The best fantasy novels of all time penguin random house. The tiger at midnight by swati teerdhala, cover art by michael marsicano. Black gate scott taylor lists top 10 literary sci fifantasy covers of the 1970s. See more ideas about fantasy book covers, sci fi and sci fi books. A recommendation that i made in my previous blog posts is to always look at the bestselling book covers in your genre. The best fantasy novels ever written prowritingaid. I couldnt help but notice how beautiful the fantasy book covers are this year in particular. Top view of old hardcover books with book fantasy on top two pirates posing on a smoky background. How to make your own fantasy book cover online placeit blog. Fantasy book cover stock photos download 4,052 royalty free. Inspiring illustrative covers so much of what scifi and fantasy writers do is create intricate new worlds and situations, and authors can use their book cover designs to share a piece of their books contents with a new reader.
Here are thirteen scififantasy book coversfeaturing stunning landscapes, dragons both fearsome and anatomical, vintage space illustrations, and astonishing art. The 51 best fantasy series ever written whether youre a swords and sorcery type of fantasy reader, a fan of battles and betrayal, or you just want a few more goddamn elves in your life, theres. Mar 06, 2012 todays theme is top 10 book covers, but you can take it in any direction you want and get more specific. The chesley awards just chose its 2014 finalists, and there. Your premade book cover will include your own title, your author name and any tagline or subtitle you wish to include. Moreover, it really showcases the unexplored potential and artvisual style for fantasy books. There are many ways a scifi or fantasy book cover design can communicate with a new. Before beauty by brittany fichter reading, books, book covers, cover love. The 10 best freelance book cover designers for hire in 2020. Below are some of the covers made by bookflys designer. The best fonts to use on a book cover by genre inspired. Are you looking for book cover design inspiration for your upcoming selfpublished book.
Each book cover is 100% exclusive and sold only once. The 52,851 subscribers of the rfantasy subreddit were asked to list their top 5 favorite fantasy booksseries theyve ever read, and the users posted favorites were combined to make a top 105. The books are in descending order from 1 to 105, with the ones at the top of the list being voted on the most by the rfantasy community. We are very happy with the covers weve done with covermint, and can heartily recommend dan to anyone looking for a quality cover. The books are in descending order from 1 to 105, with the ones at the top of the list being voted on the most by the r fantasy community. We will be talking about issues such as whitewashing practices, covers in poor taste, misleading or completely inaccurate covers, cliched covers and, of. Two pirates posing on a smoky background fantasy landscape of the future person silhouette standing on barren land with bare trees and huge planet rising, galaxy in the. Like the vast majority of top end, professional graphic artisits, i use the wellknown and widelyrespected adobe photoshop for most of my work. Doing this will give you an idea of the fonts and images that are proven to work on a book cover. When using illustration or an image on a book cover, its helpful for scifi and fantasy writers to show original images to help set themselves apart from the. Back in april, we published a list of the best fantasy. It often aims to unsettle, chill or horrify the reader as well as to entertain.
Dec 20, 2018 call it escapism or call it a salve for running a website that covers politics in 2018, but i read a lot of speculative fiction this year. Heres a list of best fantasy books of all time arranged alphabetically. The type of font you should use will largely depend on the genre that your book is written in. May 12, 2017 the type of font you should use will largely depend on the genre that your book is written in. Jun 26, 2019 fantasy book covers have always been my favorite. After comics, scifi, crime and the classics, step into a world of magic with these fantasy book covers comic book covers quiz crime fiction covers quiz. Because anything can happen in a fantasy novel, anything can happen on their covers. The 1978 paperback edition of sylvia plaths tragic book, with its title crafted in gothic font, perhaps captures the tomes mood the best. His work with bookfly and his experience as an audiobook cover designer have given him the opportunity to create hundreds of covers across a wide range of genres and authors. Great prices, fast turnaround, and one on one collaboration are just the start of the fantastic customer service you get with fantasy book design. Nov 20, 2017 the first novel in lawrences book of the ancestor trilogy builds a complex universe of politics, violence, and religion on a scale sure to please any fantasy fan, right from a wowzer of an opening line. Cover illustrated by ivan belikov and designed by david mann. David sedaris, calypso, design by peter mendelsund lucia berlin, evening in paradise, design by na kim. Young adult books are booming, and the fantasy genre makes up a huge chunk.
I think the harry potter book covers are for the most part very ugly. Cover matters is a new monthly feature in which we examine the medium that is first contact between a reader and a book. Are you looking for book cover design inspiration for your upcoming self published book. Dec 22, 2019 the 10 best book cover designers to hire in 2020. This cover immediately makes me wonder what the books about.
Itll come as no surprise that i also collect fantasy art at home. The 52,851 subscribers of the r fantasy subreddit were asked to list their top 5 favorite fantasy booksseries theyve ever read, and the users posted favorites were combined to make a top 105. Or, remembering that i limited this list to only one book per author and only one book per series, if you think another selection from that author or series is a better choice, let us know. Fantasy books can have some of the most striking and beautiful covers. The cogeyed droog design was thus adopted and instantly became a design classic.
Todays theme is top 10 book covers, but you can take it in any direction you want and get more specific. Every year, the art world chooses the best science fiction and fantasy illustrations providing a visual feast for the rest of us. So, i thought it would be fun to compile a couple of top ten lists. Assassins apprentice the illustrated edition book cover picture. This is an introduction to book cover design, based on a presentation i gave at a writing conference in ecuador. At time of writing ive shared my thoughts on almost 150 different book covers. We, the drowned, by carsten jensen, tweeted author kelly barnhill.
