Big Type The title set enormous, edge to edge, in one flat colour. Thriller & crime, Non-fictionMinimal Quiet, generous typography with a single accent rule. Literary, Non-fictionBig Letter A giant initial cropped by the edge of the cover. LiterarySwiss International-style grid: colour block, circle and tight sans. Non-fiction, Literary
Themed
Thriller Airport thriller: huge author, stacked title, one red bar. Thriller & crimeBotanical Hand-drawn stems, leaves and blooms around the title. Romance, LiteraryNoir A street lamp, a figure, and blind shadows across the title. Thriller & crime, HorrorBlueprint A technical drawing with dimensions and a title block. Non-fictionHollow Horror: a dead tree against a full or blood moon, fog, and worn lettering. HorrorRibbon Romance: ribbons turning over under an italic title, and falling petals. RomanceCrest Fantasy: a heraldic shield before laurels, swords or rays, framed in gold. Fantasy & sci-fiStorybook Children's: rolling hills with trees and a house, a sun or a rainbow, clouds, and a bold outlined title. Children’sBig Idea Non-fiction: a big plain title, a prominent subtitle, and one clear mark: bars, a trend line or a pie. Non-fiction
Vintage
Art Deco Gilded frame, sunburst fan and stepped ornaments. Literary, RomanceClassic Paperback Three horizontal bands, like a mid-century paperback. LiteraryEngraved A clothbound classic: ornamental border and a centre medallion. Literary, Fantasy & sci-fiSunburst Vintage poster rays over a title banner. LiteraryTypewriter A typed manuscript title page with a rubber stamp. Literary, Thriller & crime
Scenic
Landscape Layered mountain ranges under a low sun. Literary, Fantasy & sci-fiRetro Sun Eighties sunset over a neon perspective grid. Fantasy & sci-fiSilhouette A city skyline or a forest tree line against the sky. Thriller & crime, Horror, Fantasy & sci-fiConstellation A star chart: a night sky, or an antique chart on paper. Fantasy & sci-fi, RomanceOrbit A planet with tilted orbits and moons. Fantasy & sci-fiWaves Stacked sine waves in blended tones. Literary, RomanceAurora Soft blurred colour fields with film grain. Fantasy & sci-fi, RomanceBookshelf A row of book spines on a shelf. Literary, Non-fiction
Geometric
Bauhaus A grid of primary geometric shapes. Non-fiction, Children’sSplit Two-tone field with an inverted shape on the seam. Thriller & crime, Non-fictionBlocks Neo-plastic grid of primary colour blocks. Children’s, Non-fictionConcentric Rings, targets and tunnels. Fantasy & sci-fi, Non-fictionStripes Bold stripes, with the title on a plate or in open space. Non-fiction, Thriller & crime
Pattern
Paper Cut Layered paper with organic cut-outs and soft shadows. Children’s, LiteraryHalftone Risograph-style overlapping dot screens. Thriller & crime, Non-fictionTopographic Contour lines from a generated terrain map. Non-fiction, Fantasy & sci-fiFlow Field Strands following a noise vector field. Literary, Fantasy & sci-fiLow Poly Faceted triangles with a gradient sweep. Fantasy & sci-fi, Thriller & crimeMosaic Truchet and quarter-circle tiles around a title band. Children’s, LiteraryMemphis Dense eighties pattern with the title on a solid block. Children’sPixel An 8-bit scene with pixel lettering and scanlines. Children’s, Fantasy & sci-fi