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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka So, feast your eyes on these 2022 designs, from illustrated styles to innovative photography and more: We believe that all books are beautiful, but nevertheless pulled together this list of the most popular trends in book design, and some of the most eye-catching covers within them. With more books than ever catching readers’ eyes on social media, many look to what’s trending in the social space for creative inspiration.

While beauty’s in the eye of the beholder, there’s no doubt that book designers are going for the most “Instagram-friendly” looks they can find. But let’s get superficial for a moment and talk about some of the year’s prettiest book covers and the trends that inspired them.īook cover design is an art all its own, and in 2022, we saw trends like millennial pink and hand-drawn lettering make their way onto some of the year’s hottest books.

Ten years after his prize-winning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Shehan Karunatilaka is back with a "thrilling satire" (Economist) and rip-roaring state-of-the-nation epic that offers equal parts mordant wit and disturbing, profound truths.They say you should never judge a book by its cover. He has seven moons to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to the photos that will rock Sri Lanka. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. In a country where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers, and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him.

Maali Almeida-war photographer, gambler, and closet queen-has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war.Ĭolombo, 1990. Named a Best Fiction book of 2022 by the Washington Post, Times (UK), Financial Times, and The Guardian.One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022.