26 Vintage Book Covers That Are So Beautiful

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