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This is probably one of the biggest trends in YA. A majority of the YA covers I see now are illustrated, especially contemporary and realistic books!
Gilded framing and curly designs seem to be all over YA fantasy and historical fiction!
Hello all! This week's Top Ten topic we have the choice of redoing a previous Top Ten list or picking any topic from the last ten years of Top Ten Tuesday! I'm going with the first option and redoing YA Cover Trends! I originally did this back in May of 2013 (you can see that post here) and I remember really enjoying making that post! I've been wanting to do an update for a while now, so here is the perfect opportunity! I'll be using 2019, 2020, and 2021 releases for this post. I chose many of these books randomly from cover reveal lists.
1. Text-Based Covers
Some cover trends from 2013 have faded (like The Girl in the Pretty Dress), but text-heavy covers are still in style!
2. Illustrated Contemporary
This is probably one of the biggest trends in YA. A majority of the YA covers I see now are illustrated, especially contemporary and realistic books!
3. Gilded
Gilded framing and curly designs seem to be all over YA fantasy and historical fiction!
4. Image inside a human
This is a really interesting trend, but I kept seeing it pop up on cover reveal lists.
5. Fantasy object
This is definitely not a new trend and I don't see it going out of style anytime soon. One of the biggest ways to scream fantasy on a cover is simply centering a sword, a crown, or some fantastical object.
6. Girl with weapon
Ever since the Throne of Glass series this trend has really blown up! At least it's better than the girl in the dress trend.
7. Let me stand in front of a wall
This is an odd trend, but I noticed that there are many book covers featuring people in front of a wall. Usually a white brick wall. This seems to be mostly on contemporary covers, but it extends to both photography and illustration.
This is an odd trend, but I noticed that there are many book covers featuring people in front of a wall. Usually a white brick wall. This seems to be mostly on contemporary covers, but it extends to both photography and illustration.
8. Ghosts
In 2013, this trend would have meant having actual ghosts on the cover, but now there is a trend of shadowy or ghosty figures on contemporary books.
9. Faceless
This seems to be a HUGE trend in YA mysteries ad thrillers. It seems that the current trend is to either scratch out faces, cut out faces, or hide faces.
10. Floral
There's not much to say about this one. It just seems like when in doubt, put flowers on the cover.
Well, those are some cover trends I have noticed. What cover trends have you seen?
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