45 Beautifully Designed Book Covers

Since I've had the pleasure of designing a few book covers lately, I've been researching a lot. Let’s face it, if people didn’t actually “judge books by their covers”, there would be a lot of graphic designers out of a job.

So in the spirit of judging books by their covers, I’ve compiled a list of 45 beautifully designed book covers that I find inspiring. Did I miss any that inspire you?

Moral Relativism – Source

The Brief History Of The Dead – Source

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Source

The Microscope and the Eye – Source

Lowboy – Source

The Kiss – Source

Who Is Conrad Hirst – Source

The Collected Poems of Tennessee Williams – Source

Spade & Archer – Source

When You Are Engulfed In Flames – Source

Send Me – Source

The Separation – Source

Payback – Source

A Monster’s Notes – Source

The House of Sleep – Source

The Annotated Nose – Source

Death in the Andes – Source

Day In Day Out – Source

The Tax Inspector – Source

When We Were Romans – Source

The Customs of the Kingdoms of India – Source

Kafka on the Shore – Source

Forgetting Things – Source

Strawberry Fields – Source

Obsession: A History – Source

On Seeing and Noticing – Source

Before The Big Bang – Source

Sea of Poppies – Source

The Humbling – Source

Leviathan – Source

Sedaris – Source

Freakonomics – Source

City of Thieves – Source

Bodies – Source

Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Source

The Error World – Source

Faraway Places – Source

Cool It – Source

The Gum Thief – Source

Company of Liars – Source

The Good Rat – Source

The Murder – Source

In The Cut – Source

American Nerd – Source

How To Speak At Special Events – Source

[Via WellMedicated]