As I did in 2019, 2020, and 2021, I’ve picked out some favourite book covers from the year’s new releases. Fewer have stood out to me this year for some reason, so it’s just a baker’s dozen here, and all of them are from books I’ve actually read.

Usually it’s the flora and fauna covers that get me. Not so many of those this year, though!

Instead, it was mostly about colour blocks and textures.

And a few of my favourites feature partial images of female bodies:

I also appreciate the use of a blocky 1980s-reminiscent font on these two. It’s appropriate to the contents in each case. Powell’s poems are loosely inspired by/structured like an old-school hip-hop album, and Zevin’s novel is about the love of vintage video games.

What cover trends have you noticed this year? Which ones tend to grab your attention?