Top Ten Tuesday (43) – Top Ten Favorite Book Covers Of Books I’ve Read

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted each week by The Broke and the Bookish as a way to combine our love of lists with our love of books. This week's topic is my Top Ten Favorite Book Covers Of Books I've Read. It's funny that this is the topic this week because I've been participating in Rae Gun Ramblings' Bookish Photo A Day Challenge on Instagram and one of the prompts was Pet Peeves. I chose my pet peeve of putting random girls in pretty dresses as my pet peeve. And now this topic for Top Ten Tuesday comes and it's a perfect fit! None of my favorite covers for books I've read have girls in dresses as the focus of the cover. But they've got lots of other awesome stuff going on. So check them out, here are my Top Ten:

• Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan: This is, of course, the hardcover and not the redesigned paperback. I loved it when it came out because it was so original and unique and I felt like it went with the book so well because the book was unique and different. But then they went and changed it and the second won't have the same look and that makes me sad.
• In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz: I absolutely adore the covers for these books but I've only actually read this one. The covers are cute and appropriate for middle-grade but a little bit dark to match the content. They make me smile. Just like this book.
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell: I love how simple and cute this is. It sums up so much of Eleanor and Park's relationship just from that simple drawing. And I can't say how happy it makes me that it's not just another kissy face cover or a photo of a couple that doesn't represent the characters at all.
• The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith: Okay, I know this looks like a kissy face cover after I just said how much I don't like them, but this one is different. The kissy face isn't the focus. I just love the photograph. I love the black and white with just a bit of red. Plus I love the title and the book. So that helps a lot.
• My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick: Again I have a kissing couple but it's not a close up like they usually are. I just like the photograph again, the colors, and how it feels so sweet and innocent. Once again, I think it captures the feel of the book really well and is different without being off-putting.

• The End Games by T. Michael Martin: I love how dark and menacing this cover is. They could have put some generic zombie on the cover or made it gray or put the title over the whole cover but they didn't. They made it red with creepy zombies watching over the brothers who look as if they don't know what's coming. It's creepy without being over the top and in your face. I love it.
• Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo: They could have totally gone girl in a dress on the cover of this one but they didn't and I love that. While I'm sure she would have looked beautiful and, hopefully, kick-ass, I love the art they chose instead. With the antlers and the castle and the colors, it's all just perfect.
• The Hunger Games by J.K. Rowling: This might be too plain or simple for some people, but I love that about it and how the pin is the whole focus. You may not know what it means before you read the book, but you most definitely will afterwards. There's almost nothing, with the exception of a bow and arrow maybe, that is more significant to this series than that mockingjay pin.
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky: I love this cover. I love the color, I love the photo, I love the uniqueness, I love how it just fits so perfectly with the title and the book. I love it.
• Pivot Point by Kasie West: As talked about already, I'm not big on pretty girls plastered on the covers of all of my books. But this one? I love it. I can't help it. I love the reflected image, especially considering the story-line, I love the title, I love the fractured light. All together, it's just beautiful.

Okay, that's my list for this Tuesday! How do you all feel about covers? Do you love the girls in dresses? Kissy faces? Artwork? Originality? What's your favorite kind of cover? I want to know! So leave me a link in the comments so I can come and check out your picks!