Art by ROA for Nick Cave’s “And the Ass Saw the Angel” and Art by DAIN for Jonathan Coe’s “What a Carve Up!” (all images courtesy Penguin UK) Penguin UK has released ten editions of ten contemporary ...

I was rummaging through my pile of books the other day as I readied them to be placed on my bookshelf, with outward-facing spines and stacked in neat rows. An idea came to mind — I would put the ...

What makes you pick up a book you’ve never heard of? Is it the title, the author’s name, or the promise of an intriguing story? More often than not, it’s the cover—a single image that has the power to ...