Howdy Bookworms,
It’s Tuesday again, which means the time for list making is nigh. This week the ladies of The Broke and the Bookish have asked us this week to list out ten book covers with art lovely enough to hang on our walls. I rarely notice cover art as I do the vast majority of my reading on digital devices, and I’m not what you’d consider artistic by any stretch of the imagination. However. I like pretty things, so I’m going to make a list!
1. Winter Garden
2. Wouldn’t this cover of The Thirteenth Tale
3. Have I mentioned that in addition to my obsession with penguins, I also collect teapots? I do. And that is part of the reason why I love the cover of Carol Rifka Brunt’s Tell the Wolves I’m Home
4. Other things I love? Flowers, obviously. I also get a kick out of it when hummingbirds decide to grace my garden with their presence. They’re so cool! That said, I think that the cover art of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
5. Frog Music
6. And while we’re on the subject of lady profiles, how pretty is this one from The House Girl 
7. Sarah Addison Allen’s book covers are always gorgeous, but can we just talk about The Peach Keeper
8. Also, The Night Circus
9. My main floor powder room is decked out in penguin swag, so I can totally see plastering the cover of Mr. Popper’s Penguins
10. Last but not least, let’s talk about museum style art. There’s no way Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring
Alright folks. Home decor a la Katie. Do you have any favorite cover art?
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Tanya
Thank goodness you included a penguin pick. I was getting worried for a second!
Words For Worms
Haha! I wouldn’t leave you hanging :).
Melinda
Winter Garden is for sure a lovely cover! I’m still to read The Peacher keeper, but I think the cover drew me in as well. I have Frog Music and the cover I have is slightly different, but I prefer the cover I have. Not sure if you’ve seen my instagram pic of it?
Words For Worms
I’ve seen your cover as well. Lovely, but I think the element of the element of the frogs building another picture entirely was what appealed to me most. That said, disembodied legs rock too 🙂
Quirky Chrissy
Excellent choices. I actually saw some really amazing art last weekend at the Madison farmer’s market with book pages used as the paper for skeyches and more. Hello next art project.
Words For Worms
I actually have a dictionary page that with a penguin drawing on it- it’s really cool, I need to have it framed!
Shannon @ River City Reading
I think I’m going to be swoony over the Frog Music cover for a long time (plus, the UK one is great too!)
Words For Worms
I’m normally not a #coverho but that cover man, woo!
Megan M.
Beautiful choices, Katie! There’s a lot of gorgeous cover art out there. Usually I’m drawn to children’s book covers. I haven’t read the book, but the cover for Kiersten White’s “The Chaos of Stars” is so beautiful to me that I pinned it to one of my Pinterest boards! LOL
There’s a company called “Ideal Bookshelf” that makes paintings of book collections you might have on your shelf. I want one of their prints some day! Here’s a link if you want to check it out:
http://www.idealbookshelf.com/collections/prints
Words For Worms
That is so cool! I love those Ideal Bookshelf prints! Now I want one, too!
April @ The Steadfast Reader
I’m just surprised there weren’t MORE penguins. 🙂
Words For Worms
I felt I should restrain myself, but I have some really beautifully illustrated children’s books with penguins on them. I could probably compile a whole list! (And I don’t even have kids!)
Ashley F
Ever notice that Frog Music and the House Girl have pretty much the same cover? I love the cover for The Night Circus.
Words For Worms
Yeah, I ended up putting those two covers together because they seemed like siblings 🙂
Heather
Gorgeous! I almost put The Thirteenth Tale on my list as well. That was one of the first ARCs I ever got and I still have it. I feel hard for that cover. And the book.
I’m only surprised there aren’t more penguin covers!
Words For Worms
Ah, my dear, I thought I should restrain myself. Never you fear, the penguins are lurking 🙂
Jayne
I have framed reprints of book covers on the walls in my library and a few smaller ones framed on the bookshelf. I love them!
Words For Worms
Cool! I bet it’s gorgeous!
Anne @ Lovely Literature
The silhouettes are really gorgeous – I could see those nicely paired together in a sitting room or a formal dining room since they are classic and classy!
Words For Worms
I love them together too. I wonder how my husband would feel about me changing up all our wall art…
AMB (Koiviolet)
Great list! I really liked the cover of The Night Circus. The version I read–which was digital–had a slightly different cover when I downloaded it. It was similar to the one here, and quite beautiful.
Words For Worms
I loved everything about The Night Circus, such a gorgeous book. I’ve seen a few versions of the cover but I don’t think I’ve seen any I didn’t like.
Diana Leigh
Lovely choices! The Peach Keeper is one of my favorite covers. The story is pretty good too! Here are MY PICKS this week. Happy Tuesday!
Words For Worms
It’s beautiful 🙂
Reviews From A Bookworm
Great covers! I haven’t seen that cover of The Thirteenth Tale before but I absolutely love it, it’s gorgeous. The Peach Keeper has such a gorgeous cover too, I put that one display all the time at work. Nice picks 🙂 Here’s my TTT.
Words For Worms
It’s always fun to see the differences between the covers when released in various places. I don’t think I realized how often that happened until I started book blogging!
Charleen
Someone else used The Night Circus, only it was an international cover or maybe the paperback, with the silhouette of the man and woman and the tent between them. I think I like that better than the hand holding the tent. (Is it a giant hand? Is it a tiny tent? I just don’t know and it’s freaking me out!)
Words For Worms
I’ve seen that other cover, it’s quite pretty. But you know. I like a giant hand now and again.
bybee
I like The Sisters Brothers cover.
Words For Worms
I just googled it- SO COOL!
Jenny @ Reading the End
Huge yes to The Night Circus cover. Oh, wouldn’t it be cool to get a whole bunch of book covers and frame them all in a row in your house? The amazing covers I’ve seen in these meme today is making me want to do it for real.
Words For Worms
I know, right?! Why have I ever put anything else on the wall?!
Laura
Loving this idea! The Great Gatsby and The Help covers would be my personal pick. Maybe I could use this idea for my office or future reading nook. 🙂
Words For Worms
Oooh the Gatsby cover is so iconic- that would look fabulous framed!
Jennifer @ The Relentless Reader
Nice covers, missy! I really dig the cover of Frog Music. Have you seen the UK cover for that one?? Oooh, it’s cool. Google it!
Words For Worms
Ah yes, the disembodied legs are quite cheeky!
Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf
I love those silhouette/profile covers. And hahaha I had a feeling there’d be a penguin-themed cover on your list! 😉
Words For Worms
You know it! Oddly, the smallest room in my house won the penguin decor… Well. I mean, aside from my penguin butler. And some knick knacks. And my bed sheets. And virtually all of my pajamas. Oye. I might have a problem.
Andi (Estella's Revenge)
Great choices, my dear! I especially love Frog Music and Tell the Wolves I’m Home!
Words For Worms
Ah, thank you, but I defer in all my #coverho antics to the master.
Stacie Gorkow @SincerelyStacie
When I read The Thirteenth Tale I remember thinking that I would love to frame the cover and hang it in our house. Then I forgot all about that until you mentioned it in your list. I also loved the cover of Winter Garden. Book covers are so important for me. It can affect the whole reading experience.
Words For Worms
To be honest, I’m not great about noticing book covers, being a largely digital reader. Still, they can be fun to look at!