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The Instagrammable Book Covers List

Brunch, Bali, and why not books? These bright, eye-catching book covers will spice up your Instagram feed. And the stories within these covers are even better for a real life #MotivationMonday or #WomanCrushWednesday.

1

The Plant Messiah

by Carlos Magdalena

Plants never fail to make a great Instagram photo. And the bright green is a perfect pop of color for your feed. Between the covers, you’ll discover a memoir of saving extraordinary plants on the brink of extinction.

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2

The Lesser Bohemians

by Eimear McBride

With muted colors and window-like imagery, this beautiful cover is intriguing and artistic. Set in 1990s London, the novel follows a young girl as she grows up and experiences the intensity of a new love.

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3

Here We Are

by Oliver Jeffers

We’ve seen a million pictures from the wing of a plane, but how about from space? Oliver Jeffers provides a user’s guide to live on Earth, with his signature wit and humor.

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4

The Queen of Hearts

by Kimmery Martin

Another bright cover with exquisite flowers that will get your Instagram ready for warmer weather. This debut novel pulses with humor and empathy surrounding a friendship between two women.

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5

The Perfect Scoop

by David Lebovitz

Food always does well on the feed, including that perfect ice cream scoop on a blistering day. David Lebovitz presents is comprehensive collection of homemade ice creams, sorbets, gelatos, and granitas.

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6

The Lifters

by Dave Eggers

This children’s book makes for a more intricate Instagram photo, with a journey to the underground. Dave Eggers’ story is full of mystery and adventure.

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7

Ten Magic Butterflies

by Danica McKellar

It is almost impossible to capture butterflies (and fairies) in detail through a lens. This cover captures both with a story about numbers as flowers turn into butterflies.

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8

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

by Rob Sanders

This illustrated cover with colors of the rainbow perfectly exemplifies the inside of this children’s picture book – the story of the Gay Pride Flag, a story of love, hope, equality, and pride.

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9

The Vegetarian

by Han Kang

Perhaps your next #WCW picture? We suggest reading the book first, a darkly allegorical novel of power, obsession, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence without and within her.

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10

Reign of the Fallen

by Sarah Glenn Marsh

For a more glamorous and morbid Instagram shot, this novel is an unpredictable read, with a surprising and breathtaking romance contained in the pages.

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11

The Night Diary

by Veera Hiranandani

Hands write, reach and hold each other against a dark, starry sky. This children’s book follows a young half-Muslim, half-Hindi girl after the Partition in India.

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12

Ritz and Escoffier

by Luke Barr

Here’s a cover to show off the fancier side of life. This scandalous tale recounts how the savoy Hotel became the modern luxury hotel and restaurant, signaling a new order.

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13

Trenton Makes

by Tadzio Koelb

Within the pages of this split, artistic cover is a story about the nature of identity, about a woman who carves out her share of the American Dream by living as a man.

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14

The Immortalists

by Chloe Benjamin

What is more stunning than Instagram in autumn? This exquisite cover contains a story set in 1969 in New York City, about destiny and choice, reality and illusion.

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15

Alternate Side

by Anna Quindlen

These colors will pop out against your feed of food or skyline pictures. While the cover looks bright and cheerful, the story follows a seemingly happy marriage exposed by an unexpected act of violence.

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16

The Idiot

by Elif Batuman

While stones don’t often make a beautiful photo, the light pink and simplicity of this cover do the trick. This novel follows a young woman as she discovers herself, in an unguarded look at the uncertainty of life on the cusp of adulthood.

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17

The Waters & The Wild

by DeSales Harrison

Beautiful and chaotic, this cover matches its interior. In this thriller, a psychoanalyst is haunted by a past crime and tries to protect his daughter from his mistakes.

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18

The Female Persuasion

by Meg Wolitzer

Strong colorful lines weave in and out of letters. This electric, multilayered novel focuses on ambition, power, friendship, and mentorship, and the romantic ideals we all follow deep into adulthood.

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19

Meaty

by Samantha Irby

We all need some humor to break up our Instagram feed every once and a while. Samantha Irby returns with a smart, edgy, hilarious and unabashedly raunchy collection of essays.

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20

The Monk of Mokha

by Dave Eggers

With a spine of gold letters and a cover of intricate scenes, this book is perfect for that vintage shot. The story centers on a young Yemeni American man who finds himself trapped in Sana’a by civil war.

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21

Warcross

by Marie Lu

This cover appeals to your more techie followers but still provides a splash of color. Warcross follows a girl who hacks her way into a game to dangerous depths.

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