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The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History

First things first. What makes a book cover iconic? There are no hard and fast rules, of course—like anything else, you know it when you see it. But in order to compile this list, I looked for recognizability, ubiquity, and reproduction—that is, if there are a million Etsy stores selling t-shirts/buttons/posters/tote bags with the book cover, or if someone you know has ever dressed up as it for Halloween, or has a tattoo of it, it probably counts as iconic. That is: the most iconic book covers exist as cultural artifacts that are attached to, but slightly separate from, the books they were designed for. (That's an admittedly hazy threshold, but what isn't these days?)
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Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
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Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
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To Kill a Mocking Bird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mocking Bird (Harper Lee)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
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The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
14
Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
19
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
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The White Album (Joan Didion)
The White Album (Joan Didion)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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*The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera/CZECH REPUBLIC)
*The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera/CZECH REPUBLIC)
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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
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Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
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