The winning cover for the CRIME/THRILLER category: “Dark Pines” by Will Dean, Designer: Mark Swan

The Academy of Book Cover Design, aka “ABCD”,  announced its covers of the year, and the following are the winners  for each category.

The winning cover for the YOUNG ADULT category: “Surrender” by Sonya Hartnett, Designer: Jack Noel, Illustrator: Jeffrey Alan Love

The winning cover for the SCI-FI/FANTASY category: “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, Designer: Suzanne Deane, Illustrator: Noma Bar

The winning covers for the SERIES DESIGN category: “Pan 70th Series”, Designer: Justine Anweiler & Stuart Wilson

 

The winning cover for the CLASSICS/REISSUE category: “The Communist Manifesto” by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, Designer: David Pearson

The winning cover for the CHILDREN’S 0-5 category: “Jill & Lion” by Lesley Barnes, Designer: Lesley Barnes

The winning cover for the LITERARY FICTION category: “The Blot” by Jonathan Lethem, Designer: Jon Gray, Art Director: Suzanne Dean

The winning cover for the CHILDREN’S 6-12 category: “Think and Make Like an Artist” by Claudia Bolt & Eleanor Meredith, Designer: Shaz Mandani, Illustrator: Jay Wright, Ola Niepsuj & Laura Bird

The winning cover for the MASS MARKET category: “The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao” by Martha Batalha, Designer: Sinem Erkas

Worth seeing the shortlisted work in each category on the ABCD site.