How about some cover art, yeah? Right or wrong, I’m going to be the first to admit I have a hard time not judging a book by its cover. Sometimes a beautiful cover will make me pick up a book I might otherwise not have, and on the other side of that coin, I know I’ve passed on more than a few books that are probably quite good but I can’t get past the images that were chosen to represent the work inside. I’ve read books with covers that were better than the books themselves; I’ve read books that were infinitely better than the trappings they came in.
There are some really great covers I came across as I was compiling my “Best of 2012″ list. Some of the best covers are from books that didn’t quite make my list (and maybe some of them should have :-/) but I think they deserved to be recognized here. They aren’t in any sort of order, some are plain some are more elaborate, all are ones I thought were pretty. 
What do you think? What are some of your favorite covers from books you’ve read this year? Do you judge books by their covers too?
Arabesque by Hayden Thorne – Cover Art by Ms. Rosek
Mechanical Magic by Lorraine Ulrich – Cover Art by Anne Cain
Desmond and Garrick Books 1 & 2 by Hayden Thorne – Cover Art by Ms. Rosek
The Wolf’s-own Series by Carole Cummings – Cover Art by Anne Cain
The Rare Event by P.D. Singer – Cover Art by Anne Cain
Infected: Shift by Andrea Speed – Cover Art by Anne Cain
Roses in the Devil’s Garden by Charlie Cochet – Cover Art by Charlie Cochet
Dark Soul: Volume One by Aleksandr Voinov – Cover Art by Jordan Taylor
Stained Glass by Jaime Samms – Cover Art by Paul Richmond
Outtakes of a Walking Mistake by Anthony Paull – Cover Art by Kyle Cross
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz – Cover Art by Chloe Foglia, Mark Brabant & Sarah Jane Coleman
Dirty Secret by Rhys Ford – Cover Art by Reece Notley
The Gravedigger’s Brawl by Abigail Roux – Cover Art by Reece Dante
How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by J.C. Lillis – Cover Art by Mindy Dunn and Andrea Sabaliauskas
The 7th of London by Beau Schemery – Cover Art by Beau Schemery
Kissing Sherlock Holmes by T.D. McKinney & Terry Wylis – Cover Art by Trace Edward Zaber
Filed under: 2012 - The Year In Reviews, Abigail Roux, Aleksandr Voinov, Andrea Speed, Anthony Paull, Beau Schemery, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Carole Cummings, Charlie Cochet, Hayden Thorne, J.C. Lillis, Jamie Samms, Lorraine Ulrich, P.D. Singer, Rhys Ford, T.D. McKinney, Terry Wylis Tagged: 2012 - The Year In Reviews, Best Cover Art
