Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover Issue 97: Fantasy (Part 8)

Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover is a regular feature on Pop! Goes The Reader in which I pay tribute to some of the best and brightest the publishing world has to offer in the way of book cover design. This feature is inspired by Katie’s feature Cover Love on her blog One Page At A Time. The idea is being used with her gracious permission.

Some of my favourite covers this week include Kingdom Of The Blazing Phoenix by Julie C. Dao, Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto, Rule by Ellen Goodlett, The Antidote by Shelley Sackier, The Lantern’s Ember by Colleen Houck, The Tiger At Midnight by Swati Teerdhala, Beware The Night by Jessika Fleck, The Fever King by Victoria Lee, We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal, Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst, The Girl King by Mimi Yu and Descendant Of The Crane by Joan He.

Please Note: I’ve done my best to credit the designers and artists responsible for the beautiful covers below, but was unable to find this information for a number of those listed. If you know of an uncredited designer responsible for any of these book covers, please let me know and I would be happy to include proper attribution in this post. Their work is lovely and deserves to be credited.

01. Kingdom Of The Blazing Phoenix by Julie C. Dao
02. Shatter The Suns by Caitlin Sangster

03. Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto (Cover design by Sarah Creech, Cover art by Kekai Kotaki)
04. Evermore by Sara Holland (Cover design by Jenna Stempel-Lobell, Cover art by Billelis)

05. Rule by Ellen Goodlett (Cover design by Marcie Lawrence)
06. The Antidote by Shelley Sackier (Cover art by Lisa Perrin)

07. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo (Cover art by Billelis)
08. The Lantern’s Ember by Colleen Houck

09. The Tiger At Midnight by Swati Teerdhala (Cover design by David Curtis, Cover art by Michael Marsicano)
10. Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy (Cover art by Billelis)

11. The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
12. Song of Blood & Stone by L. Penelope

13. European Travel For The Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss (Cover art by Kate Forrester)
14. Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly

15. Beware The Night by Jessika Fleck (Cover art by Elen Winata)
16. The Cerulean by Amy Ewing

17. The Fever King by Victoria Lee (Cover design by David Curtis)
18. We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal (Cover typography by Erin Fitzsimmons)

19. The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees
20. Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst (Cover design by Michelle Taormina, Cover art by Jacob Eisinger)

21. The Girl King by Mimi Yu (Cover art by Tommy Arnold)
22. Descendant Of The Crane by Joan He (Cover art by Feifei Ruan)

23. The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
24. The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

Now it’s your turn! What are some of your favourite Fantasy covers? Did I list one of your favourites here or is there one I forgot that just has to be included? Let me know in the comments!