US & Canada
UK & Australia
German
And... I think you could guess where this one's from. :) Yes, it's the Chinese cover for Graceling and I absolutely adore it. I don't think Fire has been released in China-- too bad.
So what do you guys think? Me, I'm a huge fan of the Chinese cover, especially since I'd never seen it before I went cover-hunting, but the UK covers are definitely the coolest I've actually seen around the blogosphere. The US ones are nice, too-- those are the ones I have, so I'm a little attached. The German ones are decent, but maybe a little too similar. Of course, it's a little difficult to differentiate the two books without being able to read German. ;)
7 comments:
I absolutely HEART the UK covers, I think they're so incredible! And now I want them right now! :) I'm not really a fan of the US ones, the German ones are OK and the Chinese one does look pretty cool! Thanks for sharing!
I love the UK and the US covers. I'm not a huge fan of the German or the Chinese cover. I love looking at book covers!!
I love the UK covers but the US ones are very nice upon closer inspection.
The UK covers are pretty cool, but I think I need to give the awesome award to the US covers. They stand out from everything else I've seen in the YA genre, and even from a distance I can pick them out on a bookshelf. The German covers are sort of...meh. I they don't really strike me as "high fantasy," or at least, that's what I would think if I was looking at Graceling/Fire for the very first time. The Chinese one is pretty, but doesn't really strike me as being...hm...what's the word..."Katsa-like." :)
I really like the German covers, much more than the other ones. I've noticed many international covers I tend to like more than the U.S. Covers.
I like the German covers for some reason.
@Ms DeRaps-- I'm sometimes so guilty of judging a book by its cover. Glad to hear I'm not alone! ;)
@ Kulsama-- Yes, the US covers are more than they appear on first inspection. I love the reflection of the lips and Katsa's eye in the sword.
@Emi-- Yes, the German covers don't exactly scream 'high fantasy world!' They look more like the covers for a historical novel, but I like them okay. And no, the girl on the Chinese cover doesn't seem 'Katsa-like' at all, I have to agree. But I'm a sucker for animation. :)
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