Apex Hides the Hurt: A Novel

"The protagonist of Colson Whitehead's briskly existentialist third novel is a nomenclature consultant...The book's title comes from a bandage manufactured to color coordinate with pigments other than Caucasian." (VillageVoice.com)

I put this cover in the friggin' brilliant category.

The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre

I'm not a big fan of the old-timey cover, and this one doesn't change my mind. Does anyone else think this is just too cramped? Too much space given to the frame and matting is one of the bigger issues, I think.

Are You Happy?

One doesn't need to read the review to answer the question: "Um, no, not so much."

A Fine Place to Daydream

Now this is nice. Wonderfully simple, and a great example of when to close Photoshop and open up Illustrator.

Never Let Me Go

The hardcover of Never Let Me Go really nailed it -- those who have read the book will hopefully agree -- and it looks like the paperback did a pretty good job as well (on the right):

Nice Big American Baby

Oh. Oh no. Tell me they didn't redesign Nice Big American Baby when they released the paperback. Please don't tell me that.



The hardcover:

What Jesus Meant

Yeah, I don't know either, but apparently he didn't mean for book covers to be very interesting.

The Trend Continues...

and I'm ready for something new.

American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn

A book about the quest for the perfect lawn would result, for me at least, in a perfect yawn. With brilliant insights like "golf courses are 'the most intensively managed lawns in America,'" I think I'll take a pass.

Re. the cover, I don't know why the text is so heavily concentrated on the bottom of the shirt. Would you have tried to spread it out more? I would have...

My Father Is a Book

I'm not a type snob. Really, I'm not. But the "Y" in "My" is just awful and highly distracting.

Anyone know what typeface that is?