Top Ten Tuesday: Covers with Fog on the Cover


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Photo of a pine forest that is covered in fog. The forest is covering a large hill - or possibly a small mountain - so the trees further away from the fog are much clearer than the ones in the thick of it. This looks to be a hazy and overcast day even before the fog rolled in. Here’s a fun fact about me: I love foggy days so long as I don’t have to travel anywhere during them. (Driving in fog is too dangerous for me to ever look forward to it!)

There’s something poetic about seeing how this sort of weather blurs the edges of the buildings, trees, and other places I know so well when I can view it from the safety and comfort of home, though.

Here are ten books with foggy, misty, or otherwise hazy covers.

 

Book cover for The Mist by Stephen King. Image on cover shows the title spelled out in a thick white mist above a drawing of four people wearing protective gear walking through thick fog as they shine their lights to dimly illuminate the path before them. Above them there is a superimposed image of a white man covering his face with his hands and peeking out between his fingers in fear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. The Mist by Stephen King

 

Book cover for House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III. Image on cover is a black and white sketch of an old farmhouse at dusk. Fog is enveloping the land and blurring the house as well as the dry grasses growing tall beside it. This appears to be set in late autumn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

 

Book cover for The Prince of Mist (Niebla, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Image on cover shows mist that has formed into the rough shape of a person. It is thick, white, and a little frightening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. The Prince of Mist (Niebla, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

 

Book cover for Fog Magic by Julia L. Sauer. Image on cover is a black and white sketch of a young girl standing outdoors on a very foggy day as she looks toward the small house her family has in the middle of a pine forest. She has long blond hair that is loosely braided, is wearing a flannel shirt, and is cuddling a baby raccoon strangely enough. She has a pensive expression on her face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Fog Magic by Julia L. Sauer

 

Book cover for The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury. Image on cover shows an impressionist style painting of a lighthouse surrounded by very thick layers of fog. You can’t see the ocean or anything other than fog everywhere, a dim outline of the lighthouse, and a weak beam of light shining from the top of it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury

 

Book cover for Mean Streak by Sandra Brown. Image on cover shows a photo of someone wearing a long black winter jacket and walking outside in the snow on a foggy day. Superimposed on this image is the side view of a white woman’s face as she stares off thoughtfully into the distance, although we cannot see what she sees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Mean Streak by Sandra Brown

 

Book cover for The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill. Image on cover shows a painting of several people walking down a town street on a very foggy day. You can’t see any identifying features for anyone, just their long, dark coats and the outlines of their heads. You can also see a horse pulling a carriage down the street but they, too, are distorted and blurred out by the thick and unyielding fog that makes everything look grey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill

 

Book cover for Fog Island by Tomi Ungerer. Image on cover is a drawing of two children rowing in a boat next to a barren, tall rock island. It’s a very foggy day, so the sky is dark grey and everything in this scene is muted by how much fog is everywhere. You can only see basic outlines of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Fog Island by Tomi Ungerer

 

Book cover for The Fog by Kyo Maclear. Image the cover of this picture book is a drawing of a little Asian kid who is wearing a red rain jacket and peering at a yellow bird through binoculars outside on a foggy day. Adorably enough, the bird also has a pair of binoculars and is peering right back at her!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. The Fog by Kyo Maclear

 

Book cover for Sleepwalker in a Fog by Tatyana Tolstaya. Image on cover is a blurry photo of someone standing outside in a forest. It looks like they are surrounded by a layer of thick fog, although it could have also been created by overexposing the film. You can just barely make out the forest behind the person and the person themself who appears to be wearing a thick sweater and jeans as they wander around aimlessly and slightly hunched over.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Sleepwalker in a Fog by Tatyana Tolstaya

 

 

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60 Responses to Top Ten Tuesday: Covers with Fog on the Cover

  1. Oh, wow! I think fog is a tough one but you have some great covers here.

  2. This is a nice topic choice! I like foggy days too when I don’t have to drive in it. There’s something eery and beautiful about it. The Mist both the story and the film version are favorites.

  3. I mostly only see fog at night where I live, but I like your idea! I went with bikes.

  4. Ooh, I like this theme, and what great covers! As someone who lives in a very foggy area (our fog even has a name!), I can appreciate how amazing it can look (so long as I don’t have to drive in it). I’ve never seen that Bradbury before — will need to check it out!

  5. Fantastic topic! I’d never have thought of something like fog in a million years!

  6. Oh, these are great! I also love foggy days as long as I don’t have to go anywhere. We used to get some wonderfully foggy days where I went to college. I’m too much in the middle of a city these days to get many properly foggy days. (Though I enjoy them when I do!)

    I went with yarny book covers this week: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2024/11/05/top-ten-tuesday-yarn-it/

  7. Good post! The link took me to last week?

  8. My bad I was in last week’s link post [election day hysteria]

  9. While not fun to be out in, I would agree that fog does have some kind of cool atmospheric element. Makes it a cool thing to use in design, especially the types of stories that fall a bit into the spooky category. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting my list today!

  10. I love your topic, I love the fog, especially on the road, I know it’s dangerous, but I love how it looks over the mountains, as if you were driving on clouds.

  11. Ooh love these! Great item idea! Happy Tuesday!

  12. I love that you chose fog for your topic! These are some great books!

  13. Great topic! We’ve been having a foggy few days here this week and I agree with you: not fun for driving, but very nice to watch from inside 🙂

  14. Fog makes for great covers but not so much for driving in it! I love topic. Have a great week!

  15. Poinsettia

    Great choice for this week’s topic! I agree. I like the look of fog as long as I don’t have to drive in it!
    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

  16. What a unique and fun choice for this week’s TTT! Good job. 😀

  17. This was such a unique idea! I feel the same way about driving in fog, it’s terrifying. There is a strange sort of beauty to fog though. I haven’t read any of these, but The Fog looks adorable 🙂

    If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2024/11/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-swords-on-the-cover.html

  18. Oooh, yes, I LOVE a foggy cover. They’re very popular in my favorite genres—mysteries/thrillers and historical fiction. I always find them appealing. Great list!

    Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!

    Susan
    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

  19. This is such a great idea, and it seems like it would be hard to find foggy covers. I love the fog too, and yep, driving in it is so scary!

  20. Ouuu creepy!! I like mist too, which is not something I get to see very often! Cool topic and I haven’t read any of them but the cover for Fog Magic is nice 🙂
    Thanks for visiting my blog earlier, Lydia !

  21. This is such a great choice because it’s not something I see a lot of! Very cool.

  22. I haven’t read S.King’s The Mist yet, but I did watch the movie when I was a kid and still haven’t recovered from the trauma 😅😅 But the theme you picked is the perfect creepy autumn aesthetic!

  23. What a great list and pick for the prompt. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by my blog earlier this week.

  24. Love how fog instantly evokes a mysteries atmosphere. Great selection!

  25. I also love fog, even though I don’t typically see it often around here. Great list, and it seems like it goes well with the theme of a lot of books you read with elements of horror and mystery and paranormal. I automatically thought of House of Sand and Fog, which was an incredible read and a powerful movie.

  26. What a good topic! I haven’t read any of these, but your prompt made me curious to see what I have on my shelf. I recommend Already in the Kudzu by Hannah Hood Lucero and The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright.

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