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The Best Book Covers of 2025: Round Two
Cast your votes to determine which cover will go home with the gold
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The competition this year is fierce! Out of all of the book cover brackets I’ve been part of, I’d never seen this many close calls and surprises. Extinction Capital of the World vs. The Intentions of Thunder were literally tied for web votes with 72 each—the latter ended up winning out, with 30 more votes on Instagram. Similarly, Lightbreakers and Guatemalan Rhapsody were also neck and neck, with Lightbreakers barely winning out on web votes.
This game of voting musical chairs continued as I tallied votes between the different platforms. From web votes, Hellions looked like the clear winner, with 50 more votes than Moderation, only for the latter to end up winning with more than double the votes on Instagram. Similar cases happened for Happiness & Love and Hardly Creatures, resulting in a cutthroat competition. Goes to show that voting matters—both on our website, and on our Instagram stories!
Check out the bracket below to see how the Round One matches shook out:
Round Two voting is now closed. Head over to Round Three to see the new match-ups and cast your votes!
