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class="sidebar_content" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <meta itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="https://lithub.com/the-18-best-book-covers-of-february/"/> <span itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <meta itemprop="name" content="Lithub" /> <meta itemprop="url" content="http://lithub.com" /> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <meta itemprop="url" content="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/themes/rigel/images/social_logo.png"/> </span> </span> <div class="post_img main_img"> <img src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/febcovers-copy.jpg" alt="" class="entry_post" itemprop='image'/> </div>  <div class="post_content_body_wrapper"> <div class="post_header_wrapper"> <h1 class="post_title" itemprop="headline"> The 18 Best Book Covers of February </h1> <h3>Greens and Hot Pinks, All the Way to Spring</h3> </div> <div class="author_info" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <div class="author_name">By <a href="https://lithub.com/author/emily-temple/" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Emily Temple</span></a></div> <div class="author_hr"><hr/></div> <div class="publish_date">February 28, 2025</div> </div> <div class="social_links"> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?via=lithub&text=The+18+Best+Book+Covers+of+February&url=https%3A%2F%2Flithub.com%2Fthe-18-best-book-covers-of-february%2F"><span class="social_twitter"></span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flithub.com%2Fthe-18-best-book-covers-of-february%2F&t=The+18+Best+Book+Covers+of+February"><span class="social_facebook"></span></a> </div>  <div class="post_wrapper" style="padding-top:0;"> <div class="post_inner_wrapper"> <div class="post_wrapper_inner"> <div class="post_inner_wrapper"> <span itemprop="articleBody"><p>Another month of books, another month of book covers. It’s been a cold and snowy winter in the Northeast, and February—despite its literal length—has been feeling like a slog. No doubt there are a few other factors at play besides the weather, but still. At least we have this abnormally long list of really excellent book covers, stretched like a little string of (primarily green and hot pink) lights across a dismal month.</p><div class="insert-post-ads" style="clear:both;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><span>Article continues after advertisement</span><script id="9b7a21a47fb44523b011db6d4f4cad23">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=546998bb-b9c0-4480-8c91-3e307220efff&cid=86b7c382-5e20-4129-84db-dea768f4d688'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "546998bb-b9c0-4480-8c91-3e307220efff" }).render("9b7a21a47fb44523b011db6d4f4cad23"); });</script></div><div class="insert-post-ads remove"><a href="https://lithub.memberful.com/join" target="_new" class="remove-ads external">Remove Ads</a></div> <span class="caption"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="248304" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/soft-core/9780374613891-2/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891.jpg" data-orig-size="1613,2475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="soft core" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Brittany Newell, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780374613891" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soft Core</a></em>; cover design by Rodrigo Corral, art by Aistė Stancikaitė (FSG, February 4)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891-196x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891-667x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-248304" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891-667x1024.jpg" alt="soft core" width="450" height="690" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891-667x1024.jpg 667w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891-196x300.jpg 196w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891-768x1178.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891-39x60.jpg 39w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891-1001x1536.jpg 1001w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891-1335x2048.jpg 1335w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891-33x50.jpg 33w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9780374613891.jpg 1613w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Brittany Newell, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780374613891" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">Soft Core</a></em>; cover design by Rodrigo Corral, art by Aistė Stancikaitė (FSG, February 4)</span> <p>You can just about feel the squeak. This cover is incredibly uncomfortable, in the best way.</p> <span class="caption"><img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="247167" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2025/virginia-feito-victorian-psycho/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Virginia-Feito-Victorian-Psycho-.jpeg" data-orig-size="658,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Virginia Feito, Victorian Psycho" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Virginia Feito, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781631498633" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Victorian Psycho</a></em>; cover design by Jaya Miceli (Liveright, February 4)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Virginia-Feito-Victorian-Psycho--197x300.jpeg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Virginia-Feito-Victorian-Psycho-.jpeg" class="wp-image-247167" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Virginia-Feito-Victorian-Psycho-.jpeg" alt="Virginia Feito, Victorian Psycho" width="450" height="684" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Virginia-Feito-Victorian-Psycho-.jpeg 658w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Virginia-Feito-Victorian-Psycho--197x300.jpeg 197w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Virginia-Feito-Victorian-Psycho--39x60.jpeg 39w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Virginia-Feito-Victorian-Psycho--33x50.jpeg 33w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Virginia Feito, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781631498633" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">Victorian Psycho</a></em>; cover design by Jaya Miceli (Liveright, February 4)</span> <p>The yellow feels like an inspired choice here.