12 Alternate Book Covers

Ever looked at a book and wished for different cover art? The Alternate Book Covers Flickr group collects these wishes made manifest: their pool consists of reimagined book covers. Here are some of my favorites. posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:31am EDT

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12 Alternate Book Covers

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1. Snow White

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Source: nekocherry

2. Armaggedon in Retrospect

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Source: haynesmann

3. The Great Gatsby

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4. Watership Down

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Source: nekocherry

5. Of Mice and Men

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6. Wicked

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Source: queendotmatrix

7. The Lord of the Flies

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8. Dune

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Source: bigoldtoe

9. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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Source: sidsel_sorensen

10. The Catcher in the Rye

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Source: bethelaineaustin

11. A Most Wanted Man

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Source: haynesmann

12. The Witches

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Source: nekocherry

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Some of those are quite amateurish, but there are a couple that I really appreciated.
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Sorry, not even speaking from liking these books necessarily (although I do), but most of these are nowhere near the design quality of the original artwork.
A lot seem to just be iterations of the popular minimalism or the Etsy-kitsch style drawings going on right now…
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1. Snow White

2. Armaggedon in Retrospect

3. The Great Gatsby

4. Watership Down

5. Of Mice and Men

6. Wicked

7. The Lord of the Flies

8. Dune

9. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

10. The Catcher in the Rye

11. A Most Wanted Man

12. The Witches

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