The colourful book covers of 2012

I posted earlier on the best book covers of New Zealand books this year. Here is another selection of the year’s best covers. There are two camps – The richly colourful:

And the equally beautiful, more tonally subdued tomes:

More book cover delights:

• Favorite Book Cover Designs of 2012 New York Times
• The Book cover archive
• Best book covers – Random House on Pinterest