</p> <span class="caption"><img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="247170" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2025/lucy-rose-the-lamb/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Lucy-Rose-The-Lamb-.jpeg" data-orig-size="800,1200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Lucy Rose, The Lamb" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Lucy Rose, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780063374607" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Lamb</a></em>; cover design by Joanne O’Neill (Harper, February 4)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Lucy-Rose-The-Lamb--200x300.jpeg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Lucy-Rose-The-Lamb--683x1024.jpeg" class="wp-image-247170" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Lucy-Rose-The-Lamb--683x1024.jpeg" alt="Lucy Rose, The Lamb" width="450" height="675" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Lucy-Rose-The-Lamb--683x1024.jpeg 683w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Lucy-Rose-The-Lamb--200x300.jpeg 200w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Lucy-Rose-The-Lamb--768x1152.jpeg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Lucy-Rose-The-Lamb--40x60.jpeg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Lucy-Rose-The-Lamb--33x50.jpeg 33w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Lucy-Rose-The-Lamb-.jpeg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Lucy Rose, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780063374607" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">The Lamb</a></em>; cover design by Joanne O’Neill (Harper, February 4)</span> <p>An excellent juxtaposition of title and image. Also: the teeth.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="249982" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-18-best-book-covers-of-february/attachment/199454293/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/199454293.jpg" data-orig-size="993,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Ira Madison III, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593446188" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Pure Innocent Fun</em></a>; cover design by Ella Laytham (Random House, February 4)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Ira Madison III, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593446188" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Pure Innocent Fun</em></a>; cover design by Ella Laytham (Random House, February 4)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/199454293-199x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/199454293-678x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-249982" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/199454293-678x1024.jpg" alt="Ira Madison III, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593446188" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Pure Innocent Fun</em></a>; cover design by Ella Laytham (Random House, February 4) " width="450" height="680" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/199454293-678x1024.jpg 678w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/199454293-199x300.jpg 199w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/199454293-768x1160.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/199454293-40x60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/199454293-33x50.jpg 33w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/199454293.jpg 993w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Ira Madison III, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593446188" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external"><em>Pure Innocent Fun</em></a>; cover design by Ella Laytham (Random House, February 4)</span> <p>How can you not want to pick up something that looks this much like it has the good drugs in it?</p><div class="insert-post-ads" style="clear:both;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><span>Article continues after advertisement</span><div class="htlad-LH_PP_IC"></div></div><div class="insert-post-ads remove"><a href="https://lithub.memberful.com/join" target="_new" class="remove-ads external">Remove Ads</a></div> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="247164" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2025/michel-nieva-tr-rahul-berry-dengue-boy/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Michel-Nieva-tr.-Rahul-Berry-Dengue-Boy-.jpg" data-orig-size="716,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Michel Nieva, tr. Rahul Berry, Dengue Boy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Michel Nieva, tr. Rahul Bery, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781662602658" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dengue Boy</a></em>; cover design by Rodrigo Corral, illustration by Sophy Hollington (Astra House, February 4)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Michel-Nieva-tr.-Rahul-Berry-Dengue-Boy--215x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Michel-Nieva-tr.-Rahul-Berry-Dengue-Boy-.jpg" class="wp-image-247164" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Michel-Nieva-tr.-Rahul-Berry-Dengue-Boy-.jpg" alt="Michel Nieva, tr. Rahul Berry, Dengue Boy" width="450" height="628" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Michel-Nieva-tr.-Rahul-Berry-Dengue-Boy-.jpg 716w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Michel-Nieva-tr.-Rahul-Berry-Dengue-Boy--215x300.jpg 215w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Michel-Nieva-tr.-Rahul-Berry-Dengue-Boy--43x60.jpg 43w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Michel-Nieva-tr.-Rahul-Berry-Dengue-Boy--36x50.jpg 36w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Michel Nieva, tr. Rahul Bery, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781662602658" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">Dengue Boy</a></em>; cover design by Rodrigo Corral, illustration by Sophy Hollington (Astra House, February 4)</span> <p>I love this hectic, exuberant neon cover—the kind of thing we very rarely see (and just the right tempo for the book).