Ever since album covers were demoted from an LP sized canvas in shop windows across the country, to a tiny square in the corner of our mobile phone screens, it could be argued that the book cover has picked up the slack in terms of highly visible design on the things we buy for entertainment (notwithstanding the resurgence in vinyl and, conversely, the popularity of the Kindle).
So it’s exciting to see which book cover designs Matt Dorfman, art director at The New York Times Book Review, has chosen this year. Dorfman says of his selection: “Each one poses a question I want an answer for.
