The Look of the Book Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature

Praise for The Look of the Book:

A book about books that deserves a spot in every bibliophile s collection. Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Cover:

In the past decade, Mr. Mendelsund has designed about 600 book jackets, ranging from a sober, sophisticated cover for Tolstoy's War and Peace to his whimsical Pop Art-like treatment of Kafka's novella Metamorphosis, to the hypnotic fluorescent swirls on Stieg Larsson's thriller The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. New York Times

Cover is foremost a visually enticing tour of some of the most important books of recent times, made even more memorable by Mendelsund's daring covers. Washington Post

Praise for What We See When We Read:

A playful, illustrated treatise on how words give rise to mental images. Alexandra Alter, New York Times

Mendelsund, throughout this thought-provoking book, helps the lay reader contemplate text in ways you hadn't thought about previously. Los Angeles Times

A welcome and fascinating new book. New York Review of Books