My Favorite Book Covers of 2008

This story by Joseph Sullivan publisher of the Book Design Review at the New York Times

(Somehow I missed this feature when it was published on November 30, so am grateful to Fergus Barrowman, Publisher at Victoria University Press, for bringing it to my attention).

In no particular order, below are my favorite book covers of 2008.

(And here are the 2007, 2006, and 2005 lists.)

New this year: Linked titles lead to the original post, if one exists. (The link for Maps and Legends goes to Karen Horton's beautiful photos over at design:related.)

And back from last year: there's a poll at the bottom of the post.

Voting is open until Dec 31; I'll post the results shortly after the new year begins.

A very small number of titles were actually published in December 2007. Last year's list was published early (Nov 15), and a few of the books published at the end of 2007 really needed to be included here. And the cover for The Medium Is The Massage? A reissue, but too wonderful not to include.

Lastly, this year's list has more U.K titles than in the past, so some designer credits are missing. Please help me give credit where there is none; leave a comment or send an email if you've got some info or need to correct any errors of attribution.

Link to Joseph Sullivan's story and selection of covers here, and do cast a vote.