VALENTINE’S DAY AESTHETIC: 16 BOOK COVERS THAT FIT THE DAY
As Valentine’s Day approaches, we share all of the romance-y things around here. No season or block of content would be complete without books also playing a role. This brings us to our list today that is to feature Valentine’s Day book cover aesthetic! This is actually a comical list to make because it’s about aesthetic rather than content. When you go shopping, the colors of the day are often shades of pink and red, so while these covers look appropriate and would fit anyone’s seasonal look, the stories inside aren’t all hearts and love!
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VALENTINE’S DAY AESTHETIC: 16 BOOK COVERS THAT FIT THE DAY. #ValentinesDay is the theme in this #TopTen book list! #TopTenTuesday #TopTenBooks #BookList #Reader Share on XHere we go! Let’s jump right in with all of the (hopefully) colorful red and pink heart vibes.
VALENTINE’S DAY BOOK COVER AESTHETIC
THE BETRAYED, KIERA CASS
All those florals and red means this one has a full on romantic look, and it’s quite lovely. Goodreads
RENT a BOYFRIEND, GLORIA CHAO
I think I unhauled this one for no other reason than I’ve had it on my shelf for a long time. It follows a girl who tries to rent a guy to bring home and introduce to her parents. Goodreads
IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM?, SOPHIE COUSENS
This one follows a columnist who decides to leave behind “love” after a painful breakup (plus she has two kids). When she needs to rescue her job, she tries to pitch an idea about going on seven dates with the twist of having her kids choose them! Goodreads
A FLIGHT of FANCY, LAURIE ALICE EAKES
I had this one years ago, but cannot remember all the details about the story. It sure has the pink and red-ish coloring down, though. Goodreads
WITTY in PINK, ERICA GEORGE
This one looks like fun and is about a girl who has spent five years avoiding someone who may look like a “white knight,” but is anything but in her viewpoint! Goodreads
THE GOODBYE BRIDE, DENISE HUNTER
Swoony and sweet and done in the kind of dreamy haze bokeh effect, this novel is lovely, too. It’s about a woman who suffers amnesia and assumes she’s still married to the man whose heart is just starting to heal from their breakup. Goodreads
GOOD GIRL, BAD BLOOD, HOLLY JACKSON
I’m not sure which edition of this I have (and am apparently too lazy to get up and check my bookshelf), but I own this second book which is great because now I need to read book two which has Pip and her friend Ravi as podcasters in the aftermath of them discovering the truth (which is that Ravi’s brother wasn’t a murderer!). Given that the BBC is producing a second season, I’d guess this will be the main story they follow so reading book two is high on my 2025 book priority list. Goodreads
LOVE and OTHER MISTAKES, JESSICA KATE
Read this one back when it was released so details are fuzzy, but I think it was cute. Plus, it has all the bright red on the cover (with hearts, too!) so we love this for a Valentine’s Day aesthetic. Goodreads
A QUEEN’S GAME, KATHARINE MCGEE
Not one that technically I own (yet), this one is all kinds of pretty in pink! I preordered the paperback version which comes out later this fall, so hopefully it’s a good book which takes place in the 19th century Europe in what’s described as “glamour and intrigue” during the era. Goodreads
PLAYING with MATCHES, HANNAH ORENSTEIN
This one follows a journalism graduate who is living her best life, until she isn’t. Goodreads
ANNA and the FRENCH KISS, STEPHANIE PERKINS
I feel like this once upon a time popular book is either loved or loathed. I loved the story about a girl who is trying to get through her senior year (as a transfer!), but I do sometimes wonder if I’d still love the books I once loved if I were to re-read them. Perhaps part of why I don’t reread. Goodreads
THE MEET-CUTE PROJECT, RHIANNON RICHARDSON
Can we talk about how cute this cover is? It really IS the Valentine aesthetic. Goodreads
KISS me in PARIS, CATHERINE RIDER
I read the Christmas-y novel by Catherine (set in New York, I think), but haven’t read this one yet. If it’s as fun as the other one, I have a feeling I’d love this one – and check out all that pink! Goodreads
THE SPY and I, TIANA SMITH
Technically this one isn’t on my shelf yet because I just ordered it, but it SEEMS like a good time in a kind of Knight-and-Day-meets-Chuck kind of premise. It follows a cyber security expert who is mistaken for a CIA agent, and the man she has to work with in order to stay alive. Goodreads
MY HERO NEXT DOOR, MELODY SWEET
I haven’t read this one but bought it years ago because it sounded sweet. It’s a republish for the author, and the cute pink hearts on the cover earn this one a place on the list. Goodreads
MY PHONY VALENTINE, COURTNEY WALSH
Courtney Walsh is an author I’ve read books from, but not this one. It’s a popular novel (about a hockey star!) though that many readers enjoy. I actually just purchased a copy so hopefully I’ll read it this coming year! Just not in time for Valentine’s Day. Goodreads
Let’s hear from you all! What romance novels are you really curious about? Which red or pink book covers do you have? Do you recognize any of these Valentine’s Day book cover aesthetic titles? Let’s hear all of your thoughts; sound off below!
