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: “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” A cover featuring a starry sky.
It was surprisingly tough to find a good cover this week with a starry sky, but I decided to go with Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel, the first book in his Themis Files. Also I just saw him speak recently at Comic Con and I adore him! If you ever get the chance to go to an event where he’s speaking, make sure to go! Take a look at some of the cover designs:
Del Rey hardcover 2016 | Penguin UK 2016
Hungarian edition 2016 | Dutch edition 2017
Spanish edition 2016 | Russian edition 2017
I was never that fond of the Del Rey edition, but I do love both the Spanish and the Hungarian editions. The winner?
I love everything about this cover: the giant hand, the figure of Rose standing there, and even the landscape and the glowing light. Hungarians for the win!
Next week’s theme: A cover with a mask
That Hungarian edition is fantastic!
Oh my gosh! That Hungarian edition is awesome. In my opinion, so much better than hardcover we have here in the states. I have this out from the library right now!
I’m amazed how often I see foreign covers that are SO much better than US or UK covers.
WOW I always loved the UK versions but I also love that Hungarian cover. Someone’s been making sacrifices to the cover gods. lol
Ha ha he did get really luck with his covers:-)
Oh, I agree here, that Hungarian edition is beautiful. I love the color palate they used!
I love the colors too:-)
What a fabulous lot of covers, Tammy and a great choice for this week’s theme. There isn’t a cover here I dislike – although I found the book deeply disappointing… My favourite is the Penguin edition – but I’d happily take any of them!
I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy the book, but at least the covers are good:-)
I agree 100%!! That cover is AWESOME!
I want to find a copy of the Hungarian edition just so I can stare at the cover, lol.
Perfect choice! I find it very moody (in a good way) and quite evocative… 🙂
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Yes, it is moody and it has quite a different feel from the others:-)
Wow! All of these editions are actually pretty nice and I love the Del Rey hardcover 2016 & Penguin UK 2016 one but also the Russian edition.
It’s hard to choose, I really think all these work in different ways:-)
The Hungarian edition is gorgeous!
I know! It’s so different from all the others.
Great choice, these are pretty! I esp love the Hungarian one too because I haven’t the books, but they’re about giant creature/robot somethings, right? So I love the giant hand!
Yes, the giant hand plays a big part in the plot, I don’t want to give it away unless you aren’t planning on reading it:-)
I love the colors of the Spanish Edition and the sky in the Penguin UK Edition!
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I agree, that sky in the Penguin UK is really cool:-)
Ooh, I really like how the Hungarian edition really brings the premise to life. I really love the colors and design on the Spanish edition as well. The Russian one sort of gives me an older Victorian vibe or something, haha–it’s still nice, but doesn’t fit the book. Great picks!
I agree with you about the Russian cover. It’s cool how they are all so different, right?
I like the Del Ray cover but I also really like the Hungarian edition too! 🙂
Yay for another vote for Hungarian:-)
I actually really like the Del Rey edition because of the cool effect of the square cutout on the dust jacket paired with the art printed on the front of the actual cover, but I agree when it is shown in 2D like that it is super boring 😀
I guess I’ve never seen the actual Del Rey book so I didn’t know there was a cut out. That would definitely improve things!
Wow the differences in these covers are so vast which is interesting! I love the Spanish edition.
They are quite different, that’s one reason I love comparing covers from different countries:-)
I didn’t know about 80% of these! I still love the Del Rey hardcover 2016 one for its simplicity. The title adds a huge dose of mystery to the whole cover!