The other week on Twitter I remarked on seeing four covers with oranges on, and since then I have only been finding more.

There was also this poetry collection I reviewed a few years ago. And that’s not to mention the title references (e.g., Larger than an Orange by Lucy Burns, Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller, The Orange Grove by Larry Tremblay)…

or the books that are actually about oranges, like a pre-release memoir I’m reading now by a Florida citrus buyer’s daughter, Through the Groves by Anne Hull.

However,

Oranges are not the only fruit

 

There’s also

Lemons

I have read (or, in the case of the Russell, DNFed) these six:

I own these three and might consider reviewing them together as a “Three on a Theme” post:

And yes, there are more! (A few of these lemony covers are recent, but most are not; perhaps it’s a trend that’s on the decline, whereas oranges are on the rise?)

 

Peaches

N.B. Often used suggestively!! Or as a metonym for the American South.

I’ve read these:

and had a look at this one:

Plus a couple more I spotted:

&

Pomegranates

I did the briefest of searches for titles including the word “pomegranate” and was overwhelmed. People seem to see the fruit as evocative of indulgent cooking, or of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern travels. Not a lot of the results were recent, but here’s an upcoming book that caught my eye. It’s about a queer Black woman just getting out of prison for opiate possession, and has been recommended to readers of Yaa Gyasi and Jesmyn Ward, so sounds worth getting hold of.

(I have actually reviewed several pomegranate books, plus another with one on the cover – Safekeeping by Jessamyn Hope.)

Have you read any of the books I feature here?

What cover trends have you been noticing this year?