Analysing Existing Book Covers | Award Winning Book Cover Designs

Ones I found on some lists of award winning book covers (2012 and 2014). Just gonna say what I like/what I think is good about them. I wont have read all these books so I'm just going off descriptions I find on sparknotes/wiki/goodreads.

• Book about a woman with a past who wants to "dissapear". 
• set on a farm.
• Cover gives hints about the books somewhat dark/threatening content without giving too much away. 
• Fractured cover, I think, mirrors mystery and pacing of the story. Plot is handed out in small amounts.
• Font, squared off, goes well with squared off fractured bits of image on cover.
• I like the contrast between geometric shapes and organic ones in the drawings of the animals/landscape.

• "Involving story of how a passionate attachment to a great work of literature can shape our lives and help us to read our own histories."- Goodreads
• I like how the images circle each other, creates a nice visual representation of these separate things in the characters life seem to circle around each other. Shows how all these aspects are involved with each other.

•  I like the use of runes/odd shapes/looks almost like a map.
• Text mixes well with runic? illustration with is mismatched parallel lines.

• I like the use of paintlrly illustration contrasted with the quite neat text and paper.
• I also like the 3D effect of the paper in the illustration.
• I like the idea of this maybe continuing throughput the book (in my version anyway) with pullouts ect? Bits of Information.

• This book has more images because I thought it was extra-special.
• I really like the pullouts as I mentioned about the book above.
• I like the extra design element of the outer book sleeve.
• The book really gives a sense of atmosphere with it multiple layers and fold outs.
• The design of the book itself tells a story.

• I like the embossing and inlays.
• Gold accents are really nice.
• simple line-work and plain text but bold and very effective. 

• Clever use of overlays and photo-manipulation.
• Heavily detailed but still pulls focus.
• Simple, elegant text.

• Nice combination of illustration and graphic design.
• I like the juxtaposition of the two, very striking.
• Monstrous hand creates sense of tension without revealing to much about plot.

• Simple bold design.
• I like how the type is integrated into the imagery.