Perfect Rigor; design by Martha Kennedy:


Cockroach; design by Albert Tang:


The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights; design by Jaya Miceli:


Too Many Murders; design by Jason Gabbert:


Some dude named Chip Kidd talking about book covers:

Loser's Town; design by Ben Wiseman:


Money; design by Bert Krak, art direction by Paul Buckley:


This Is Where I Leave You; design by Gray318:


Chicago: A Biography; design by Matt Avery:


Can Capitalism Survive?; design by Milan Bozic:

Gimme Something Better; design by Jen Wang:


Love and Obstacles; design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich:


The Education of a British-Protected Child; design by Barbara de Wilde:


Sex With Kings; design by Faith Laurel:


Nothing to Be Frightened Of; design by Megan Wilson:

The Amazing Absorbing Boy; design by Jennifer Lum, illustration by Michael Cho:


The Journey Prize; design by Leah Springate:


Automatic World; design by Kelly Hill:


Strange Things Happen; jacket design by Mary Schuck, photograph by Sheila Rock:


Morbid Curiosity; design and illustration by Ben Gibson:

Homo Zapiens; design by Darren Haggar:


Long Past Stopping; design by Mary Schuck, photograph by Jennifer Kennard:


The Wildfire Season; design by The Heads of State:



The Gastronomy of Marriage; design by Anna Bauer, photograph by Mark Weiss:


Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell; design by Holly Macdonald:

The Basketball Diaries (1978 edition); designer unknown, photo by Rosemary Carroll:


The Basketball Diaries, 1987 Penguin edition; design by Melissa Jacoby, photo by Rosemary Carroll


Nineteen Eighty; design by Gregg Kulick:


The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009; illustration by Banksy:


Bicycle Diaries; line art by David Byrne, design by Paul Buckley:

It's usually Five for Friday, but a man's gotta sleep. Good night.

Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil, design by Peter Mendelsund:


Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, design by Philip E Pascuzzo:


Cutting Up Playgirl, designed by Dan Mogford:

Five for Friday #3. You know what to do.

The Death of Bunny Munro designed by Charlotte Strick:


The Monster Variations designed by Ben Gibson:


Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust designed by Carin Goldberg:


Cheap designed by Ben Wiseman:



Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation designed by Jeff Miller:

The second "Five for Friday," a commentary-free* post featuring 5 covers that have recently caught my eye.

*That is, no commentary from me. You, of course, should comment. 9 comments last week? C'mon...start typing :-)

The Gone-Away World, design by Evan Gaffney:
(check out the entire spread here)


Ripped designed by Paul Sahre:


Timbuktu, designer name to come:


The Nightingales of Troy, design by Kelly Blair:


The Theatricality of Greek Tragedy, design by Isaac Tobin:

A new, fairly regular (?) feature here at The BDR: Five for Friday, a commentary-free* posting of 5 covers that have recently caught my eye.

*That is, no commentary from me. You, of course, should comment as we here in Chicago vote: early and often.

The Confessions of Edward Day, design by Emily Mahon:


The Prince, design by Jaya Miceli:


The Time It Takes to Fall, design by Catherine Casalino:


The Act of Love, design by Catherine Casalino:


Marx's General, design by Charles Brock:


(PS: All these images come from portfolios on design:related. Got a portfolio there? Join The Book Design Review network so I can see it.)