Matt Dorfman, the art director of The New York Times Book Review, has chosen what he feels are the best covers of 2015. His brief introduction to the dozen covers makes a couple interesing points: "When considering the book as a whole, I prefer that the interiors
contain answers and the covers ask questions. To the extent that my
favorite reading experiences empower me to confront uncomfortable truths
and honest answers about people, societies and the greater universe,
the covers that lure me into the pages often do so by posing questions
that I don’t want to ignore."
He also notes that today books and their covers are having to compete for attention with everything from Jumbotrons to smart phones to wristwatches. The article reproduces the covers that made him "stop, stare and ask aloud to no one in particular what the cover means, only to turn to the first page and then the following and then the one after that and onward.'
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He also notes that today books and their covers are having to compete for attention with everything from Jumbotrons to smart phones to wristwatches. The article reproduces the covers that made him "stop, stare and ask aloud to no one in particular what the cover means, only to turn to the first page and then the following and then the one after that and onward.'
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