</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="249983" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-18-best-book-covers-of-february/9798893389036_fc/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC.jpg" data-orig-size="1493,2089" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Lauren Markham, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9798893389036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Immemorial</a></em>; cover design by Anna Morrison (Transit Books, February 4)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Lauren Markham, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9798893389036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Immemorial</a></em>; cover design by Anna Morrison (Transit Books, February 4)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC-214x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC-732x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-249983" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC-732x1024.jpg" alt="Lauren Markham, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9798893389036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Immemorial</a></em>; cover design by Anna Morrison (Transit Books, February 4) " width="450" height="630" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC-732x1024.jpg 732w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC-214x300.jpg 214w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC-768x1075.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC-43x60.jpg 43w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC-1098x1536.jpg 1098w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC-1464x2048.jpg 1464w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC-36x50.jpg 36w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9798893389036_FC.jpg 1493w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Lauren Markham, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9798893389036" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">Immemorial</a></em>; cover design by Anna Morrison (Transit Books, February 4)</span> <p>And I <em>also </em>love this cover, which is basically the opposite of the above: restrained and calm, though with a similar human touch.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="247165" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2025/ali-smith-gliff/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ali-Smith-Gliff-.jpeg" data-orig-size="633,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Ali Smith, Gliff" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Ali Smith, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593701560" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gliff</a></em>; cover design by Linda Huang, illustration by Simon Pemberton (Pantheon, February 4)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ali-Smith-Gliff--190x300.jpeg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ali-Smith-Gliff-.jpeg" class="wp-image-247165" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ali-Smith-Gliff-.jpeg" alt="Ali Smith, Gliff" width="450" height="711" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ali-Smith-Gliff-.jpeg 633w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ali-Smith-Gliff--190x300.jpeg 190w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ali-Smith-Gliff--38x60.jpeg 38w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ali-Smith-Gliff--32x50.jpeg 32w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Ali Smith, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593701560" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">Gliff</a></em>; cover design by Linda Huang, illustration by Simon Pemberton (Pantheon, February 4)</span> <p>For the sense of movement, and the horse’s-ass of it all.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="249989" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-18-best-book-covers-of-february/6d1a4bbf3d8cb55f0dc861aec215cb174ac5a9e0-6600x9600/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6d1a4bbf3d8cb55f0dc861aec215cb174ac5a9e0-6600x9600-1.avif" data-orig-size="500,727" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Evelio Rosero, tr. Victor Meadowcroft, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780811234580" target="_blank">House of Fury</a></em>; cover design by Tyler Comrie (New Directions, February 4)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Evelio Rosero, tr. Victor Meadowcroft, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780811234580" target="_blank">House of Fury</a></em>; cover design by Tyler Comrie (New Directions, February 4)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6d1a4bbf3d8cb55f0dc861aec215cb174ac5a9e0-6600x9600-1-206x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6d1a4bbf3d8cb55f0dc861aec215cb174ac5a9e0-6600x9600-1.avif" class="wp-image-249989" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6d1a4bbf3d8cb55f0dc861aec215cb174ac5a9e0-6600x9600-1.avif" alt="Evelio Rosero, tr. Victor Meadowcroft, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780811234580" target="_blank">House of Fury</a></em>; cover design by Tyler Comrie (New Directions, February 4) " width="450" height="654" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6d1a4bbf3d8cb55f0dc861aec215cb174ac5a9e0-6600x9600-1.avif 500w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6d1a4bbf3d8cb55f0dc861aec215cb174ac5a9e0-6600x9600-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6d1a4bbf3d8cb55f0dc861aec215cb174ac5a9e0-6600x9600-1-41x60.jpg 41w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6d1a4bbf3d8cb55f0dc861aec215cb174ac5a9e0-6600x9600-1-34x50.jpg 34w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Evelio Rosero, tr. Victor Meadowcroft, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780811234580" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">House of Fury</a></em>; cover design by Tyler Comrie (New Directions, February 4)</span> <p>A little bit funny, a little bit inscrutable.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="247201" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2025/sarah-chihaya-bibliophobia-a-memoir/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sarah-Chihaya-Bibliophobia-A-Memoir-.jpeg" data-orig-size="667,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Sarah Chihaya, Bibliophobia- A Memoir" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Sarah Chihaya, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593594728" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bibliophobia</a></em>; cover design by TK TK (Random House, February 4)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sarah-Chihaya-Bibliophobia-A-Memoir--200x300.jpeg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sarah-Chihaya-Bibliophobia-A-Memoir-.jpeg" class="wp-image-247201" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sarah-Chihaya-Bibliophobia-A-Memoir-.jpeg" alt="Sarah Chihaya, Bibliophobia- A Memoir" width="450" height="675" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sarah-Chihaya-Bibliophobia-A-Memoir-.jpeg 667w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sarah-Chihaya-Bibliophobia-A-Memoir--200x300.jpeg 200w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sarah-Chihaya-Bibliophobia-A-Memoir--40x60.jpeg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sarah-Chihaya-Bibliophobia-A-Memoir--33x50.jpeg 33w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Sarah Chihaya, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593594728" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">Bibliophobia</a></em>; cover design by TK TK (Random House, February 4)</span> <p>Daring text treatment and use of blank space.