One of my favorite ways to see a title showcased on a book cover is when it’s made a part of the cover’s landscape. Perhaps the character interacts with it in some way, or it makes up part of the building. There are a lot of covers where the character writes the title in pen or crayon or lipstick so I’ve left those off this list, but I thought it would be fun to round up a few others I’ve seen recently (within the past three years). What others have you spotted that you find striking?

Deceptive by Emily Lloyd-Jones

When immune Americans–those having acquired powers after receiving an experimental vaccine–begin to disappear in great numbers but seemingly at random, unrest spreads across the country and super-powered teens Ciere, Daniel, and Devon find themselves working together to find the truth. [description via WorldCat]

Illusive by Emily Lloyd-Jones

After a vaccine accidentally creates superpowers in a small percentage of the population, seventeen-year-old Ciere, an illusionist, teams up with a group of fellow high-class, super-powered thieves to steal the vaccine’s formula while staying one step ahead of mobsters and deadly government agents. [description via WorldCat]

Winterkill by Kate Boorman

When the revered leader of her settlement, a dark, isolated land with merciless winters and puritanical rulers, asks Emmeline for her hand it is a rare opportunity, but not only does she love another man, she cannot ignore dreams that urge her into the dangerous and forbidden woods that took her grandmother’s life and her family’s reputation. [description via WorldCat]

The Way to Game the Walk of Shame by Jenn P. Nguyen (2016)

Taylor Simmons is screwed. Things were hard enough when her single-minded dedication to her studies earned her the reputation of being an Ice Queen, but after getting drunk at a party and waking up next to bad boy surfer Evan McKinley, the entire school seems intent on tearing Taylor down with mockery and gossip. Desperate to salvage her reputation, Taylor persuades Evan to pretend they’re in a serious romantic relationship. After all, it’s better to be the girl who tames the wild surfer than just another notch on his surfboard. [description via Goodreads]

The Third Twin by C. J. Omololu

Ava and Lexi, high school seniors and identical twins, created an imaginary triplet, Alicia, to date and dump boys but now they are being stalked and impersonated by the sister they invented and their former dates are turning up dead. [description via WorldCat]

Kissing in America by Margo Rabb

In the two years since her father died, sixteen-year-old Eva has found comfort in reading romance novels — 118 of them, to be exact — to dull the pain of her loss that’s still so present. Her romantic fantasies become a reality when she meets Will, who seems to truly understand Eva’s grief. Unfortunately, after Eva falls head-over-heels for him, he picks up and moves to California without any warning. Not wanting to lose the only person who has been able to pull her out of sadness — and, perhaps, her shot at real love — Eva and her best friend, Annie, concoct a plan to travel to the west coast to see Will again. As they road trip across America, Eva and Annie confront the complex truth about love. [description via WorldCat]

I am Princess X by Cherie Priest

Best friends Libby Deaton and May Harper invented Princess X when they were in fifth grade, but when the car Libby is in goes off a bridge, she is presumed dead, and the story came to an end–except now, three years later, Princess X is suddenly everywhere, with a whole underground culture focused on a webcomic, and May believes her friend must be alive. [description via WorldCat]

The Detour by S. A. Bodeen

Seventeen-year-old Livvy Flynn, a bestselling author of YA fiction, is kidnapped by a woman and her apparently manic daughter who have no intention of letting her go. [description via WorldCat]

Hit by Delilah S. Dawson

Near future thriller about a teen forced to become an indentured assassin who has only five days to complete her hit list–with the added complication of her sole ally’s brother being the final assignment. [description via WorldCat]

Strike by Delilah S. Dawson (2016)

Patsy Klein is on the run. With her boyfriend, her dog, and two laptops snatched from a secret agent’s burning trailer, she has nowhere left to go. Except to a meeting of the Citizens for Freedom, the group that claims to be striking back at the new Valor government that turned Patsy into an assassin. But Patsy soon learns that the CFF aren’t necessarily the good guys they claim to be, and now she’s fighting the war she was trying to escape–from the other side. [description via Goodreads]

I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios

Skylar Evans, seventeen, yearns to escape Creek View by attending art school, but after her mother’s job loss puts her dream at risk, a rekindled friendship with Josh, who joined the Marines to get away then lost a leg in Afghanistan, and her job at the Paradise motel lead her to appreciate her home town. [description via WorldCat]

End Times by Anna Schumacher

When life in Detroit becomes too hard to bear, Daphne flees to her Uncle Floyd’s home in Carbon County, Wyoming, but instead of solace she finds tumult as the townsfolk declare that the End Times are here, and she may be the only person who can read the signs and know the truth. [description via WorldCat]