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Favorite Books with Blue Covers
This one is pretty random so going to have some fun with it! There are actually quite a few recent books with blue covers that I love but I’m going to try and reach back at least a little bit and talk about some that I may not have brought up before (at least not much).
- East by Edith Pattou
I read this one quite a while ago, but I absolutely loved it. It’s a retelling of East of the Sun West of the Moon. I’ve always been into retellings and this is a great one.
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
This is one of my favorite Gaiman books. It evokes such a depth of nostalgia and perhaps is enjoyed better with a few years behind you. There are some lovely lines in there about aging and how we’re all still those kids we once were on the inside.
- The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
I love this series so much! It’s so atmospheric and it’s got great characters and I love the way the story is revealed over the course of the books. Really can’t praise these books enough. Oh, and the audiobooks are amazing–highly recommend.
- Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin
This is such a strange book and I don’t think it’s for every reader, but man, I really loved it. It’s really a love letter to New York City, but it’s also part love story, part time travel, part other weird stuff that just doesn’t make sense but you go with it and figure it all out later. This is one of the books that made me realize I kind of enjoy reading weird stories. I did a full review of it a while ago.
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
This is another book that I absolutely loved. It’s also another book involving time travel! I feel like the entire concept of this one was fascinating, but there’s not much that happens plot-wise until very late in the book. And that worked fine for me. By then it all suddenly comes to a head and the ending of this one was so heart wrenching for me. I found myself torn at the end. I really need to read more of Claire North’s stuff.
That’s my list for this week! Have you read any of these? What are a few of your favorites with blue covers? Leave me a note in the comments or feel free to make a post of your own on the topic. I’d love to hear from you!
Way Too Fantasy 
The cover for The Ocean at the End of the Lane has always been a favorite of mine, and it’s perfect for this group of beautiful blue covers😁
Yes, loved that cover the moment I saw it. 🙂
Ocean at the End of the Lane has been on my TBR for years. One day!
It’s such a lovely and at times scary and at times sad book.
Yay! Blue is my favorite color ❤ and I read East in middle school and loved it too!
Blue is mine too! Woohoo!
I haven’t read Winter’s Tale yet but I’ve watched the movie. And I don’t know if it did justice because the book sounds pretty peculiar.☺️
The movie takes a couple threads from the book and then throws the rest of the book away. To be fair, it would be hard to adapt for a mainstream audience, so I can see why they focused on the one plot point. Even so, it’s not really the book at all.
I recently checked the movie adaptation’s rating and now I understand why it has a very low metacritic.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is one of my all-time favorite books. ❤
It’s so good! I cried when I finished it.
Great choices! This is a great prompt because blue is one of my favorite colors, so I love a good blue cover. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is one that I really need to re-read. I don’t remember much of it (it was a while ago), but I think I might appreciate it more now than when I first read it. Winter’s Tale is one that I’d really like to read as well. I also loved East!
Thanks! Blue is my favorite as well. 🙂
Winter’s Tale is n interesting one. Didn’t think it would be my type of book but I ended up loving it.
I love the Gaiman book – and the cover. I’m a totally shameless Gaiman fan – although that’s not to say I love everything he’s done, but he’s such a nice guy and I love such a lot of his books.
Lynn 😀
Yeah, I feel the same way about Gaiman. Love him even if some of his stuff is hit or miss. Although usually more hit than miss. 🙂
The Ocean at the End of the Lane has beautiful covers, I still can’t really decide which I like better, the US or the UK 🙂
Yep, the UK cover is great too! I spend a lot of time being envious of UK covers lol.
Beautiful choices! Blue is my favorite color! And the Gaiman is my favorite! (Loved the book too!)
Blue is mine too! That book is really special. 🙂
East has a nice cover, and I like The Raven King too- I just like how they use the blue.
Yeah, The Raven King cover is really great.
Yup, love the Raven Boys books. I wish there was a story on the psychics though. There were my fav characters.
Yes! The psychics were so interesting!
I’ve always loved that Ocean at the End of the Lane cover
Me too! So pretty.
What, no Blue Fairy Book?
Seriously, this is a great list. It also reminds me that I really need to get to East. You recommended that back in the podcast days.
I haven’t read the blue fairy book! I know, I’m terrible. lol
I think, even though East is aimed at a younger audience, it can definitely be enjoyed at any age. You should check it out. 🙂
Such pretty covers! Ocean at the end of the lane is one of my favourite Gaiman books too 🙂 And I love the raven boys series too 😀
The Raven Boys is just such a lovely and unique series. 🙂