No matter how highbrow one gets in life, a book is all about falling in love at first sight as many readers and book-hoarders would like to believe. Why else would you think a gigantic crimson stiletto with a horned edge made Lauren Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada, a sure-shot bestseller? It’s not just that, iconic book covers of A Clockwork Orange, The Great Gatsby, The Godfather, Atlas Shrugged, and so many others have almost become symbolic imagery, thanks to visionary designers of these universal classics.

Satyajit Ray designed over 200 known book covers in his life. Kumauner Manush Kheko Bagh or The Man-eater of Kumaon by Jim Corbett evokes myriad interpretations through its tiger print cover