Great Korean Book Cover Designs


Having spent quite some time working in the publishing industry, I've always been a big fan of nicely designed book covers. One thing I particularly love is how the same book can have such different jackets across the world. There's something very peculiar about the design of Korean book covers although I can't quite put words on it. Maybe it's the hangul typography or its strange cuteness which always manages to avoid being childish. Here are some covers I especially like:



Paul Auster's New York Trilogy

Karel Capek's classic 1936 sci-fi novel

Palpasa Cafe by Narayan Wagle

The name on the tip of the tongue
A small tale by French Goncourt Prize laureate Pascal Quignard

Classic novel by German writer Patrick Süskind

Not yet translated in English, by Nobel Prize Winner J.M.-G. Le Clezio (who now teaches in Korea)

A familiar world
Hwang Sok Yong's latest novel (not yet translated in English)

The journey stops in India

Colorful

Aoi Garden

To the Breeding Farm

The rules of studying

The sadness of cold and slippery things