Book Cover Designs
Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley, Anna Wiener's memoir about her Silicon Valley experience, inspired me to create a cover with dual layers. At first glance, it appears beautiful and optimistic, but closer inspection reveals a sinister undertone.
I depicted figures joyfully leaping into the unknown without hesitation—embodying the toxic optimism and eventual disillusionment that makes Wiener's story so relatable. The design mirrors the book's central theme: the unsettling gap between tech's utopian promises and its troubling realities.
In The Miso Soup
Ryu Murakami's 'In The Miso Soup,' originally serialized in Japanese newspapers in the late 90s, has earned its cult classic status through its uniquely unsettling yet captivating narrative. This book pulled me in completely—I've rarely read anything so quickly.
My cover design captures the novel's distinctive blend of comic, creepy, and indulgent elements. I created something that would make it pop on bookstore shelves among other horror titles, reflecting its engrossing and darkly entertaining nature.
The design deliberately features instant miso soup rather than traditional paste, echoing the book's sharp commentary on capitalism and mass consumption—a visual nod to the themes of cultural commodification that run throughout the story.
Crying In H Mart
After reading Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, I just couldn't get her story out of my head. It was such a poetic, humorous, challenging, and sorrowful book. I wanted to design a cover that encompassed all of those emotions into one image that felt both traditional and contemporary in its style.
Mr. Loverman
Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo chronicles the journey of a 74-year-old Antiguan-Londoner navigating marriage, parenthood, migration, and self-discovery. The story centers on his internal struggle between two possible lives and relationships.
My cover design hints at this fundamental choice without revealing his ultimate decision. I was drawn to this novel for its beautiful portrayal of love's timelessness and its thoughtful exploration of queer identity across different cultures and generations.
Kundera's novels delve into human attraction and how desire inevitably leads to objectification. My covers mirror the surreal, disorienting quality of his characters' lives as they confront their flaws against the backdrop of communist-era Czechoslovakia.
