Typographic Book Jacket: The Overstory by Richard Powers

This typographic cover for The Overstory reflects the structure of the novel–the interweaving of relationships between characters, between stories; between human beings and the natural world. Intimate but analytical, it piques the interests of the novel’s target audience: those interested in the natural world and its preservation. The composition resembles the taxonomic hierarchy of trees first and foremost, and a family tree second–one being rather clinical, and the other being more emotional–while the cursive hints at something private, like a diary entry trying to make sense of a tangled story in retrospect.