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Famous Book Covers

The 1978 paperback edition of Sylvia Plath's tragic book, with its title crafted in gothic font, perhaps captures the tome's mood the best.

Title: The Bell Jar Author: Sylvia Plaith Artist: Shirley Tucker's original 1966 cover of The Bell Jar is the most iconic, and the coolest of all the covers for this classic; the mesmerising concentric circle design perhaps being a metaphor for the tunnel of despair that the protagonist finds herself in.

Dr. Seuss, "The Cat In The Hat, " 1957 Theodor Seuss Geisel

F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby, " 1925 Francis Cugat’s "celestial eyes" painting appeared on the book's first printing in 1925 and was revived in 1979 for the Scribner Library paperback edition.

Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Artist: Unknown We've all seen an awful lot of covers for F. Scott Fitzgerald's widely read classic but none of them scream cool quite as much as this one does. From the yellow backdrop to the monochromatic man to the fact that he's using the damn 'Y' as a cocktail glass, it's an undeniably attentiongrabbing image.

Michael Crichton, "Jurassic Park, " 1990 The high-contrast art by Chip Kidd, who has also designed cover jackets for Bret Easton Ellis, Dean Koontz, David Sedaris, Haruki Marukami and others, was also carried over into marketing for the 1993 film adaptation.

J. R. R. Tolkien, "The Hobbit, " 1937

Maurice Sendak, "Where the Wild Things Are, " 1963

Title: 1984 Author: George Orwell Artist: Shepard Fairey 1984 is a tale of Big Brother surveillance and, of the many great covers that have graced this, we like this one from 2008, designed by Shepard Fairey of Obey. The Soviet style of Obey's work suits the content of the book perfectly and the all-seeing eye gives that essential element of creepiness.