Penguin’s Central European Classics Covers

(hat tip to The Elegant Variation)

In a world where ugly, soulless e-readers are looking to displace books, I’m taking more and more interest in books as physical objects. Over at Caustic Cover Critic, they have ten upcoming covers for Penguin’s “Central European Classics” series. All of the covers were designed by gray318, a rad cover designer with the name of a robot. I love when books are designed to sit beautifully together on your shelf. The series looks great, both in covers and content. It includes two of my favorites, depressing philosopher E.M. Cioran (who has some of the best titles ever) and depressing novelist Thomas Bernard. See all the covers here, but I’ll paste a few of my favorites below:

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