These are my top book covers, I am judging covers on relativity to the book, most interesting looking, how much each cover relates to the other ones of that series (if it is in a series), and if it shows some of the general outline of the story.

1. Keeper of the Lost Cities Nightfall

I love Keeper of the Lost Cities. It is my all time favourite book series. The reason I think the cover for this book is awesome is because when it came to the part in the book that corresponded with the title, the picture on the cover was exactly the thing I was picturing when the story was happening. This book is the 6th one in the series, and all of the other books have some sort of connection to each other. Also because I knew the series so well the cover looks so interesting to me, just from the cover I knew where this would take place, and who was causing it to happen, so to me this cover is so interesting, and makes me want to pick up the book and read it for hours from start to finish. That is why I love this cover, and it was one of my favourites in the entire  series, and many other books too.

2.  The cage

The cage is part of a trilogy, The Cage, The Hunt and and the Gauntlet, but I chose to do the cage because it is the first one in the series. The reason I am a big fan of the cover for the cage is because it gives a good outline of the whole book, not just one part of the book. It makes the book look interesting, and the way that the illustrator designed it is exactly how I pictured it in the book, with the rain forest right next to the desert. The cover style stays the same for all 3 books of the trilogy. It has the main character (Cora) facing something in the distance, and her wearing a dress, and giving the illusion that the reader is looking through something at her. And the cover always gives the main outline of the story, even though the covers are similar.

3. Three Dark Crowns

Three dark crowns is an amazing series! Again I chose this book because it was the first one in the series, but all three books give a general overview of the whole book. I actually picked this book because of it’s cover, I liked the fact that there was no one big thing to focus on, but there were lots of littler details, which I later realised were really important to the book. It has this same idea for all of the books, and the number of images on the cover corresponds with the title, like this book is called three dark crowns and it has 3 crowns on the front, the second one is called two dark reigns and it has two scepters on the cover, and the third book is called one dark throne and it has a throne on the front.

 

4. Six of Crows

Six of crows is pretty good, I have not yet read the squeal Crooked Kingdom, but am super exited to, it ended on such a cliff hanger. I love the cover for this book because it goes so well with the other book, this book has half of a crow, and is sorta the “intro” to the series, and book 2 has the full crow and it actually finishes the story. In the background, behind the wing, you can sorta see some buildings and I can tell you exactly where those buildings come in during the story, and also why they were important to the story. This cover is not one of the most interesting I have seen, and I don’t really like cover in the sense that there is one big thing to focus on, and no rally small detail that plays a big part in the story later (except for the building).

 

5. The Red Queen

I am not fully finished this series yet, I am only half way done book 2, but I can’t wait to keep reading. The Red Queen is a 4 book series, and all the covers have pretty much the same design: a crown dripping red and silver blood, with a little saying at the bottom. The only differences between the 4 covers is that sometimes the crown is upside down, and sometimes it is right side up, and the crowns always have different designs. I thought the crowns meant something, but they don’t really play a big role in the story so far. The crowns are not really that big of an attention grabber. And all the books have the same cover, so that shows that either all the books are too similar, or the crowns don’t mean anything.

So, these are my favourite book covers for the books that I own, I have read other books that might have better covers, but those I borrowed from someone, or the library. But I have to say: don’t judge a book by it’s cover, even though I just told you why books are awesome because of their covers 🙂