In Battle of the Book Covers, I pick one book, compile a
bunch of different international covers, and choose my favorite - and I'd love for
you to weigh in, too! (Thank you to Heather at Random Redheaded Ramblings, who put together a list of 25 book blog post ideas, for the inspiration!)
For this edition, I'm taking a look at the various covers of A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams, originally published in 2013. I have the US paperback edition, and it was total cover love the minute I laid eyes on it! But can any of the foreign covers compete?
2013 US // 2019 Lithuanian // 2014 Italian
2014 German // 2015 Portuguese // 2014 Serbian
2013 Dutch // 2016 French // 2015 Hungarian
This is a really hard one - there are so many beautiful covers! The 2015 Portuguese edition is so striking, and the woman on the 2014 Italian cover looks so strong. And while I love the lighthearted feel of the 2013 Dutch cover, my favorite is...
The original US cover! It feels like a vintage postcard!
Which one is your favorite?
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It's always so hard to pick a favorite! I really like the Lithuanian one though. It's very pretty!
ReplyDeleteI agree!
DeleteThese are all so pretty that it's hard to pick a favorite. I love the one you selected and I also really like the 2014 Italian, the Lithuanian one, and the 2014 German. Something about the slightly muted color palettes on each of those really appeals to me.
ReplyDeleteThe Italian one definitely has a special quality to it!
DeleteI like all of these covers! They make me wish I could go on vacation.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
Haha, right?? Me, too!
DeleteI have to agree, the US cover is my favorite as well! Although I do agree about how striking the Portuguese one is.
ReplyDeleteIt has such a different feel to it, and if I saw that cover somewhere, I'd definitely take a second look and want to know more about the story.
DeleteOddly enough, my favorite was the German one with no people on the cover. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteHa! I do think that one has sort of a dreamy quality!
DeleteThe original US cover is my favorite... that's the one I read. loved the book, too!
ReplyDeleteYes, one of my favorites!
DeleteI agree. The US cover works for me. Plus, if it is supposed to be an East Coast shore town, you can't have these sprawling mountains or gorgeous lakes on the cover--it needs to be a beach town and I think the US cover nails it with Dutch or German cover coming in second. Thanks for sharing these covers!
ReplyDeleteYes, agreed! It takes place on the Rhode Island coast, and some of the covers really don't match that.
DeleteI like that first one as well- it sort of has a vintage retro look to it? It just works. :)
ReplyDeleteIt really does, it matches the time period and setting so well!
DeleteI like almost every cover! The Dutch cover doesn't thrill me but otherwise they're all really eye-catching.
ReplyDeleteI actually really like the Dutch cover, but the B&W of that versus the colors on the others does make it fade a little!
DeleteThese are all so pretty, but I have to agree - the US one is my favorite too :)
ReplyDeleteYay!
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