</p><div class="insert-post-ads" style="clear:both;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><span>Article continues after advertisement</span><div class="htlad-LH_PP_IC"></div></div><div class="insert-post-ads remove"><a href="https://lithub.memberful.com/join" target="_new" class="remove-ads external">Remove Ads</a></div> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="249984" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-18-best-book-covers-of-february/lion_final-copy/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy.jpg" data-orig-size="1725,2550" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Sonya Walger, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781681379036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lion</a></em>; cover design by Katy Homans (NYRB, February 4)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Sonya Walger, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781681379036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lion</a></em>; cover design by Katy Homans (NYRB, February 4)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy-203x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy-693x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-249984" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy-693x1024.jpg" alt="Sonya Walger, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781681379036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lion</a></em>; cover design by Katy Homans (NYRB, February 4) " width="450" height="665" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy-693x1024.jpg 693w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy-203x300.jpg 203w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy-768x1135.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy-41x60.jpg 41w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy-1039x1536.jpg 1039w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy-1385x2048.jpg 1385w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy-34x50.jpg 34w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lion_FINAL-copy.jpg 1725w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Sonya Walger, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781681379036" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">Lion</a></em>; cover design by Katy Homans (NYRB, February 4)</span> <p>I always love to see the way Katy Homans works with the NYRB cover templates—this image is just about perfect.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="247275" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2025/margie-sarsfield-beta-vulgaris/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Margie-Sarsfield-Beta-Vulgaris-.jpeg" data-orig-size="667,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Margie Sarsfield, Beta Vulgaris" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Margie Sarsfield, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781324078739" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beta Vulgaris</a></em>; cover design by Joanne O’Neill (Norton, February 11)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Margie-Sarsfield-Beta-Vulgaris--200x300.jpeg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Margie-Sarsfield-Beta-Vulgaris-.jpeg" class="wp-image-247275" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Margie-Sarsfield-Beta-Vulgaris-.jpeg" alt="Margie Sarsfield, Beta Vulgaris" width="450" height="675" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Margie-Sarsfield-Beta-Vulgaris-.jpeg 667w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Margie-Sarsfield-Beta-Vulgaris--200x300.jpeg 200w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Margie-Sarsfield-Beta-Vulgaris--40x60.jpeg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Margie-Sarsfield-Beta-Vulgaris--33x50.jpeg 33w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Margie Sarsfield, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781324078739" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">Beta Vulgaris</a></em>; cover design by Joanne O’Neill (Norton, February 11)</span> <p>So weird, so good. This would make me pick up the book immediately.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="249985" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-18-best-book-covers-of-february/51otdusudl-_ac_uf10001000_ql80_/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/51otduSUDL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg" data-orig-size="662,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Justin Haynes, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781419772771" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ibis</a></em>; cover design by Eli Mock (Overlook Press, February 11)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Justin Haynes, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781419772771" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ibis</a></em>; cover design by Eli Mock (Overlook Press, February 11)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/51otduSUDL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-199x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/51otduSUDL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg" class="wp-image-249985" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/51otduSUDL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg" alt="Justin Haynes, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781419772771" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ibis</a></em>; cover design by Eli Mock (Overlook Press, February 11) " width="450" height="680" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/51otduSUDL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg 662w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/51otduSUDL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-199x300.jpg 199w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/51otduSUDL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-40x60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/51otduSUDL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-33x50.jpg 33w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Justin Haynes, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781419772771" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">Ibis</a></em>; cover design by Eli Mock (Overlook Press, February 11)</span> <p>When you’ve got an ibis, you have to use it—and you have to put “a novel” in its beak.