20 Amazing Reimagined Book Covers

Under the influence of characters, setting, and plot, a number of artists have recently taken it upon themselves to recreate book covers of some of the most beloved literature, often with fantastic results. Whether it be through illustration or painting, collage or embroidery, reimagined cover art isn’t limited to the cardboard backings of books, but takes on a life of its own that ranges from extravagant and crafty, with kaleidoscopic-colored thread twirling on the page, to simple but powerful, with bold graphic designs and eerie color pallets. And while each piece is aesthetically different, these book covers have one thing in common — they all pay homage to the authors and works we hold so dear. See 20 of our favorite works inspired by the likes of J.D Salinger, The Brothers Grimm and Roald Dahl after the jump.

Anne Benjamin, Pride And Prejudice

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I love the trend to using embroidery on covers. Books as beauty are back? My mother always used to say, "Books are beautiful!" I love the new Hobbit cover! Sweet!

Franny and Zooey is Grreat! Love it. I want a T-shirt of it :)

Love all of them, but surprised that you didn't take a look at Coralie Bickford-Smith's clothbound Penguin Classics series. They are GORGEOUS.

Casting a vote for Moby Dick. Crisp and attractive -- @owlcanyonpress

Think Moby Dick, The Raven, The Dubliners, Emma and MacBeth are great. But The Hobbit, Pride and Prejudice, The Golden Compass & The Great Gatsby are all a major letdown - they completely miss the mood & flavour of the fantastic story between the covers...

Does anyone know where I can get that copy of Emma?

DUDE. You get a chance to create your own cover for some of the most classic stories of all time and THIS is the crap we get? Looks like a sale pile at a Boarders that's about to shut down. Macbeth was cool.

Jillian Tamaki's "Black Beauty" is a bit too similar to E. Michael's original "Catcher in the Rye" cover. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Rye_catcher.jpg

i missed the amazing part

Also... picturebookreport.com ;)

These covers suck.

Gatsby, Hobbit, are pretty lame. Only awesome one is the Dubliners.

Jane Austin: too sweet

I think the "Lolita" one is my favourite. Some of the others are interesting pieces of art, but they miss the mood of the book.

I can see the poe one becoming a highly popular hipster tshirt....

The girl on the Catcher in the Rye cover is Holden's little sister Phoebe - it's at the end of the book when they run away (hence the suitcase) and he gives the hunting hat to her.

I like the 1984 cover and the hair reminds me of Mojo Jojo for The PowerPuff Girls

Why is there a girl on the cover of Catcher in the Rye? Re-imagining of the books protagonist?

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  2. [...] example, I would choose this cover for my digital copy of Macbeth (via Flavorwire). It’s much cooler than my current digital Macbeth cover, which just says [...]

  3. [...] Flavorwire: 20 Amazing Reimagined Book Covers Share this:EmailFacebook This entry was posted in authors, book covers, movies, poetry, YA [...]

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  5. [...] Flavorwire nous propose un joli travail artistique dédié aux livres. Une poignée d’artistes se sont mis récemment à réinventer les couvertures des livres classiques qui les ont le plus marqués. Et ils le font à merveille pour des bouquins qui ont bercé notre enfance ou marqué notre évolution ! [...]