Welcome to 2025 Book Covers We Loved!

My plan was to write a little commentary on this year’s notable design trends but then I read The Casual Optimist’s and he’s summed everything up so perfectly that you might as well go read his right here.

This list is comprised of agonising choices made by the esteemed Spine panel, including: Co-Founder of Chapman & Wilder, Cherie Chapman; Freelance Designer Mark Swan; Author of the novels Girls in the Moon and The Looking Glass, Janet McNally; Founder of design studio Unusual Corporation, Will Staehle and Artworker for Ebury, Penguin and Spine Editor, Vyki Hendy.

So, without further ado, scroll on to see which covers rocked our world the most this past year.