The Friday Face-Off: Minimalistic

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: A cover that is minimalistic.

This week’s choice is a book I haven’t read yet, but I couldn’t resist because it was the first thing I thought of for this theme. And I own a copy so that counts, right? Severance by Ling Ma is a futuristic pandemic story that takes place in New York, so it might be time for me to find my copy and give it a read! Ha ha. Anyway, there are several really good minimalist covers to choose from, take a look:

Farrar, Straus & Giroux edition 2018 | Text Publishing edition 2018

Spanish edition 2020 | Italian edition 2019 | French edition 2020

Since I haven’t read this yet, I can’t tell you which cover best represents the story, but as far as my favorite based simply on the cover design, I think I’m going to choose the Spanish edition. I’m not sure why, but I think it’s really weird and the pink, green and black combo is a little unsettling, which I like.


Let me know which one you like best! Have you read Severance?

Posted September 18, 2020 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 32 Comments

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32 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Minimalistic

  1. Great choice. I love the Spanish, Italian and French editions to be honest but the Spanish cover is the one that immediately stood out for me.
    Lynn 😀

  2. What a great choice of book, Tammy:)). I like your choice – but I prefer the Text Publishing edition… I think the lettering is really cool and clever. Oh dear… I hope the sales of this one haven’t been too hammered by our current problems!

  3. The 2018 Farrar, Straus & Giroux edition is my fav. I was tempted to purchase a copy shortly after it was published because of its simple cover.

  4. Ooh a pandemic story haha! I like the Italian edition a lot for some reason, maybe it’s the whole highway thing- it just feels kinda postapocalyptic? They’re all good though…
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  5. Oh wow, that all pink one? talk about minimalist covers. I’m not really a fan of minimalist covers, honestly. I like pretty things that catch my eye, because I’m shallow. xD That’s probably why I like the Italian edition the best, because it’s the least minimalist haha.

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