Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Book Cover Design Trends: Horror Flowers

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In honor of spring, let's look at flowers! Horror flowers, of course.

Have you noticed that book cover designs go through trends? One book becomes popular, and then every book copies its cover? We get whole shelves of books that look alike.

Right now, creepy horror plants are on trend. Let's check out 10 of my . . . um . . . favorites. (Calling them favorites is wrong. These are disgusting, friends. I hate them with passion.)




Creepy Horror Plants





A portrait of a teenage boy with blond hair and a brown suit. The portrait has been slashed. Flowers are growing through the slash marks.

Don't Let The Forest In by C.G. Drews




Illustration of a blond woman. There are pink flowers around her head and growing out of her eye sockets.

Horrid by Katrina Leno




A woman shown from the back. There are vines with spines draped over her shoulder.

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher




Close up of an Asian woman's face. She has flowers in her mouth.

She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran




A living hand reaches for a skeleton hand. They are both wrapped in vines.

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo




A white woman's body covered in dirt and surrounded by pink flowers.

The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister




Illustration of a woman with thick, dark hair. She's wrapped in sunflowers.

The Undead Truth Of Us by Britney S. Lewis




A hand with thick veins holding orange flowers underwater.

We Were Restless Things by Cole Nagamatsu




Illustration of a white hand with mushrooms growing out of it.

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher




Two people holding hands. Their arms are wrapped in vines.


Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrew














What's your favorite book cover design trend?









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11 comments:

  1. LydiaApril 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM

    Yes, I have noticed such trends! It’s so interesting.

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  2. Emma at Words And Peace / France Book ToursApril 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM

    wow, great twist!
    Mine is off: https://wordsandpeace.com/2025/04/08/top-ten-books-for-library-week-2025/

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  3. AstilbeApril 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM

    I always wonder how these trends start.

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

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  4. dinipandareadsApril 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM

    Creepy horror plants on covers are *defo* in! I feel like I see more and more of them each time I go to bookstagram, lol. I can't deny that the covers are absolutely stunning though and despite not reading horror, these covers make me want to add all of these books to my physical shelf 😂 Great picks!

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  5. Lark@LarkWRitesApril 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM

    These are some great 'horrid' covers. I love it. :D

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  6. Samantha@WLABBApril 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM

    Pretty covers for scary stories - I love the juxtaposition there. When I saw the title of your post, the first book I thought of was Leno's.

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  7. AngelaApril 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM

    It's interesting how these covers take something so pretty and make it so creepy!

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  8. Lady In ReadApril 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM

    Love where you took this theme.. really cool horror flower covers!!! My post is here

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  9. JeffApril 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM

    Well, I haven't noticed but then this book covers don't exactly draw me in... It's not exactly horror, but has elements in it, but I have really enjoyed Timothy Egan's "A Fever in the Heartland"

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  10. the bookwormApril 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM

    I love the idea of horror flowers, great list. I haven't read any of these but I do notice when book cover trends start up. I feel like with romance especially, the covers are all cartoonish for the past few years.

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  11. thecuecardApril 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM

    I didn't realize flowers & plants could be so creepy .... The Bog Wife looks like a winner ... lol

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