Judge a book by its cover.

Sometimes, it's okay to judge a book by its cover. Otherwise, I wouldn't have discovered The Time Traveler's Wife until the movie came out. I was perusing the shelves during one of Border's (RIP) B2G1 paperback sales during the summer, and this cover jumped out at me:


I picked up the book, read the first paragraph and was hooked. Here are a couple other books I've picked up and read recently based purely on the cover. Click on each cover to see my review on Goodreads:

And, of course, there are some just plain gorgeous book covers out there. Here are some of my favorite Pinterest finds:

Source: bookriot.com via Book on Pinterest

Source: barnesandnoble.com via LoveMyBooks on Pinterest

Source: blog.jilliantamaki.com via Liv med on Pinterest

Source: goodreads.com via Melonie on Pinterest

Finally, I absolutely love Penguin's classic covers. How gorgeous are these?

Source: extrabux.com via Denon on Pinterest

Check out my "Bookworm" board for more beautiful book pictures.

Note: This post was originally created for Jessica's Book Chat link-up on July 12, 2012. It was re-used for another cover-related Book Chat on September 12, 2013. Click the buttons below to see the other posts from each link-up: