Check out some of the most memorable dust jackets.
He was rumored to have created as many as 11 different designs forCatch-22before the blue-and-red jacket was approved.
The Catcher in the Ryeby J.D.
Simon & Schuster
It depicts the novel’s last scene with an angry, red carousel horse.
It also sports one of the more iconic covers in recent years depicting the novel’s heroine.
Taking inspiration from hand-lettering techniques, gray318 revived the style with his 2002 cover.
Little, Brown Books
The Hobbitby J.R.R.
Tolkien
Tolkien’s 1937 adventure about Bilbo Baggins remains one of the most well-known books in modern history.
The original dust jacket of the book, featuring a mountain landscape, was designed by Tolkien himself.
Scribner
The cover has become one of the most recognizable in recent years.
Geek Loveby Katherine Dunn
Dunn’s legendary novel about a freaky family is a cult favorite.
Harper Collins Publishers
Scholastic
Signet Classics
HarperCollins
Scholastic
Penguin
Random House
HarperCollins
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
HarperCollins
Knopf Doubleday
Random House
Warner Books
