Kimberly Glyder, illustration by Cory Feder (Graywolf, March 19)” data-image-description data-image-caption=”

Marie Mutsuki Mockett, The Tree Doctor; cover design by Kimberly Glyder, illustration by Cory Feder (Graywolf, March 19)

” data-medium-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81kmDMewwdL._SL1500_-200×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81kmDMewwdL._SL1500_-683×1024.jpg” class=”wp-image-234922″ src=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81kmDMewwdL._SL1500_.jpg” alt=”Marie Mutsuki Mockett, The Tree Doctor; cover design by Kimberly Glyder, illustration by Cory Feder (Graywolf, March 19)” width=”450″ height=”675″ srcset=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81kmDMewwdL._SL1500_.jpg 1000w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81kmDMewwdL._SL1500_-200×300.jpg 200w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81kmDMewwdL._SL1500_-683×1024.jpg 683w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81kmDMewwdL._SL1500_-768×1152.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81kmDMewwdL._SL1500_-40×60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81kmDMewwdL._SL1500_-33×50.jpg 33w” sizes=”(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px”> Marie Mutsuki Mockett, The Tree Doctor; cover design by Kimberly Glyder, illustration by Cory Feder (Graywolf, March 19)

I love the art, of course, but I’m particularly impressed by the way the wavy line almost changes the perceived shape of the book itself.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234925" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/81slos3v-cl-_sl1500_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81sloS3V-cL._SL1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="964,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Samir Chopra, Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide; cover design by Karl Spurzem (Princeton University Press, March 19)” data-image-description data-image-caption=”

Samir Chopra, Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide; cover design by Karl Spurzem (Princeton University Press, March 19)

” data-medium-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81sloS3V-cL._SL1500_-193×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81sloS3V-cL._SL1500_-658×1024.jpg” class=”wp-image-234925″ src=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81sloS3V-cL._SL1500_.jpg” alt=”Samir Chopra, Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide; cover design by Karl Spurzem (Princeton University Press, March 19) ” width=”450″ height=”700″ srcset=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81sloS3V-cL._SL1500_.jpg 964w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81sloS3V-cL._SL1500_-193×300.jpg 193w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81sloS3V-cL._SL1500_-658×1024.jpg 658w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81sloS3V-cL._SL1500_-768×1195.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81sloS3V-cL._SL1500_-39×60.jpg 39w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81sloS3V-cL._SL1500_-32×50.jpg 32w” sizes=”(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px”> Samir Chopra, Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide; cover design by Karl Spurzem (Princeton University Press, March 19)

It’s making me anxious just looking at it.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="231417" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2024/81tpi5htmtl-_sl1500_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/81tPi5HTmtL._SL1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="978,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Alexandra Tanner, Worry" data-image-description data-image-caption="

Alexandra Tanner, Worry; cover design by Alicia Tatone, painting by Shannon Cartier Lucy (Scribner, March 26)

” data-medium-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/81tPi5HTmtL._SL1500_-196×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/81tPi5HTmtL._SL1500_-668×1024.jpg” class=”wp-image-231417″ src=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/81tPi5HTmtL._SL1500_.jpg” alt=”Alexandra Tanner, Worry” width=”450″ height=”690″ srcset=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/81tPi5HTmtL._SL1500_.jpg 978w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/81tPi5HTmtL._SL1500_-196×300.jpg 196w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/81tPi5HTmtL._SL1500_-668×1024.jpg 668w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/81tPi5HTmtL._SL1500_-768×1178.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/81tPi5HTmtL._SL1500_-39×60.jpg 39w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/81tPi5HTmtL._SL1500_-33×50.jpg 33w” sizes=”(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px”> Alexandra Tanner, Worry; cover design by Alicia Tatone, art by Shannon Cartier Lucy (Scribner, March 26)

The perfect marriage of art and title.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234954" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-22-best-book-covers-of-march/71zu8pampil-_sl1500_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71Zu8pAMPiL._SL1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="1001,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Abrahm Lustgarten, On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America; cover design by Matt Chase (FSG, March 26)” data-image-description data-image-caption=”

Abrahm Lustgarten, On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America; cover design by Matt Chase (FSG, March 26)

” data-medium-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71Zu8pAMPiL._SL1500_-200×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71Zu8pAMPiL._SL1500_-683×1024.jpg” class=”wp-image-234954″ src=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71Zu8pAMPiL._SL1500_.jpg” alt=”Abrahm Lustgarten, On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America; cover design by Matt Chase (FSG, March 26)” width=”450″ height=”674″ srcset=”https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71Zu8pAMPiL._SL1500_.jpg 1001w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71Zu8pAMPiL._SL1500_-200×300.jpg 200w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71Zu8pAMPiL._SL1500_-683×1024.jpg 683w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71Zu8pAMPiL._SL1500_-768×1151.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71Zu8pAMPiL._SL1500_-40×60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71Zu8pAMPiL._SL1500_-33×50.jpg 33w” sizes=”(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px”> Abrahm Lustgarten, On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America; cover design by Matt Chase (FSG, March 26)

A dynamic but controlled illustration of a complicated idea.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="234500" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/but-the-ancient-greeks-didnt-sound-irish-on-capturing-voice-in-historical-fiction/glorious-exploits/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/glorious-exploits.jpeg" data-orig-size="900,1359" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="glorious exploits" data-image-description data-image-caption="

Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits; cover design by TK TK (Henry Holt, March 26)

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What can I even say?

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