Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post. This is a weekly feature that’s hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is actually ‘All-time favourite books from X genre’ and I was really excited to share my favourites but then I realised that I talk about my favourites all the time and you’re probably sick of hearing about the same books over and over again. I was fully intending to skip this week’s TTT but then inspiration struck when I couldn’t stop raving about how beautifully packaged The Thousandth Floor is. So my topic for today’s list is “all-time favourite book covers”. I also happen to really love all of these books on my list so take this as my list of recommendations!
1. The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
Since this whole list is inspired by this book, it had to be at the top of my list. I love everything about this cover and how this book is packaged. It has a beautiful smooth texture and a beautiful embossed title. The spine is also amazing and is probably my favourite part of this whole book. The endpapers are also stunning and finally, when you undress the book, the naked hardcover has the title on it in beautiful gold lettering.
2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
This is my favourite book of all time and there really isn’t any part of it that I don’t absolutely love. The cover is stunning. I love the colours and that the cover is slightly shimmery. It’s so beautiful!!
3. The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
This novel is one of my favourite reads of 2016 so far. I love the colours on the cover, as well as the feathers and the branches. I just think that it’s very beautifully simplistic.
4. Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
This cover is just stunning. The illustration of the bird is so detailed and I could spend hours and hours just staring at it and trying to figure it out. I have the Australian paperback edition but I’ve seen the UK hardcover addition and omg it’s BEAUTIFUL.
5. I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
The picture I’ve included doesn’t do this cover justice. It’s absolutely beautiful in real life and the debossed lines on the cover, as well as on the naked hardback is not only beautiful to the eyes but wonderful to touch. This is my favourite YA novel of all time and I’m so happy that it has an insanely pretty cover too.
6. Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
I love not only the illustrations on the cover, which are so stunning and detailed, but also the texture of the cover. I have the hardcover edition and it’s got a wonderful matte cover and I love touching it so much!
7. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
I love the covers of all three books in this trilogy but I had to mention this one because it’s the first. I think the covers of Hollow City and Library of Souls are really mysterious and unique but this first book just has a really iconic cover. I love that it’s greyscale and that it’s just so peculiar!
8. The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
I mean, just look at this cover. Just look at it! The colours are so pretty and there’s nothing that I can say about it that you can’t already see.
9. My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
What I love most about this book is the texture of it. The black hole on the cover is stitched and I love feeling the raised bits of thread. I don’t like that it’s not centred but other than that, it’s perfection. I also really love the debossed black hole on the naked hardcover.
10. Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
I love the font and the embossed lettering of the title. When I first got this book, I couldn’t stop feeling it. I also really like the bottle and the ship. I just think that it’s a beautifully designed cover!
“The Thousandth Floor” is beautiful beyond everything. Like, wow! Also, “Passenger” is another stunning concept. Both are highly anticipated reads on my TBR! 🙂
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Yes! Both of them were books that I couldn’t stop myself from stroking constantly. I love running my fingers over the lettering on both books. I love them sooo much!
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So many pretty covers. I especially love the ones for Nevernight and Miss P. Great list today, and thanks for sharing. 🙂
Here’s my TTT
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I really love both the UK and US covers for Nevernight, which is kind of rare for me. I’d love to own both editions! Miss Peregrine’s is just beautiful inside and out.
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Picking fave book covers is SO hard for me!!! I love so, so many! I’ll Give You the Sun would probably make my list too. And Nicola Yoon books are Super pretty!!! Whoever designs her books gets a gold star from me 🙂
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I agree, whoever designs the covers for Nicola Yoon’s books needs a pay rise because they’re absolutely stunning!
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These are all beautiful covers!! By the way, your link on the Broke and Bookish leads to your review of the Thousandth Floor… not sure if you did that on purpose or not? Here is my list: https://pageturner20.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/top-ten-tuesday-44/
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Oh not sure what happened there! I just checked and the link seems to be the correct one. WordPress does some weird things occasionally…
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They do… My add link button still isn’t working on the computer so I have to add all the links via my phone!! You are not alone in you WordPress issues!! 😀
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The Thousandth Floor really does have a beautiful cover! I am not one hundred percent sure it’s a book I would be interested in, but I almost want to buy it anyway just because it’s such a pretty cover!
My TTT.
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That was my exact justification for buying the book! But when I had it in my hands, it was so pretty that I ended up being really excited to read it. And the story and writing style kinda blew me away?!
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OMG I can’t believe I forgot about My Heart & Other Black Holes! I LOVED THAT BOOK! 😀 Great TOP 10! I’ll Give You The Sun, also made my list! It is such a wonderful book 😀 My Top Ten Tuesday!
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Wasn’t My Heart and Other Black Holes just amazing?! Everytime I see it on my shelf, I want to touch the stitching on the cover. It’s just a pity that the black hole isn’t centred.
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Hahaha! 😆
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Passenger’s cover always catches my eye! My TTT
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Isn’t it just beautiful?! And you can’t forget the pretty silver tree on the naked hardback. I really like the look of Wayfarer as well so I can’t wait to have both of them side by side on my shelf!
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The Thousandth Floor is nice, as is Everything Everything. And I think The Smell of Other People’s Houses is a great cover, like the colors on that one.
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I love the colours of The Smell of Other People’s Houses! I have the Australian/UK edition of that book and the cover is nowhere near as nice. I’ll definitely be replacing it with the US edition at some point and giving away the Aus edition to someone else so that they can experience the beauty of this book 😀
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Hahah but I love hearing you rave about your favorites! I actually bought the UK Nevernight specifically so I could have a physical copy of that cover! 🙂
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HAHA but I always rave about the same favourites! Even I get sick of praising the same books over and over (except All the Light We Cannot See. I will promote that book until the end of time). Yes to Nevernight!!! I actually ordered the US edition on Book Depository but they ended up cancelling my order and refunding. No idea why… I’m guessing they ran out of stock!
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Nevernight and The Smell of other People’s Houses are just beauuuutiful covers! They all are to be honest but those two really caught me eye. I just read Passenger a few weeks ago, and I thought it had such an elegant cover. Great post!
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I love that super beautiful silver tree on the pretty blue naked hardback. I couldn’t stop touching it and looking at it when I first got the book!
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It’s so gorgeous! If I were to get it it would be such an unashamed cover buy! 😛
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Great post Jenna. I loved reading All the light we cannot see. And yes! The smell of other people’s houses is so gorgeous
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Hehehe I love finding fellow All the Light We Cannot See lovers. I just wish more people would read it because it’s soooo amazing!!
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Even though I have no interest in reading Clockwork Princess, I own a copy because that cover is so freaking pretty. The dress, the book, the background, I love it!
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I totally agree! I love the pretty gold dress and just everything about the cover. It also helps that it’s one of my favourite books of all time too 😀
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Great choices! Those are really beautiful covers! ❤
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Thank you! I love them all sooo much, and the contents are equally beautiful ❤
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JENNA YOUR DESCRIPTION OF THESE BOOKS IS LIKE STATIONERY PORN, yes please LOL. I love Nevernight so much that I have 2 copies of the same cover lol. I can definitely see how enamoured you are with The Thousandth Floor lol
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HAHAHAHA STATIONERY PORN XD
I do love all of these books very very much, both the inside and the outside. Like if they were human, I’d marry them all and have a reverse harem of really good looking book-people.
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I like the cover of Everything Everything too. And you are so write that the texture adds so much to the enjoyment. The Thousandth Floor has a beautiful cover. Thanks for sharing, Jenna!
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