Book Covers of Note, July 2026

Hey. I hope you’re keeping safe and well. Here are this month’s book covers… Air by Christian Kracht, translated by Daniel Bowles; design by Sinem Erkas; painting by Georges Rohner (Serpent’s Tail / July 2026) Sinem also designed the cover of Kracht’s previous novel Eurotrash. Astronaut! by Oana Aristide; design by Utku Lomlu (W. W. Norton / July 2026) The cover of the UK edition of Astronaut!, published by Wildfire in March this year, was designed by Jack Smyth. Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli; design by Kelly Blair (Knopf / July 2026) There not really the same, but the phases of the moon reminded of the cover of How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu designed by Will Staehle for William Morrow & Co. from a few years back. Cry For Me, Argentina by Tamara Yajia; design by Mia Kwon; illustration by Haley Tippmann (Bloomsbury / July 2026) Dad Had a Bad Day by Ashton Politanoff; design by Luke Bird (Daunt Books / July 2026) The cover of the US edition, published by…