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="249986" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-18-best-book-covers-of-february/loca-9781668050460_hr/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr.jpg" data-orig-size="1400,2147" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Alejandro Heredia, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781668050460" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Loca</a></em>; cover design by Matt Roeser (Simon &amp; Schuster, February 11)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Alejandro Heredia, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781668050460" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Loca</a></em>; cover design by Matt Roeser (Simon &amp; Schuster, February 11)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr-196x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr-668x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-249986" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr-668x1024.jpg" alt="Alejandro Heredia, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781668050460" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Loca</a></em>; cover design by Matt Roeser (Simon & Schuster, February 11) " width="450" height="690" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr-668x1024.jpg 668w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr-196x300.jpg 196w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr-768x1178.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr-39x60.jpg 39w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr-1335x2048.jpg 1335w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr-33x50.jpg 33w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/loca-9781668050460_hr.jpg 1400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Alejandro Heredia, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781668050460" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">Loca</a></em>; cover design by Matt Roeser (Simon & Schuster, February 11)</span> <p>The full-length title! The absurdist palm tree! The cracked sky! The snuck-in secondary text! I love everything about it.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="247203" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2025/fernando-a-flores-brother-bronte/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Fernando-A.-Flores-Brother-Bronte-.jpeg" data-orig-size="652,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Fernando A. Flores, Brother Brontë" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Fernando A. Flores, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780374604165" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Brother Brontë</em></a>; cover design and art by Na Kim (MCD, February 11)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Fernando-A.-Flores-Brother-Bronte--196x300.jpeg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Fernando-A.-Flores-Brother-Bronte-.jpeg" class="wp-image-247203" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Fernando-A.-Flores-Brother-Bronte-.jpeg" alt="Fernando A. Flores, Brother Brontë" width="450" height="690" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Fernando-A.-Flores-Brother-Bronte-.jpeg 652w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Fernando-A.-Flores-Brother-Bronte--196x300.jpeg 196w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Fernando-A.-Flores-Brother-Bronte--39x60.jpeg 39w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Fernando-A.-Flores-Brother-Bronte--33x50.jpeg 33w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Fernando A. Flores, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780374604165" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external"><em>Brother Brontë</em></a>; cover design and art by Na Kim (MCD, February 11)</span> <p>A custom painted cover is one thing, but the hand-painted text treatment—which almost looks like it was drawn with a finger—is highly unusual and wonderful here. (No surprise <a href="https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/na-kim-designs-your-favorite-book-covers-now-shes-painting-for-herself" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">coming from Na Kim</a>!)</p><div class="insert-post-ads" style="clear:both;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><span>Article continues after advertisement</span><div class="htlad-LH_PP_IC"></div></div><div class="insert-post-ads remove"><a href="https://lithub.memberful.com/join" target="_new" class="remove-ads external">Remove Ads</a></div> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="249987" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-18-best-book-covers-of-february/9780593728543__31881/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780593728543__31881.jpg" data-orig-size="847,1280" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Edgar Gomez, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593728543" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Alligator Tears</em></a>; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin (Crown, February 11)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Edgar Gomez, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593728543" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Alligator Tears</em></a>; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin (Crown, February 11)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780593728543__31881-199x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780593728543__31881-678x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-249987" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780593728543__31881-678x1024.jpg" alt="Edgar Gomez, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593728543" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Alligator Tears</em></a>; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin (Crown, February 11) " width="450" height="680" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780593728543__31881-678x1024.jpg 678w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780593728543__31881-199x300.jpg 199w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780593728543__31881-768x1161.