The Friday Face-Off: Furry

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 book with a furry critter on the cover


This week I picked Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones, a book I read only a few months ago and loved. Mongrels is a coming-of-age werewolf story, but it’s pretty intense and not for the faint of heart. Maybe werewolves aren’t the best choice for “furry,” but let’s go with it!

U.S. cover, 2016. This is actually the default cover for lots of editions, I just picked “U.S.” because this is the edition I own, and it’s also my favorite! I love everything about this cover: the artwork, the bright yellow sky, the looming, scary wolf/dog in the center, and the title and author font.

Spanish edition, 2019. I like this one too! The wolf on this cover almost looks human, the way he’s sitting. Which makes sense in a story about werewolves.

Turkish edition, 2018. I love this cover as well. It’s so ominous, the way the wolf head looks like it’s part of a tornedo. It perfectly captures the gritty sensibility of this story.


Have you read Mongrels? Which cover do you like best?

Posted February 12, 2021 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 14 Comments

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14 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Furry

  1. The US cover is my fav too. The bright yellow background makes it so striking and I like the look of the wolf. It looks kind of feral, actually.
    To me, the wolf on the Spanish cover looks defeated. I wonder if its body language touches on what happens to it by the end of the story.

  2. Oh it has to be the Spanish cover – it’s no contest. That human-like stance is so very memorable and disturbing… And very cleverly achieved.

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