including We Are Not Good People. At the B&N Reads blog he tagged ten of the best book covers of all time, including:The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott FitzgeraldLearn about another entry on the list.
May this cover never to retired. Created by Spanish artist Francis Cugat for the book’s initial printing, it pretty much is the book now, visually-speaking. Its success stems from its haunting, haunted nature, its surrealism, and the way it captures the mood of the book: the sad, weary eyes floating insubstantially over what could be an overheated, decadent party.
Also see: The five worst book covers ever.
--Marshal Zeringue
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