Here are 27 book cover designs (and counting!) that are quite striking. Wow, my pun game is on fire.
Explore the tag “fire” and “matches” to see more covers like these.
*If you’re able to provide any missing design credits, please write me at ineedabookcover.site@gmail.com.
Today’s blog post cover photo features actual matchboxes created by Clara von Zweigbergk in collaboration with Shane Schneck and sold via Hay. I own some and they’re A+
A Nearby Country Called Love
Author: Salar Abdoh
Publisher: Viking, 2023
A Bright Ray of Darkness
Author: Ethan Hawke
Designer: John Gall
Freinheit 451
Author: Ray Bradbury
Moonglow
Author: Michael Chabon
Designer: Adalis Martinez
Hieroglyphics
Author: Jill McCorkle
6. History Is Embarassing
Author: Karen Chase
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Burn It Down
Editor: Lilly Dancyger
Pale Fire
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Art directed by John Gall in 2009; Photographed by Alison Gootee
Cascade
Author: Craig Davidson
Once In A House on Fire
Author: Andrea Ashworth
Little Bandaged Days
Author: Kyra Wilder
The State of Affairs
Author: Esther Perel
Designer: Adalis Martinez
Mating in Captivity
Author: Esther Perel
Design by Jimmy Iacobelli, photography by Adalis Martinez
Retrospective
Author: Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Burntcoat
Author: Sarah Hall
Design by Mumtaz Mustafa
Think Again
Author: Adam Grant
Designer: Pete Garceau
Your House Will Pay
Author: Steph Cha
Published by Ecco, 2022
Girlhood
Author: Cat Clarke
A Box of Matches
Author: Nicholson Baker
Published by Random House, 2003, hardcover edition
A Box of Matches
Author: Nicholson Baker
Published by Random House, 2004, paperback edition
A Box of Matches
Author: Nicholson Baker
UK edition, 2004
Friction
Published by Powerhouse Books
Burning Butch
PAuthor: R/B Mertz
Published by Unnamed Press, 2022
Assorted Fire Events
Author: David Means
Designer: Charlotte Strick
Hotels of North America
Author: Rick Moody
Designer: Keith Hayes
The Age of Grievance
Author: Frank Bruni
Designer: Ben Wiseman
Some Go Home
Author: Odie Lindsey
Designer: Sarahmay Wilkinson
