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Top Ten of Covers of the ’00s

To summarize a decade’s worth of brilliant design with 20 covers is little more than an exercise in futility. We can all agree, however, that the best part of passing into a new digit bracket is the lists that come with it. This collection is little more than a representation of my own tastes, but I tried to choose works which were representative of their respective years.

I beat myself up quite a bit when putting this together, but there are still a handful of notables worth mentioning:

- Any of gray318’s covers for Safran Foer.
- Any of Kidd or Gall’s covers for Murakami
- Anything from Henry Sene Yee
- Anything from Paul Buckley or Darren Haggar over at Penguin US.

2000

The Abomination, Chip Kidd
Art Direction by Carol Devine Carson

Runner-up
Faster, Jamie Keenan
Art Direction by John Gall

2001

A General Theory of Love, John Gall
Photographer, Boris Schmalenberger

Runner-Up
The Darkness and The Light, Chip Kidd

2002

The Egg Code, Evan Gaffney
Art Direction by Carol Devine Carson

Runner-up
Lullaby, Rodrigo Corral

2003

Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth, Chris Ware

Runner-up
Oryx And Crake, John Gall

2004

A Shortcut Through Time, Peter Buchanan-Smith

Runner-up
Killing the Buddha, Paul Sahre
Photograph by Jason Fulford

2005

Murder, gray318
Representative of the Penguin 70th anniversary box set.

Runner-up
Book One, Mark Melnick
Art Direction by Chip Kidd

2006

The Prisoner of Guantanamo, John Gall

Runner-up
Race Riots, David Drummond

2007

Exile and the Kingdom, Helen Yentus
Art Direction by John Gall
Representative of the Camus Series

Runner-up
One Perfect Day, Evan Gaffney
Art direction by Darren Haggar

2008

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, David Pearson
Representative of the Penguin Great Ideas series.

Runner-up
Obsession, Isaac Tobin
Illustration by Lauren Nassef

2009

The Way Through Doors, Helen Yentus, Jason Booher
Art Direction by John Gall

Runner-up
The Original of Laura, Chip Kidd

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Feel free to tell me how wrong I am in the comments.

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November 16th, 2009 by Pieratt

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