Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Similar Covers: Female Heads in Silhouette

I’ve been noticing a cover trend recently: female heads in silhouette, often against a single-colour background. Here’s my collection so far (over half of which were published this year), but I’m sure there are others out there.

First, Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers (Penguin, Jan 2011), Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland (Random House, Jan 2011) and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind by Meg Medina (Candlewick, 2012), which are busier than most of these covers...


Next, Little Bee by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster, 2009), 32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter (Harper Collins, 2010) and Incendiary* by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster, Jan 2011)...


Then, Lies by Enrique de Hériz (Orion Publishing, 2007) and The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson (Harper Collins Canada, Aug 2011)...



And finally, The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon (Hachette, May 2011) and Marion Woodman: Dancing in the Flames, a movie directed by Adam Greydon Reid (2009).


What do you think of these covers? Do they grab you? Have you spotted any others that would fit in this collection? Let me know and I’ll add them!

Edited to add:

I just added The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind to this post (spotted over at The Book Smugglers).

*It feels like it’s cheating a bit to include both titles by Chris Cleave (since the second one is obviously inspired by the first), but those three covers look so pretty together that I couldn’t resist!
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11 comments:

  1. bermudaonionOctober 19, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    I actually like the top two covers, the rest are just okay to me.

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  2. Jennifer | Mrs Q Book AddictOctober 19, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    You just reminded me that I really want to read The Bride of New France and Little Bee. Great post!

    I don't really like any of the covers, they don't jump out at me.

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  3. StaciOctober 19, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    I likes this one on Little Bee!

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  4. Laura at Library of Clean ReadsOctober 19, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    My daughter and I loved The Whole Truth. The cover actually suits the story.

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  5. MeganOctober 19, 2011 at 10:34 PM

    I can't quite put my finger on why, but most of them totally do grab me. I usually go more for the tantalizing photograph sort of cover, so I'm not sure why I want to dash out and grab several of these. LOL!

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  6. Martha @ Hey, I want to read thatOctober 20, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    I love the Clara and Mr Tiffany cover and I agree the Little Bee set of books do look pretty together. Another fun post.

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  7. Lenore AppelhansOctober 21, 2011 at 5:14 PM

    I hardly ever have the time to tell you this - but I really enjoy these cover posts! Keep 'em coming!

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  8. Carin SiegfriedOctober 21, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    I wonder if these covers are a reaction to complaints about book jackets with women/girls with their heads cut off. That trick is done so the reader can still imagine the character themself, but with the face in silhouette, that's still very much an option, and we no longer have headless girls! (In fact, these are all bodyless instead!)

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  9. JennersOctober 21, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    I like how most of them use bold colors behind the silhouette. Somehow I think it works.

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  10. Leslie (Under My Apple Tree)October 23, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    You're so observant. I've seen some of these and never put it together that they are almost the same.

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  11. MeghanMay 22, 2012 at 9:00 AM

    This "Jane Eyre" cover looks pretty familiar too...probably from the same photo session as "Story of a Beautiful Girl". http://www.queenslibrary.org/item/jane-eyre-8

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