Today is a freebie for Top Ten Tuesday (as always hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) and I’ve decided to go with a familiair prompt. Between the UK and the USA there is always the battle of the covers going on. Often both countries will have a different cover for a book that is being released in both countries. It is always interesting to see how different those covers can be and what we prefer!
So lets just jump right in.
UK (Walker Books) VS USA (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers)
My Choice: USA
Honestly my choice is just based on what I think is prettier. The illustration of the UK works much better for the acutal book but the way the text takes away from it is so ugly I can’t actually stand it. I figured that USA would be coming with an illustration considering they also did that with the Lockwood books. It’s okay. I think I would have liked it better if the background had been more a sunset as with the UK cover. I don’t know.
UK (Harper Voyager UK) VS USA (Harper Teen)
My Choice: USA
I do like how the girl looks straight at the camera on the UK cover but otherwise I think it looks a little cheap. Which is a shame because Kingdom of Souls looked awesome. So I’m choosing USA which continues with the lovely ornament kind of style.
UK (Egmont Books) vs USA (Balzer + Bray)
My Choice: UK
Honestly both of these look awesome. And I like the look of the girl on the USA cover more because she is darker skinned as is the main character. But the UK cover draws my eye more with the text and the overall layout.
UK (Del Rey ) VS USA (John Joseph Adams)
My Choice: UK
This was a hard choice to make. They are both very different but I like both so much too. But looking at the book then the UK version fits better with the story. As I’ve heard a lot of complaints that the USA cover was making people think it was a very different book.
UK (Solaris) VS USA (Tor Books)
My Choice: UK
Final Score:
UK 3 vs USA 2
USA was off to a good start there but UK made a comeback.
Do you agree with my choices?
A Dance With Books 
Ooh I like cover face-offs. Agree with you about the Stroud one especially. Same for the last one and The Conductors too. I think I picked all the same ones you did… 🙂
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Me too. I always think it is really interesting seeing the different covers between countries.
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I liked the one for the Conductors a lot!
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me too!
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I tend to prefer UK covers in general, what a brilliant idea for a post this week. https://readwithstefani.com/ten-books-about-books/
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Agreed. Me too.
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This is such a fun idea! I definitely agree with your choices and love that there is such a big difference in the US/UK covers.
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There is always something that will fit for any kind of cover lover.
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I picked the same covers you did for every book. Both covers for Amari and the Night Brothers are great. I was leaning towards the US cover at first because that’s the one I’m used to seeing, but I do prefer the UK cover.
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There is something about that UK cover.
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It’s fascinating to see the differences between the U.S. and U.K. covers. Thanks for stopping by earlier!
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It is for sure!
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I love the Goblin emperor earlier this year. It’s a really good audiobook. I think I prefer it’s US cover. But, I love the UK cover of The Conductors.
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The Goblin Emperor got a redesign last year I think. I like the one with the emperor on it.
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I love the US covers for Reaper of Souls and The Conductors!!
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Yes I love the US cover of The Conductors too!
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Love these covers, although I disagree about Reaper: I find the text is lost in the busy image on the US version. Amari has caught my eye on a couple of occasions recently. This my my freebie list: my favourite fictional detectives!
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The text does get lost but the cover still draws my attention more than the uk.
Amari is such a fun read!
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I love this! I agree with you on everything except Amari, I like the US cover the best.
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Both Amari covers are awesome honestly.
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Good selections. I typically like the UK covers better across the board…they are more interesting and less market-y, if that makes sense.
My list is here—https://fiftytwo.blog/2021/09/28/ttt-favorite-book-quotes/
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Totally understand what you mean.
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Cover face-offs are so fun! I’m surprised to say that I prefer all the US covers for these ones because I usually always prefer the UK covers! 😂
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Haha the US can surprise us 😉
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i love these face-offs – so fun to see how different they are!
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Super fun!
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I 100% agree with you on The Conductors. Reading reviews, it sounds like I’ll enjoy the book when I read it, but I almost left it off of my TBR entirely because the US cover makes it look creepier than I’ve been told it is.
My post: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2021/09/28/top-ten-tuesday-freebie-means-more-quotes/
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Yeah it is not that creepy but a focus on the characters in the setting.
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I loooove seeing different cover editions face to face. It always makes me wonder the thought process of the marketing teams. And I’ve just added two of these to my TBR! Nice post!
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True. I would love to get a look on the inside on that.
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This is a fun post, I always love looking at all the different types of covers. I haven’t read any of these yet, but based purely on the covers I actually agree with all of your choices (though there are some where I do love both).
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I have some where I love both too 😀
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I agree with you on all of these with the exception of the last one. I like the US one better on that.
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It gives a very different vibe than the uk based on the back.
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I agree with you on all of these. Seeing these side by side shows how a different cover can have a book give off totally different vibes, almost like it’s a different genre.
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Yes I love seeing that.
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Fun post! I love seeing different covers for the same book. Here is my Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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Me too!
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The Outlaws covers are so vastly different. I feel like publishers should at least make an effort to make covers similar.
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True. I was surprised they ended up so different.
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Some great covers here, I love seeing how different countries change up covers for the same book.
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Me too. Especially when you see more than just uk and us.
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Definitely!
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Great topic choice! I agree with your cover choices, too! I love the UK Conductors cover, and I wish we could combine the Amari from the US cover with the font and colors of the UK cover, we’d have perfection hah.
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Oh yes I agree on Amari. ❤
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Ik ben helemaal fan van je nieuwe lay-out. Die waarschijnlijk pas een pak nadat deze blogpost verscheen online kwam maar ik loop – voor de afwisseling – weer eens achter met mijn blogfeed. Wel fascinerend om de contrasten in coverdesigns te zien. De inhoud primeert uiteraard maar die cover zorgt er wel voor dat je een boek sneller uit het rek zal nemen om de flaptekst te lezen. Bij het eerste boek zou ik dat bijvoorbeeld niet of veel minder snel doen bij de UK cover.
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Dank je 😀 Afgelopen vrijdag veranderd 😉
Ja klopt. De UK cover is wel heel niche bijna voor western achtige boeken.
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Hij lijkt inderdaad net ietsje te hé. Maar hij nodigt wel meer uit doordat hij me een avontuur doet verwachten.
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