Greetings you guys! It’s Tuesday and time for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday. Today’s topic comes from yours truly – Typographical Book Covers. In laymen’s terms – books with only words on the cover. Thank you Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl for choosing our prompt! We feel very chuffed today.
So what inspired this prompt? While sorting out our Book Shelfs a couple of months ago, my Mommy realized how many books we have that don’t have pictures on the cover, but only words. Look, we love a pretty cover as much as the next person and like an ostrich, if it’s got a shiny cover – we’ll go for it. But at the end of the day, it’s all about the words and if Words can be enough for a cover, imagine what lies between those covers.
Here’s our Top Ten Favorite 5 Star Books with only words on the cover:
Ha, this was an interesting exercise! My Mommy don’t have time to make a pretty CANVA graphic now, so she just gave WordPress free reign to do with the covers what they want. Not as nice as CANVA, but not all bad either. Let’s leave it like this.
Have you read any of our typographical books? Which ones did we miss?
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
Love these examples! Some seriously good books on here too, Dark Matter and Room especially.
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There’s so many typographic covers out there!
We had Me Before You in common on our list this week!
JoJo Moyes really loves these types of covers! Dark Matter is a great cover. Great list!! Have a wonderful week! 🙂
I’ve seen those editions of Agatha Christie’s novels and they fit this topic so well. Always reminds me I should give a Christie novel a chance. 🙂
Thanks for this topic, it was a really fun one to do! I chose covers where the typography was the main focus of the cover but wasn’t necessarily the only thing there, as it made it easier for me to do that way!
Oh, I love the cover for Eat Pray Love! And the Blake Crouch cover is perfect for this prompt as well. Great list!
ROOM is perfect for this topic!
Good point. I never thought about that, but it makes sense—if words are the only thing needed on the cover, imagine what’s inside. Interesting insight!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
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A great collection of covers!
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This was such a fun prompt! I had no idea how much I enjoyed typographic covers until I started going through my book lists!
Wow! All of these covers look interesting! Great picks!
Dark Matter showed up on several lists (including mine) – it’s so graphic! And All of JoJo Moyes’ books have that same typeface….pretty distinctive. I didn’t realize it, but apparently most Christie books have only the title, very little/no artwork. Since I’ve only read a couple and don’t really enjoy them (sacrilege I know!), I was unaware of her cover trend. Thanks for the visit – and for the GREAT topic!
I like the Eat Pray Love cover the best, but they are all so pretty, even if they just have words!
Hi Wendy!
Eat, Pray Love does have a lovely cover and I think just about everyone who owns a copy, has that cover.
I love a pretty cover, but only words does have a tendency to draw my attention for sure.
OOoh nice ones! I tried looking for ones with mostly text and very little design…it was hard! Lol.
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Hi Jessica!
I think some of the books on my shelf are older editions and I realize that cover design wasn’t all that important years ago….. They thought words were enough!
But thanks for still taking part! Always good to stretch the brain a bit!
Eat Pray Love cover is brilliant. I also love the typographic Christie covers!
The Christie covers are the best for sure.
And yes! Eat, Pray, Love does have a lovely cover. One of very few books that I think the same cover was used in most publications. Until the movie came out that is.
Dark Matter has such a recognizable cover even to me, someone who hasn’t read it.
Hi Alicia!
It sure does yes!
Great topic this week Elza!!! Dark Matter is one of my favorite books. I love allthose varied Christie covers too. You know, for someone who hasn’t read a lot of Christie, I like the covers she gets- even the older vintage ones. Or maybe BECAUSE they’re older vintage. anywho….
HI Greg!
I also enjoyed Dark Matter? Have you read his new book? I still need to get a copy… I might actually have missed the previous one as well come to think of it.
When are you now going to read a Christie?? I’m sure you will love it! And there HAS to be one or two of them with pulp covers. Ha, now that’s something to go look for.
I have not read his new one yet- and I did read nhis last one but it didn’t wow me like Dark Matter did. Still anything by him is usually pretty good. I liked his Wayward Pines books too.
She has so many good covers. When I was a kid my mom used to take me to this department store and they had a book section and there were all these Christies. I used to love seeing them. Which one should I start with???
Great list! There are SO many books with only words, it’s pretty great!
I know!! I was so amazed when I realized how many books I have only on my physical shelf that only has words on the covers.
These all look great – I especially love the cover for Dark Matter!
Thanks Lindsey!
Dark Matter was a good read as well.
Great list! Dark Matter was one that I thought of right away for this prompt, too. (I didn’t put it on my list this week, though, because I’ve already read it.)
Dark Matter was a popular choice today! I’ve only used books that I have read today, I don’t always manage to get that right!
Great topic choice! I love getting prompts that are new and different.
Thank you Alison!
I will have to think of a few new ones then… Thanks for the visit!
It’s a great idea for a TTT post!I’ve read some of these books – Eat, Pray, Love, both the Agatha Christie’s and The Woman in White!
Thank you Margaret!
It’s always good to hear your fellow bloggers and readers enjoy the same books as you.
A few great ones there.
Thanks Sarita!
The cover of Room is very distinctive!
It really is Harvee. I see the movie cover became the default cover on Goodreads, but I still prefer this one.
Room and Eat Pray Love seem like such iconic covers now. They’re recognizable at a glance.
That is very true Tanya, I can’t believe how quickly time flies…
I like the clean lines of The Woman in White.
The Woman in White actually has so many different covers, I have this one, so that’s why I chose it!
Great list of gorgeous typographic covers. And thank you for submitting such a fun prompt for this week’s TTT.
Have a great week 🙂
It’s a pleasure Rae! I am very glad everyone seems to enjoy it so much!
This was a fun exercise.
It could have served as your Wondrous Words, too.
Hi Debbie! It actually could yes! I might leave the word for a later stage.