Top ten favourite book covers

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Hi guys! Happy Tuesday. Today I’m doing the Broke and the Bookish Top Ten meme (my first one!). This week’s topic was a free choice. So here are my favourite book covers, that I own physical copies of.

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10. Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee (Drop Caps edition) (Illustrated by Jessica Hische)

All of the drop caps books are honestly gorgeous, but I have a soft spot for this one because it’s L for Lauren. I’m easily entertained.

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9. To be or not to be by Ryan North (Illustrated by  Noelle Stevenson)

I’m a gigantic Ryan North fangirl, and I love Nimona, so this cover is just a match made in heaven for me, really.

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8. The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick

The theme of this book is spirals, so this beautiful metallic cover is relevant to the plot and gorgeous.

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7. Fairy Tales by Berlie Doherty (Illustrated by Jane Ray)

I’ve had this book for years and years, and it’s one of my favourite ever books. It’s stunning – covered in gold gilt and detailing. The insides are even more pretty.

97818440881956. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (VMC edition)

Look at those pink oysters! And the luminescent pearl! God!!! It’s so perfect! It’s a lovely thick hardback too, which makes it even more satisfying in real life.

5. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

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Okay, is this not the coolest cover ever? Look at those bone honeycombs! I’m kind of obsessed with bees anyway, but this is just deliciously gruesome.

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4. Everything Leads to you by Nina La Cour

I just… I could stare at this cover all day, I think.

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3. His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman (Everyman’s library edition)

I found this edition in a charity shop for £1, and it was honestly the best bargain of my life. Look at it! It’s all gilt and sketched and lovely – and there are bonus appendices in this edition, which is an added bonus.

97814088596432. The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman (Illustrated by Chris Riddell)

Gold! And black and white! Honestly, this is so beautiful I can’t look at for too long without getting heart eyes. The cover has a transparent dustjacket which just adds to the magic.

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1. The Next Together by Lauren James 

I tried not to include my own book. I honestly did. But . . . I can’t do it. I just love it so much. [happy sigh]

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So there are my most beautiful books! What are yours?

Published by Wren James

Wren James is the award-winning British author of eleven science fiction & fantasy novels, including The Quiet at the End of the World and The Next Together (previously published as Lauren James). Their books have sold over 200,000 copies in ten languages, and The Loneliest Girl in the Universe was optioned for film by Amazon MGM. Wren is a story consultant on Netflix’s Heartstopper, which was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Writing. Also a RLF Royal Fellow, Wren is the founder of the Climate Fiction Writers League and member of the Society of Authors’ Sustainability steering Committee. They work as a consultant on climate storytelling with a focus on providing optimism and hope. They have won the Sustainable Story Award and been shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, Carnegie Medal and STEAM Book Award. Wren’s writing has been described as ‘gripping romantic sci-fi’ by the Wall Street Journal and ‘a strange, witty, compulsively unpredictable read which blows most of its new YA-suspense brethren out of the water’ by Entertainment Weekly. Their latest titles are Last Seen Online, a crime thriller set in the world of fandom, and The Victors, a cosy fantasy graphic novel illustrated by Beth Fuller. Wren was born in 1992, and has a Masters degree from the University of Nottingham, where they studied Chemistry and Physics. They run a Queer Writers group in Coventry. Follow them on Instagram & TikTok at @wrenjameswriter or find out more at wrenjames.co.uk.

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