Five Perfect Book Covers

According to the editors of Entertainment Weekly, "Is it really so awful to judge a book by its cover? Not when you consider some of the stellar work over the last 25 years by book designers, who continually prove that dust jackets are very much required." Here's five covers they call perfect, and we here at Flashlight Worthy tend to agree.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/The_Handmaids_Tale');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038549081X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/The_Handmaids_Tale');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038549081X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood A chilling dystopian novel that stands as one of Atwood’s best among her many outstanding works. In a future, post-war America, the rights of women, including reproduction, are dictated by the government. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/The_Handmaids_Tale');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/The_Handmaids_Tale');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038549081X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 320 page paperback \|$10.17 \|546 reviews This book also appears on: 10 Books That'll Make You Wish Your Flight Would Never End 10 Canadian Fiction Favorites


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/A_Million_Little_Pieces');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307276902'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/A_Million_Little_Pieces');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307276902'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Million Little Pieces by James Frey Amazon readers say: "A moving reminder that we are all works in progress." "Spellbinding, brutal, and not appropriate for all ages." "Raw, uncomfortable, compelling." "Like a terrible car wreck, hard to look away from." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/A_Million_Little_Pieces');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/A_Million_Little_Pieces');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307276902'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 448 page paperback \|$10.85 \|1,819 reviews This book also appears on Oprah's Book Club


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Everything_Is_Illuminated');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060792175'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Everything_Is_Illuminated');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060792175'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer Amazon readers say: "Original, clever and funny - highly recommended." "Anti-semites gone straight." "Brilliant drama and humor not intended for the beach." "Everything is not illuminated - and that's as it should be." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Everything_Is_Illuminated');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Everything_Is_Illuminated');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060792175'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 288 page paperback \|$11.86 \|404 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Born_to_Kvetch_Yiddish_Language_and_Culture_in_All_of_Its_Moods');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061132179'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Born_to_Kvetch_Yiddish_Language_and_Culture_in_All_of_Its_Moods');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061132179'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods by Michael Wex Amazon readers say: "You don't have to be Jewish..." "Reading it on a plane makes people look at you funny." "The one thing you will have not to kvetch about is this book." "You want yiddish? I'll give you yiddish!" onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Born_to_Kvetch_Yiddish_Language_and_Culture_in_All_of_Its_Moods');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Born_to_Kvetch_Yiddish_Language_and_Culture_in_All_of_Its_Moods');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061132179'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 336 page paperback \|$11.16 \|42 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Jurassic_Park');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0345370775'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Jurassic_Park');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0345370775'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Amazon readers say: "Great, even after watching the movie." "Thrilling book, with a moral to the story." "A thriller and a credit to science fiction." "A modern sci-fi classic." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Jurassic_Park');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Five_Perfect_Book_Covers/Jurassic_Park');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0345370775'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 416 pages \|$7.99 \|645 reviews

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