{
  "id": 27308,
  "title": "The 13 Best Book Covers of July",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/the-13-best-book-covers-of-july",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-07-31T09:10:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Literary Hub",
    "slug": "literary-hub",
    "url": "https://lithub.com/the-13-best-book-covers-of-july/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the month of July, the book covers presented a mix of obscured, omitted, and blurred imagery. The design by Jared Bartman for \"We Were Forbidden\" by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwartz, stood out with a film filter effect that played with the perception of figures and blots. Tom Etherington's cover for David Thomson's \"A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies\" offered an enthralling and creative approach, despite its nonfiction nature.\n\nEmeline Atwood's \"A Real Animal\" by Patrick Sullivan was daring with its unconventional style. Sigrid Nunez's \"It Will Come Back to You: The Collected Stories,\" designed by Lauren Peters-Collaer, featured a mixed media representation that was particularly impressive, with the \"collected stories\" illustrated in the form of a sketch artist's signature.",
  "summary": "Another month of books, another month of book covers. In July, things were obscured. Things were omitted. Things blurred, stretched, melted, smoked. Well, it’s midsummer, after all. I hope you’re getting a little rain where you are. Here are some",
  "key_points": [
    "Jared Bartman's \"We Were Forbidden\" cover uses film filter effect",
    "Tom Etherington's nonfiction cover \"A Sudden Flicker of Light\" is creative",
    "Lauren Peters-Collaer's \"It Will Come Back to You\" features sketch artist's signature"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}