Hidden Covers

I loaned my copy of Insurgent to a couple friends recently, and I took off the dust jacket to keep it safe.  In doing so, I discovered what the cover underneath looks like (I'd never noticed before).  It's definitely cool, and it got me thinking about other books and what their dust jackets hide.  So I was on a mission to find all cool book bindings, whether they have a beautiful design stamped on them, their colors are pretty, or their spines look cool.  I examined my own shelves, stopped by my local bookstore, even looked a bit prior to Elizabeth Eulberg's event at The Book Stall, and spent over an hour at Barnes & Noble (and got several strange looks to boot).  Ready to see what I found?

The Pretty Colors

Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone, Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt, and The Winner's Curse have such visually-appealing colors on their bindings.  And Time Between Us is slightly shimmery!

The Spines

The books included in this set are Being Sloane Jacobs by Lauren Morrill, Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano, All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill, and The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer.

The Stamped Designs

I had to include Divergent and Insurgent of course.  I liked that Allegiant had the stamped symbol, too, but the colors weren't as pretty for me.

Books featured here: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge, Mind Games by Kiersten White, The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (which also has an awesome spine), The Elite by Kiera Cass (I can't wait to see what The One's binding looks like!), Unhinged by A.G. Howard, Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross, Better off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg, and Wild Awake by Hilary T. Smith.

What do you think of the above pictures?  Do you know of any cool hidden covers?  If you do, tweet a picture to @emmasaska, and I'll retweet it!