The Friday Face-Off: Eyes

The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!

This week’s theme: “Eyes wide shut.” – A cover featuring eyes.

This was surprisingly tough, but I finally decided to highlight a book that I read pre-blogging and really has nothing to do with my speculative fiction blog at all, yet it’s a book I loved. Wonder by R.J. Palacio hardly needs any introduction, a runaway middle grade hit that was recently made into a movie. The original Knopf cover features the illustrated face of August Pullman, a boy born with a condition that affects his appearance, and features August’s one good eye. It’s a wonderful, feel-good story about acceptance and tolerance, and there just happens to be a bunch of cool covers! Take a look:

Knopf 2012 (US) | Latvian edition 2014

Knopf 2017 Movie tie-in edition | Czech edition 2018

Doubleday UK edition 2012 | French edition 2014

Dutch edition 2013 | Slovak edition 2013

There are several covers that I really love. I have the original US Knopf edition, so I’m partial to that, and I love the colorful French edition. There’s something a bit creepy about the Latvian cover, though, don’t you think? I guess my favorite has to be the UK edition. I love the red and I think the design is perfectly done.

Which is your favorite?

Posted September 28, 2018 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 24 Comments

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24 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Eyes

  1. Good choice for this week’s theme! I really like the UK version, too – I think the Knopf edition is the creepy one… I saw it and was instantly put off before I took the time to find out what the book was about! *sigh* I’m SO shallow! Have a great weekend, Tammy:)

  2. What cool covers and as easy as the eye prompt seems, I can imagine it would be rather hard. I like the same one you picked but a close second is the Latvian Edition. However, it doesn’t seem to fit the story very well.

    • Tammy

      Yeah, I actually love the Latvian cover, but not for this particular story. It would be great on a horror/sci fi story!

    • Tammy

      Now that I’ve seen the UK edition I wish I had a copy, as much as I love my Knopf, the UK is really a much better design:-)

  3. Hi, Tammy, those Brits always have the best book covers! lol I like that one too but tbh I see the US Knopf edition all over the place and it’s kinda creepy but it’s a cute illustration. Although it says nothing about what’s inside, it makes me wonder (pun intended) what the book is about. I appreciate your comments 🙂

    • Tammy

      I’ve been really liking UK editions better lately, for some reason. And the cover with one eye describes the physical appearance of the character, who I believe only has one eye because of his condition. I love the way the artist features it without having to go any further than that.

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