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The 20 Most Iconic Book Covers Ever

Here's Flavorwire's list of the 20 most iconic book covers ever. There have been multiple editions and different kinds of covers to these books over the years, but these are the images most of us associate with these stories.
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
1
Joseph Heller
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
3
Ayn Rand
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
4
Anthony Burgess
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
6
Ralph Ellison
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
7
George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
8
Harper Lee
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
9
Aldous Huxley
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
10
Truman Capote
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
11
Mario Puzo
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
12
Arthur Miller
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
13
Vladimir Nabokov
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
14
Jack Kerouac
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
15
Robert Bloch
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
16
Ken Kesey
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
17
John Steinbeck
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
18
John Updike
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
19
William Golding
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
20
Ray Bradbury
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