I wasn't super impressed with the majority of the selection this year, but there were a couple great ones, and a couple pretty nice ones. Could have been worse, I guess. Here they are, in approximate order, favourite to least favourite, the best covers from the books I read in 2018.
Now that I'm into cooking, I've realized that I pretty much love all the covers from modern-style cookbooks. But British Columbia from Scratch one beats them all. This is the book that basically gave me my fascination with cooking. I saw it from a distance in a ferry gift shop and it called to me. The inside pictures are JUST as breath taking. I've tried a number of recipes now, and it turns out to live up to its promise. How much more perfect can you get?
And basically tied for first (only slightly behind) is the cover for Eating from the Ground Up. It was partly the cover and pictures in this book that made me think I could find ways to cook vegetables that I actually liked. And it turns out, I was right. Vegetables and be tasty and gorgeous and healthy all at once.
Simple Matters. I love the look of Minimalism. What can I say?
I'm normally not a fan of real people on the covers of books, especially when the person is the author of the book. But this The Sleep Revolution struck me, somehow. Maybe it's the sort of Minimalist look (which, as I've said before, really appeals to me)? Maybe it's the blue and white colour scheme?
I've kind of come off of my interest in Young Adult scifi/fantasy these days, and Three Dark Crowns itself didn't appeal to me much. But the cover was gorgeous.
The Lovely Bones. Simple, gradient blue. I like it.
I wasn't going to add the cover for The Dip (it would make a good runner up). But I found the image stuck in my mind, and kept coming up when I was thinking about progress and sticking with things. That's powerful enough that I feel like it deserves a spot.
And no runners up this year. There were a couple nice-ish ones, but these were the only ones I really liked enough.
P.S. See also my previous lists: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.
