You may already have noticed the trend of ass-tastic covers — which includes Minion, by L.A. Banks, above — on paranormal/fantasy books. I don’t know which body-part cliche is most annoying, though.

What’s next, clavicles? Elbows?

But when book designers are hitting on all cylinders, they can do some really creative stuff. Joseph Sullivan of The Book Design Review names some of his favorite book covers of the past year. (h/t Galleycat)