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780593728543__31881-40x60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780593728543__31881-33x50.jpg 33w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780593728543__31881.jpg 847w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Edgar Gomez, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593728543" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external"><em>Alligator Tears</em></a>; cover design by Arsh Raziuddin (Crown, February 11)</span> <p>The color story, the collage, and the sense of vertical movement are all working together beautifully here.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="247308" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2025/omar-el-akkad-one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this-copy/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Omar-El-Akkad-One-Day-Everyone-Will-Have-Always-Been-Against-This-copy.jpg" data-orig-size="662,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This copy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Omar El Akkad, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593804148" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This</a></em>; cover design by Janet Hansen (Knopf, February 25)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Omar-El-Akkad-One-Day-Everyone-Will-Have-Always-Been-Against-This-copy-199x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Omar-El-Akkad-One-Day-Everyone-Will-Have-Always-Been-Against-This-copy.jpg" class="wp-image-247308" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Omar-El-Akkad-One-Day-Everyone-Will-Have-Always-Been-Against-This-copy.jpg" alt="Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This copy" width="450" height="680" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Omar-El-Akkad-One-Day-Everyone-Will-Have-Always-Been-Against-This-copy.jpg 662w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Omar-El-Akkad-One-Day-Everyone-Will-Have-Always-Been-Against-This-copy-199x300.jpg 199w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Omar-El-Akkad-One-Day-Everyone-Will-Have-Always-Been-Against-This-copy-40x60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Omar-El-Akkad-One-Day-Everyone-Will-Have-Always-Been-Against-This-copy-33x50.jpg 33w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Omar El Akkad, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780593804148" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="external">One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This</a></em>; cover design by Janet Hansen (Knopf, February 25)</span> <p>Already iconic.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="247305" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2025/alex-hugley-true-failure-copy/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Alex-Hugley-True-Failure-copy.jpg" data-orig-size="683,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Alex Hugley, True Failure copy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Alex Higley, <em><a class="external" href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781566897136" target="_blank" rel="noopener">True Failure</a></em>; cover design by Christina Vang (Coffee House Press, February 25)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Alex-Hugley-True-Failure-copy-200x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Alex-Hugley-True-Failure-copy.jpg" class="wp-image-247305" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Alex-Hugley-True-Failure-copy.jpg" alt="Alex Hugley, True Failure copy" width="450" height="675" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Alex-Hugley-True-Failure-copy.jpg 683w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Alex-Hugley-True-Failure-copy-200x300.jpg 200w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Alex-Hugley-True-Failure-copy-40x60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Alex-Hugley-True-Failure-copy-33x50.jpg 33w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Alex Higley, <em><a class="external" href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9781566897136" target="_blank" rel="noopener">True Failure</a></em>; cover design by Christina Vang (Coffee House Press, February 25)</span> <p>Another one I like because of how <em>unlike </em>most book covers it is.</p> <span class="caption"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="249988" data-permalink="https://lithub.com/the-18-best-book-covers-of-february/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy/" data-orig-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy.jpg" data-orig-size="1582,2400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Nicole Galland, <em><a class="external" href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780063342859" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boy</a></em>; cover design by Mumtaz Mustafa, painting by Francesco Mazzola (William Morrow, February 26)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Nicole Galland, <em><a class="external" href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780063342859" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boy</a></em>; cover design by Mumtaz Mustafa, painting by Francesco Mazzola (William Morrow, February 26)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy-198x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy-675x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-249988" src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy-675x1024.jpg" alt="Nicole Galland, <em><a class="external" href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780063342859" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boy</a></em>; cover design by Mumtaz Mustafa, painting by Francesco Mazzola (William Morrow, February 26)" width="450" height="683" srcset="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy-675x1024.jpg 675w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy-198x300.jpg 198w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy-768x1165.jpg 768w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy-40x60.jpg 40w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy-1012x1536.jpg 1012w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy-1350x2048.jpg 1350w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy-33x50.jpg 33w, https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/9780063342873_1f831426-3cd8-4b14-86b1-c9fe997fa5ed_1582x-copy.jpg 1582w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /> Nicole Galland, <em><a class="external" href="https://bookshop.org/a/132/9780063342859" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boy</a></em>; 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