Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme at Books by Proxy. Join us every Friday as we pit cover against cover, and publisher against publisher, to find the best artwork in our literary universe. You can find a list of upcoming topics at Lynn's Books.
This week's topic is:
Current Read #34
I was actually going to post a review today, but some things came up and changed those plans, so instead we've done a last minute pivot to a Friday Face-Off, because why not? It's been a while since I've done one, and it's always nice to take some time to appreciate cover art. I actually decided to re-read How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu this week, and it's been just as heartbreaking and wonderful as I remember. Honestly, sometimes I wonder why I do these things to myself considering how sad some of the stories in this collection are. But regardless, there are some lovely editions of this book out in the world, so let's have a look at some of them.



2022 US Hardcover | 2024 Catalan/Valencian | 2024 Arabic



2022 UK Hardcover | 2023 UK Paperback | 2023 Italian



2023 Chinese | 2023 Bulgarian | 2024 Korean
My favorite(s):
These are all so gorgeous! I am finding myself particularly drawn to the Chinese and US Hardcover editions. I just love the simplicity of most of these, and I wish I could own a copy of the Chinese one (I already own the US edition) because it's so beautiful and I think it really captures the sort of melancholy/hopeful/sad feelings this collection evokes.
Wow, these are all so different! I actually really like the Italian version!
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