Open your eyes! Have you noticed the latest trend in publishing? Eyes on book covers are all the rave.
For more body parts, explore the tags mouth or hand for more designs like these. A portion of the cover Of The Flesh was used for today’s blog post cover image.
The Eyes Are The Best Part by Monika Kim
Designer: let us know!

Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
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Of The Flesh edited and compiled by Susan Barker
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Hot Singles In Your Area by Jordan Shiveley
Designer: Jack Smyth

Eat The Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
Designer: Katie Klimowicz with art by Ana Miminoshvili

More art by Ana Miminoshvili


Counterweight by Eliot Duncan
Designer: Tal Goretsky

Itch! by Gemma Amor
Designer: Safron Stocker

One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford
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How To Disappear And Why by Kylie Minor
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The Sleepless by Victor Manibo
Designer: Dana Li

The Stars in Our Eyes by Julie Klam
Designer: Spencer Kimble

Rooms for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler
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Little Eyes by Samantha Schweblin
Designer: Na Kim

Witness by Jamel Brinkley
Designer: Emma Pidsley

Belly Up by Rita Bullwinkel
Designer: Luke Bird

Ponyboy by Eliot Duncan
Designer: Luke Bird

Eye of the Beholder by Samantha Schweblin
Designer: Danielle Mazzella di Bosco

Big time by Ben H. Winters
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Yellowface by Samantha Schweblin
Designer: Ellie Game

Laid and Confused by Maria Yagoda
Designer: Jonathan Bush

Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
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Your Heart is a Muscle by Sunil Yapa
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Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka
Designer: Alex Merto

Prediction Machines by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
Designer: Zoe Norvell

Sacrificio by Erneso Mestre-Reed
Designer: Dana Li

How to Find a Professional Book Cover Designer for an Eye-Forward book cover
Many people claim to be book cover designers, but only a select few are being hired again and again by the same major publishers. But how do you find those truly professional book cover designers? Platforms like the INeedABookCover Jobs Board have made it easier for authors to find and collaborate with talented, professional designers like the ones listed in this article.
Use the Jobs Board to share your project’s creative brief with our vetted listserv of designers! Designers seeking book cover jobs and book cover designer jobs can apply to join our private listserv for the opportunity to bid on lucrative book cover design jobs.
If you enjoyed this listicle, be sure to check out the “Design Devices” series to explore other elements commonly used on book covers such as paintings or balls of crumpled paper.