This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is about interesting cover typography… which is a tricky topic for me, because I’m a very non-visual person! That said, it also sounds fun, so let’s see what I can do.
I make no promises about the quality of the books, because I’ve only read four of them and only loved two. All the same, these covers jumped out at me as doing interesting things with the typography (like following the layers of the cake, the echoed upside-down A, the letters of Tied to You being tied together, the broken crime-scene tape).
For my money, the coolest is An Unkindness of Magicians, though: it’s a pretty plain font, but somehow it’s making that pale-on-pale look work, and the branches are growing into the letters… a lot of the time bright colours draw the eye, but this cover draws the eye by eschewing colour, including in the title text.
I’m very curious to see what others have unearthed, and what other people feel looks cool!
I really loved Paris Daillencourt, and Copper Script is on my TBR ❤️ Lots of gorgeous covers!
Louise @ Foxes and Fairy Tales recently posted…Top Ten Book Covers Featuring Typography
I really need to get round to Paris Daillencourt is About To Crumble — I had fun with the previous book!
When a book has an amazing cover that has been cleverly planned out, I tend to expect the same from the story.
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz recently posted…Book Covers with Cool Typography
Sometimes it can be disappointing, sadly… but it can be a good sign for a really solid team behind the book!
Copper Script has such pretty typography.
Yes! And it’s relevant to the story too…
These are great examples! I like the way a bunch of your choices have the letters weaving in and out with other elements in the cover. Like A River Enchanted and Wolf Worm.
Yeah, I hadn’t actually noticed A River Enchanted before somehow? And then I was looking at my saved book covers having a think and realised — the letters are in the water!
so cool!
I didn’t have enough titles to display, so I did top 5 instead: https://wordsandpeace.com/2026/02/03/top-five-series-i-plan-on-finishing-reading-in-2026/
Emma @ Words And Peace recently posted…Top Five Series I plan on finishing/reading in 2026
I was worried I wouldn’t be able to come up with enough too, ahaha. Spent quite a while gazing at my TBR. XD
I can’t wait to read Wolf Worm. Great picks this week!