Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Shanah, the Bionic Book Worm, and now hosted by Meeghan at Meeghan Reads.
This week’s topic:
Top 5 covers of 2022
The following are my favorite covers of the books I read this year.
The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith
The Worm and the Bird by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Mirka Andolfo’s Mercy: The Fair Lady, the Frost, and the Fiend by Mirka Andolfo (illus.), transl. by Arancia Studio
DCeased: Hope at World’s End by Tom Taylor, illus. by Trevor Hairsine
Every Tree Has a Story by Cécile Benoist, illus. by Charlotte Gastaut
The first two are children’s picture books that were not what I expected when I read them. The stories strike me more as fables, almost, and didn’t appeal to me, but there are many readers who like them, so I’m just the rando here. I’d recommend them. Plus, the illustrations are good.
The second two are horror comic books. Mirka Andolfo’s Mercy reminds me of the popular Monstress series because it’s about a young woman who has a monster inside her. It’s set during the gold rush, and the story is interesting but ultimately didn’t work for me. I liked the art, though.
DCeased: Hope at World’s End is the third installment in a superhero comic book series about a zombie apocalypse that takes place in the DC universe. I’m a huge fan. I enjoy both the story and the illustrations and hope another installment (the fifth) is forthcoming.
And the last book, Every Tree Has a Story, is a children’s nonfiction book about trees that I think will appeal to all ages. It’s one of my favorite books of the year. I learned a lot, and the patterned illustrations are gorgeous.
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I like how different those first two covers are from the rest, relying not on photos or paintings but just really beautiful cover designs.
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They also feel different from the others too because they are clothbound. It’s a nice texture.
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Ooh, Every Tree Has a Story is gorgeous!!
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And it’s a great read too 😊
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The first two remind me of Cally Conway’s prints. She’s a printmaker from the UK who did the UK cover for Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet.
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Oh! I’ll look her up. I like the cover of Hamnet. Coralie Bickford-Smith works as an illustrator for Penguin Random House, I think. She’s done a couple covers for their classics.
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I remember when you reviewed Every Tree Has a Story, and I still want to read it😁
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Glad I got you interested in it.
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Mercy’s cover is to die for 😍 the lady on the cover slightly make me think of the 9feet beauty in the new resident evil game!
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Ikr!
Oh cool! 🙂
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Gorgeous covers! Mirka Andolfo always makes amazing art!
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This is the first I’ve encountered Mirka’s work. Love the illustrations.
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Those are all incredibly gorgeous, but especially Mercy’s! How beautiful is that art!
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Ikr! And I love that the illustrations within closely match the cover art. I’ve been deceived by many comic book covers throughout my life.
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These covers are all stunning.
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Ikr! I’m a sucker for gorgeous covers and can’t part with them, even if I didn’t like the story within.
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