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Books with Illustrated People on the Cover

Just like fashion or home décor, book covers go through various trends throughout the years. One of the current trends is illustrated people on covers! Check out some of our favourite books that follow the trend.

Region of Waterloo Library

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  • Inspired by Jane Austen’s "Persuasion," this heartwarming second-chance romance novel follows Nada Syed. Nearing 30, Nada is still living at home in Toronto after her start-up dreams failed, while trying to ignore the mounting pressure from her…
    Book, 2023Toronto, ON : Harper Avenue, [2023] — FIC Jalal
  • Bernadette Fox, a once famous architect turned recluse, has disappeared, but her daughter, Bee, is determined to find her. Written in the form of emails, memos, and articles, this is a fun, intricately plotted novel filled with quirky characters.…
    Book, 2012New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2012. — FIC Sempl
  • While discussing her newest suspense novel over lunch, struggling author and single mom, Finlay, is mistaken for a contract killer and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband. This fast-paced, laugh-out-loud mystery thriller…
    Book, 2021New York : Minotaur Books, 2021. — FIC Cosim
  • Living in neighbouring beach houses and both grappling with writer’s block, a romance author and literary fiction author decide to swap genres in this moving and steamy romance novel. Also available as an eBook and audiobook.
    eBook, 2020Penguin Publishing Group, 2020
  • When Neela Devaki’s song is covered by internet artist RUK-MINI and goes viral, the two musicians strike up a fast and transformative friendship. Before long though, they are pitted against one another in this character-driven contemporary novel.…
    Book, 2020Toronto, Ontario : ECW, [2020] — FIC Shray
  • Georgette Castle has had a crush on her brother’s best friend for years, so when an injury ends his baseball career and forces him back home, Georgie is determined to pull him out of his misery. This is an endearing (and steamy) fake relationship…
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Avon, [2019] — FIC Baile
  • Set in and around a crumbling apartment building in Ukraine, the nine interconnected stories in this collection span the years leading up to and immediately following the fall of the Soviet Union. Also available as an audiobook.
    Book, 2020Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2020. — FIC Reva
  • This tender and lyrical debut novel follows three orphaned siblings who are left to raise one another after their parents die.
    Book, 2022New York : One World, [2022] — FIC Asgha
  • Kitty Talbot sets out to find a wealthy husband who can pay off her father’s debts, but what she doesn’t expect to find is love. This intricately plotted, upbeat Regency romance book perfect for fans of Bridgerton.
    Book, 2022[New York] : Pamela Dorman Books / Viking, 2022. — FIC Irwin