Beautiful Things

I thought I'd bring some cheer to this rather chilly Monday by providing you with some links to more absolutely lovely book covers, a la my August post on judging books by their covers; enjoy!

The Book Cover Archive Presents: An Archive of Book Cover Designs & Designers is an excellent electronic repository of truly slick book covers; as an added bonus, you can click on each tome to get more specific stats. Helpful search filters--like designer, typeface, and genre--allow you to personalize your perusal.

You the Designer: 86 Beautiful Book Covers as determined by a graphic design blogger who at first glance at least seems to know what's up.

Colour Lovers: Best Book Cover Palettes of 2009 provides a unique perspective to cover art, focusing on inspiring colors rather than overall design (btdubs, this site is flat out fabulous for all you design-lovers and would-be-crayon-color-namers out there).