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Hey, Rissi!
I have My Phony Valentine and My Lucky Charm by Courtney Walsh on my list. This was a fun list!
Thanks for visiting, Andi! I hope you enjoy both My Phony Valentine and My Lucky Charm. I still need to read them but know MANY readers are loving them. :)
This hit the valentine’s vibes!! I still need to read Anna and the French Kiss.
I wanted to find all the book covers that looked like the store decoration aisles (at least in their coloring!) and I think I mostly accomplished this. ;)
Fun take on the topic today! All of these covers massively give off the Valentine’s Day vibes. I love how vibrant all of them look combined. 😍
I love them all together too! Definitely the goal was for everything to look valentine-y. Although I’m pretty sure not all have Valentine’s Day STORIES inside. ;)
I love these covers! And I think The Goodbye Bride is just so pretty & romantic!
It really is! The design of that one really got the “swoony romance” down well. :)
Witty in Pink does sound interesting!
I think it does. It looks like it’d be a fun read and that bright pink helps it all stand out. :)
What a fun take on this week’s topic! Is She Really Going Out with Him sounds good as does Flight of Fancy. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
Hope if you add either of them to your TBR, you enjoy both! I think I read Flight of Fancy, but it’s been years ago at this point. :)
This is funny because I chose a similar topic this week AND I have used the same stock image for my post! Lol! You found some fantastic book covers for the theme – the only one I’ve read is Anna and the French Kiss (which I didn’t love, but only because I’m not a fan of love triangles) but it definitely fits! Great job!
Great minds… and all that! ;) (We *have* to use a book heart image for a topic like the “Love freebie,” right?) I know how you feel about not loving a book because of a certain trope. Sometimes a book just doesn’t work because of something we don’t love.
Haha! Yeah, I don’t have many book heart images because hearts aren’t a major thing for me, so I only have a couple that get re-used each year around this time! Yeah, I just have a hard time with that one because of the existing girlfriend being sort of a blank who didn’t seem to count somehow. It just made it hard for me to really buy into rooting for the relationship turning into something because I was uncomfortable with that element. Ah well, probably just me!
Nothing wrong with reusing! I’ve done that too. Sometimes I feel like it “hurts” because then no one is curious to read or browse things I put together because its repetitive but I also have to think about practicality and the online “storage” space I have for images. :)
That makes sense re: Anna and the French Kiss. Sometimes I feel like characters or a trope is just “there” to create a conflict that a story doesn’t need or in this case, to use the love triangle trope. I find it interesting that I’ll sometimes “forgive” a trope in one story and detest it in another. ;) I guess it must be the way the story is told or that I like it better over another.
the cover for Kiss me in paris is pretty! i think i have three red covers sitting on my bookshelf, but none of them romatically so. one is a horror novel, the other two are dark fantasy.
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I agree. ‘Paris’ is pretty; it has the swoony look. :) LOL, I know many of these aren’t romance-y, but the cover colors fit the Valentine’s day looks so I went for it. ;)
I do love all the pinks and hearts! I read Anna and the French Kiss so long ago, but I remember enjoying it a lot.
I enjoyed ‘Anna’ too. But I’ve never read it again. Maybe someday I will and see if it lives up to those remembrances. :)
These covers all have Valentine’s Day vibes, even if the story inside isn’t all that romantic.
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For sure! And I know many of the stories in these don’t reflect Valentine’s day. :)
Great list! I loved Jessica’s and Courtney’s!
Fabulous to know! I’m always glad to have more urging (when it comes to Courtney’s; I did read Jessica’s :D) to read some of these. :)
I love that you went with the aesthetics! This is awesome and such gorgeous covers! If there was ever a time to judge a book by a cover, it would be for these!
I do love a good book cover themed list! :)
These are such beautiful covers, and they are all giving Valentine’s Day vibes. I love the idea of this post, and am so impressed by how many you came up with!
I thought I’d find lots of options easily (because it was based on using colors) but it was as bit of a struggle! Still, I do love featuring fun covers so it was worth it. :D
Very pretty. Love that you chose the majority pink and red books. Very fitting.
It seemed nicely fitting for this week’s topic. :)