From Jor Ros’ striking illustration for Patron Saints of Nothing to Cody Comrie’s eye-catching art for The Body in Question, the designs in this gallery deliver some of June’s best book covers. Click through the images to browse our top picks celebrating the designers and illustrators we love.
If you want to view even more book covers, you can check out our galleries of the best book covers of 2018 and the best book covers of May 2019. We also recommend visiting both Spine Magazine’s and The Casual Optimist’s websites, as they introduced us to many of our favorite designs this month.
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Someone Who Will Love You in All You Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waskberg
Design by Tyler Comrie; (head) illustration by Justin Metz; (feet) photograph by George Sheldon/Alamy; (hands) photograph by Fabrice LeRouge/Getty Images
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Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
Design by Jakob Vala; illustration by John James Audubon
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Design by Darren Haggar; photograph by Sam Contis
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This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura
Design by Alison Klapthor; illustration by Mercedes deBellard
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Norco '80 by Peter Houlahan
Design by Jaya Miceli
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Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Design by Dana Li; illustration by Jor Ros
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The Body in Question by Jill Ciment
Design by Janet Hansen; illustration by Cody Comrie
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The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write by Gregory Orr
Design by Jared Oriel