1. Delicious Foods by James Hannaham
Design by Keith Hayes. Art by Kara Walker.
2. The Hundred-Year Flood by Matthew Salesses
Design and illustration by Laserghost.
3. Satin Island by Tom McCarthy
Design by Peter Mendelsund.
4. Not on Fire, But Burning by Greg Hrbek
Design by Adly Elewa.
5. Marvel and a Wonder by Joe Meno
Design and art by Jon Resh and Joe Meno.
6. The Bees by Laline Paull
Design by Sara Wood.
7. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Design by Rodrigo Corral. Illustration by Matt Buck.
8. When the Doves Disappeared by Sofi Oksanen
Design by Kelly Blair.
9. A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
Design by Rodrigo Corral and Colleen Griffiths.
10. All That Followed by Gabriel Urza
Design by Lucy Kim.
11. The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
Design by Mary Austin Speaker.
12. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
Design and illustration by Kelly Blair.
13. Paulina & Fran by Rachel B. Glaser
Illustration by Kaethe Butcher. Typography by Nina LoSchiavo.
14. Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen
Design by Oliver Munday.
15. Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan
Design by Alex Merto.
16. Dark Sparkler by Amber Tamblyn
Design by Gregg Kulick.
17. Speak by Louisa Hall
Design by Jim Tierney.
18. Ciao, Suerte by Annie McGreevy
Design and lettering by Isabel Urbina Peña.
19. Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto
Design by Alex Merto. Photograph by Michael Hanson/Getty Images.
20. After the Parade by Lori Ostlund
Design by Alison Forner. Photo by Gregor Schuster/Exactostock—1672/Superstock.
21. The Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret
Design and lettering by gray318, illustration by Sabina Hahn.
22. Trace by Lauret Savoy
Design by Debbie Berne.
23. The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato
Design by Adly Elewa.
24. Making Nice by Matt Sumell
Design by Gray318.
25. Barbara the Slut and Other People by Lauren Holmes
Design by Rachel Willey.
26. Witches of America by Alex Mar
Design by Rachel Willey.
27. Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm
Design by Paul Buckley.
28. Hurry Please I Want to Know by Paul Griner
Design by Kristen Radtke.
29. The Black Snow by Paul Lynch
Design by Keith Hayes.
30. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Design by Rodrigo Corral and Adalis Martinez.
31. Hall of Small Mammals by Thomas Pierce
Design by Grace Han.
32. Act of God by Jill Ciment
Design by Janet Hansen.
33. The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector
Image courtesy of New Directions, cover design by Paul Sahre.
34. You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
Design by Robin Bilardello.
Here’s to more beautiful book covers in 2016!
