Tropes: Literary Fiction

Literary fiction is a pretty nebulous genre term, so I decided to focus on the design of book award finalists and winners--the Man Booker Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Awards--in recent years so as to limit the search a little.

Trope: bold type, strong color, simple graphic element

Trope: Elegant type (often white/black), photograph/layered/realistic illustration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trope: Handwritten or imperfect type/graphics: