Judging books by their covers 2
Just want to share some books whose covers I love! Once every 4 weeks, I'll post 4 books and super short synopses of books whose covers catch my eye.
- Smoke: A Novel edited by Dan Vyleta (Doubleday, 2016): Welcome to a Victorian England where wicked thoughts (both harmless and hate-filled) appear in the air as telltale wisps of Smoke. Young Thomas Argyle, a son of aristocracy, has been sent to an elite boarding school. Here he will be purged of Wickedness, for the wealthy do not Smoke. On a trip to London, Thomas and his best friend witness events that make them question everything they have been taught about Smoke.
- Join: A Novel by Steve Toutonghi (Soho Press, 2016): When Join arrived, it was hailed as a miracle: a technology that allowed humans to join consciousnesses. To experience perfect, constant companionship through multiple bodies. To never die. But Chance and Leap—two joins of five and four respectively—discover a terrifying malfunction in the technology.
- Meddling Kids: A Novel by Edgar Cantero (Doubleday, 2017): A nostalgic and subversive trip rife with sly nods to H. P. Lovecraft and pop culture, Edgar Cantero’s Meddling Kids is a strikingly original and dazzling reminder of the fun and adventure we can discover at the heart of our favorite stories, no matter how old we get.
- The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel by Helene Wecker (Harper, 2013): A marvelous and absorbing debut novel about a chance meeting between two supernatural creatures in turn-of-the-century immigrant New York.
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