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 with ruins or a derelict building/scene.
This week I’m choosing a book I read pre-blogging, The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. The story takes place in a crumbling mansion, and I thought it fit the theme really well. Plus there are TONS of covers! Here are a few:
U.S. hardcover edition 2009 | U.S. paperback edition 2010 | Danish edition 2010
Portuguese edition 2010 | Russian edition 2019 | Thorndike Press edition 2009
French edition 2011 | German edition 2012 | Spanish edition 2011
Riverhead Books edition 2018 | UK (?) edition 2018 | Czech edition 2010
I like a lot of these, so this is a tough choice. But I’m going with the Czech edition. I love the colors and the dark, eerie look of the mansion, I think it sets an ominous tone for the story.
This prompt is just perfect for all the creepy, morbid book covers! Honestly, these covers give me the creeps! Haha!
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Ooooh creepy looking covers! I think I like the U.S. paperback edition 2010 the most.
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I guess it’s the grey color, because the Portuguese edition looks like the creepiest of the lot 🙂
Ooh, what a perfect choice for this week! I also really like that Czech edition, though I also am drawn to the darkness of the US paperback. This reminds me that I’ve been wanting to read more Sarah Waters, I love her books so much!
I like your choice, in part because the names don’t interfere with our view of the mansion. I also like the German cover for setting the mood.
I’m leaning towards the Portuguese edition. I like the angles in it and I think monochrome works well.
What a great choice. I was torn between that rather strange 2018 UK edition and the Czech one but on balance the Czech cover wins the day.
Lynn 😀
I really love this book and all of the covers are great, but I still think that the US hardcover is my favorite. 🙂
Very dramatic! I like the Russian edition, the colors really draw me in.
Agreed. The Czech one is the best. ❤️
Oh nice, I love these! They feel so very gothic (especially the one with the women in white gowns haha).
I’m drawn to the red chair! I’d not heard of this book it it looks like I should read it!