Don’t have time to read these days?
Indulge your eyes and your intellect with this selection of stunning vintage book covers.
1. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath (1966)
Artist: Shirley Tucker
2. The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald (1922)
Artist: Francis Cugat
3. The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams (1922)
Artist: William Nicholson
4. The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter (written & illustrated, 1902)
5. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911)
Artist: Maria Louise Kirk (American version)
6. A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway (1929)
Artist: Johnny Anthony Miller
7. Catch 22 – Joseph Heller (1961)
Artist: Paul Bacon
8. Big Sur – Jack Kerouac (1962)
Artist unknown
9. Nadja – Andre Breton (1928)
Artist unknown
10. Orlando: A Biography – Virginia Woolf (1928)
Artist unknown
11. Heed the Thunder – Jim Thompson (1946)
Artist unknown
12. The Godfather – Mario Puzo (1969)
Artist: S. Neil Fujita
13. In Cold Blood – Truman Capote (1959)
Artist: S. Neil Fujita
14. Nancy Drew: The Mystery of the 99 Steps – Carolyn Keene (1966)
Artist unknown
15. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley (1931)
Artist: Leslie Holland
16. Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury (1953)
Artist: Joe Mugnaini
17. Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison (1952)
Artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer
18. Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery (1908)
Artist: M.A. & W.A. Claus
19. Black Beauty – Anna Sewell (1877)
Artist Unknown
20. Ramona the Pest – Beverly Cleary (1968)
Artist: Louis Darling
21. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (1960)
Artist: Shirley Smith
22. Frog and Toad Are Friends – Arnold Lobel (written and illustrated 1971)
23. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl (1964)
Artist: Joseph Schindelman
24. Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak (written and illustrated 1963)
25. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien (written and illustrated 1937)
26. Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell (1960)
Artist Unknown
