Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Covers Featuring Interesting Typography

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the theme is Book Covers Featuring Cool/Pretty/Unique/etc. Typography (Typography is the art of arranging letters so they look visually appealing and more interesting than, for example, the body text of this blog post you’re reading now.). I am going to broaden the theme a bit to pick books where there are more than one font on the cover or where I found them interesting in some way.



Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada
- I like how they fit the title, author and translator all in the sky of the illustration by putting it on an angle (my review)

Everyone on this Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson - I like the mix of fonts, and the way they did the word train (my review)

The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson- Three different fonts probably shouldn't work but it does (my review

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman- This is a different font choice

Good Spirits by B K Borison - I like the font choice here






Dear Mrs Bird by A J Pearce - I really like how the cover looks like a typewriter (my review)

Escape to the Northern Lights by Carrie Walker - chose this purely because of the curly bit on the end of the word Escape (my review)

The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina - I like how they use all lower case on this cover (my review)

Hooked by Asako Yuzuki - This book isn't out yet, but I like how the title is vertical instead of horizontal

The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden - Love the font and the colour on this one. (my review)





30 comments:

  1. I like all of your choices! My favorite is probably Dear Mrs. Bird. Those typewriter keys are eye-catching.

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  2. I agree on most of your choices that the typography is interesting. Like the book about the phone booth at the end of the world...why did they make the font so small?

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    1. Not sure, but it worked for me at least!

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  3. Great variety of covers! Covers are so important to draw you to a book and give you a first idea.

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    1. I definitely do judge a book by its cover!

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  4. All excellent choices! My favorite is Dear Mrs. Bird.

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  5. I like your choices, particularly Hooked, which I think is so striking with a fish hanging next to the word hooked. I also like the phone booth at the end of the world because it's so pretty.

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    1. Both of Laura Imai Messina's covers are pretty!

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  6. Good Spirits has a nice typeface.

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  7. The Wartime Bookclub has a fancy font.

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

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    1. I like the different fonts. It works for this cover.

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  8. Nice selections, I love the old fashioned type keys on Dear Mrs Bird.
    Thanks for sharing your #TTT

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  9. I love The Wartime Book Club cover! My TTT

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  10. The Phone Booth At The Edge of the World looks so simple but it's so effective! 😍

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  11. Excellent choices! The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World looks especially effective, what a lovely design.

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  12. I love when authors do different things with their font as well (several fonts used). I really liked Dear Mrs. Bird. Have a great week!

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    1. IT was a great read! I really must read the second book!

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  13. A great collection of covers! I love the variety of fonts.
    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/the-ss-have-it-ten-titles-starting-with-s/

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  14. I love the typography for Dear Mrs. Bird!

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  15. A lot of great covers--the typography being an essential part. Hooked, Miss Byrd, Dinner at the Night Library--so good.

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  16. The Benjamin Stevenson covers are always interesting! I love the series for SO many reasons :)

    Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!

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