The first novel in lawrences book of the ancestor trilogy builds a complex universe of politics, violence, and religion on a scale sure to please any fantasy fan, right from a wowzer of an opening line. Reddits top fantasy reads of all time list challenges. Im usually not a fan of urban fantasy covers, but this is the exception. The 51 best fantasy series ever written whether youre a swords and sorcery type of fantasy reader, a fan of battles and betrayal, or you just want a. Thousands of unique premade fantasy book covers created by professional designers. Scifi and fantasy book covers are often instantly recognizablejust thinking about them. Best fantasy book covers fantasy books can have some of the most striking and beautiful covers. Gothic fantasy is a blend of fantasy and horror, where elements of the latter such as ghosts, the undead, haunted castles and monsters form a key focus of the story or set its tone. Dec 26, 2019 here are ten covers from this years fantasy novels that caught my eye.
At least, the cover is often the first thing we see and can entice us to pick it up and read the. Anne mccaffreys dragonflight is a wonderful, wonderful read, and is a scifi book disguised as a fantasy, not a fantasy book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone is placed too low on this list, the fellowship of the ring is placed too high, eragon and the golden compass deserve no mention on any list that calls itself best fantasy novels of. Jul 24, 2014 after comics, scifi, crime and the classics, step into a world of magic with these fantasy book covers comic book covers quiz crime fiction covers quiz science fiction covers quiz. Storm of locusts by rebecca roanhorse, cover art by tommy arnold. Here is a collection of some of the best book covers i have seen online. We will be talking about issues such as whitewashing practices, covers in poor taste, misleading or completely inaccurate. Call it escapism or call it a salve for running a website that covers politics in 2018, but i read a lot of speculative fiction this year. If theres a title you think absolutely belongs on a list of top fantasy books, feel free to mention it in the comments. High quality, fast response times, friendly and flexible. So, to give this a super clickbaity title, here are. All our premade book covers are available as ebook, audiobook and kdp full print covers. When using illustration or an image on a book cover, its helpful for scifi and fantasy writers to show original images to help set themselves.
It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size. Check out this list of the best epic fantasy book cover art. Like the vast majority of topend, professional graphic artisits, i use the wellknown and widelyrespected adobe photoshop for most of my work. More to the point, it has an enormous presence on goodreads. Aug 30, 2011 5 great fonts for book covers including chunkfive, league gothic, baskerville, franchise and trajan three of which are free for book cover design. Looking for an easytouse book cover creator that would give you amazing results. This is true whether you are an author selfdesigning your cover or a book cover designer designing a book cover for a client.
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Cover design secrets you must know if you want anyone to buy. Apr, 2020 fantasy book cover template centered graphic with text on top fantasy covers on a mockup made with placeit. But given those things, i can see why a primer of the top fantasy books for this age category might be necessary. Lets dig into our list of the top 50 fantasy books for adults below. What are the best fantasy book covers you have seen. Ive collected my 26 favorites, but if any of yours are missing, let us know.
Roleplay gaming and fantasy novels have gone handinhand for most of their existence, but its a. Nov 19, 2018 if theres a title you think absolutely belongs on a list of top fantasy books, feel free to mention it in the comments. Like most guys, ive got posters of heavily muscled men on the walls of my room, and can say that i honestly have no problem staring at the male form for hours on end. I think in general i just love highly stylised book covers like these. Both 2d and 3d fullsize and thumbnail book covers cd covers email and newsletter banners. This feature will dedicate more separate space to a topic that has always intrigued, irked, and befuddled us. This weeks list, with the exception of a book or two is comprised of my top 10 favorite middle grade fantasy book covers, the exceptions being like 2 ya books. People join the sub, get recommended books from the top lists, read those books, recommend them to other newcomers to the subreddit. Mar 31, 2010 cover matters is a new monthly feature in which we examine the medium that is first contact between a reader and a book. Designed ten years after the books first publication, to coincide with the release of the 1971 film adaptation by stanley kubrick, this iconic cover was designed and realised by pelham in a single night after an illustrators first attempt was deemed inadequate. My 4th fave series only after lotr harry potter and wings of fire. Get started right now by building your ebook covers in a simple way and get a stunning result.
Premadeebookkindlecoversfantasy the cover collection. Like other forms of fashion, styles in illustration, typography, and visual approach change from time to time, and just by looking at recent covers you can see that the designs tend to replicate across the genre, with. Hes just so awesome unless this list is titled other than frazetta 2. May 09, 2020 lets dig into our list of the top 50 fantasy books for adults below. Feb 09, 2017 inspiring illustrative covers so much of what scifi and fantasy writers do is create intricate new worlds and situations, and authors can use their book cover designs to share a piece of their books contents with a new reader. We consider covermint to be among the top indie book cover designers in the world today. See more ideas about fantasy book covers, fantasy books and books. Designed ten years after the book s first publication, to coincide with the release of the 1971 film adaptation by stanley kubrick, this iconic cover was designed and realised by pelham in a single night after an illustrators first attempt was deemed inadequate. I love the art style and the bright colours, which perfectly encapsulate the books vibrant storytelling. I have not read this book series, but i have heard of it.