Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
This week’s prompt is halfway to a freebie, allowing us to pick a range of books with a specific type of cover. And lately, I’ve been loving book covers with the cartoon-type characters. Here’s a list of ten of my favorite books featuring characters that are drawn in that style:
- Witch Please by Ann Aguirre
- Bad Luck Bridesmaid by Alison Rose Greenberg
- Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater
- The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
- The Dating Plan by Sara Desai
- We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
- The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu
- The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer
- Once More With Chutzpah by Haley Neil
What are some of your favorite books with this type of cover?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
Cute idea. It seems like illustrations are more timeless than photographs on the cover. I considered flowers or a spring theme but then opted for weirdly awful classic covers My TTT is here. Please visit and comment. Thanks.
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Thank you! I think these are going to age better than the Fabio-type ones lol! I considered flowers, but recently did a post about that. Weirdly awful classic covers sounds intriguing!
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Great list. I also like this kind of covers. I even added Witch Please to my TBR without reading the synopsis: I just loved the cover and wanted to read the book :-D!
Here is my TTT post: https://herseriallife.com/top-15-books-with-red-cover-spring-2022-tbr/
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Thank you! I love hearing about people adding books from my posts to their TBR – I hope you love the story as much as I did!
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I’ve noticed a real trend of books of faceless people lately, but most your cartoon people have faces. I guess they are hard to draw!
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I’ve noticed that for some books too, but I definitely prefer faces. I can barely draw a stick figure, so I’m always impressed by any type of art.
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I love your take on this week’s prompt! I enjoyed reading Witch Please!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/books-with-modes-of-transportation-on-their-covers/
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Thank you! Witch Please was such a fun story!
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I’ve noticed more of these types of covers coming out. I love them!
Happy TTT!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/26/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-the-main-character-on-the-cover/
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I think they’re super cute, and can’t resist a good cartoon cover!
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Same. I do sometimes get cover envy though when some countries have better covers than the ones here in the UK 🤣😂
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Haha because I get cover envy for how much prettier British covers are than American ones!
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Haha I’m the other way 😂
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We always want what we don’t have access to!
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We do! Maybe that’s the problem. Or if they just made them the same?! I know that they try to cater to the different markets, but surely we arent that different that we need different covers?! The one I am most envious of is the ACOTAR series. Honestly the UK ones are so disappointing in comparision!
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🤷🏻♀️ who knows why they do that. And I loved the old ACOTAR covers, hate the new style. I’ll have to check out the UK version
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There will be someone making money somewhere. Haha I did a post on it – 25 February – Friday Faceoff. I got the covers from Goodreads so it might be quicker to look on there!
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I can’t wait to read Bravely! Interestingly enough, it fits the theme of my post this week, too. 🙂
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-curly-haired-characters-on-the-cover/
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Bravely was so much better than I expected, and fun too! I love the idea of your post – can’t wait to check it out!
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Good idea! I did notice this trend that rom-com type stories go for the more basic cartoonish images. It’s a thing now.
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Thank you! I kind of like it, especially after the long trend of Fabio-type covers on romance novels haha.
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I’ve been loving all the cartoon type characters on books lately! Great selection of books.
My Top Ten!
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Thank you! I see them most often on romance books, but wanted to include a few other types as well.
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Yes, they have been jumping to other genres, which has been fun!
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Yes!
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I love the covers for the Spoiler Alert series by Olivia Dade. I also love Casey McQuiston’s covers! I unashamedly love the cartoon cover trend!
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It seems like a lot of people love this trend, so it isn’t just us! I’ll have to check out the Spoiler Alert series now.
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Lots of cute covers here! I especially like the one for THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS. It’s adorable.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Thank you! I agree that The Love Hypothesis cover is adorable.
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I really love this style of cover! Check out Authentically, Izzy by Pepper Basham too!
My TTT
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I’ll have to look that one up!
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I don’t always love cartoon characters on a cover, but these ones are all really cute.
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Thank you!
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If a character’s going to be on a cover, I prefer an illustrated one. I also love the new flat illustrations that seem to be all the rage right now. Good choice!
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Thank you!
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Well spotted! I am not sure whether I like this book cover trend much; sometimes it makes me hesitate when choosing a new unheard book — like, what if it is “too” MG or YA? But they are definitely very cute!
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I hear that, but it seems like romance uses it a lot too.
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