Paint + Prose Club
Featuring wildly talented authors who couldn’t stop at writing the book and had to paint the cover too. Honestly unfair, but extremely good for our bookshelves.
Bitches be hoarding talent.
created by acloudofbats
last updated February, 2026
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When the Tides Held the Moon features cover art and art in the novel done by the author, Vanessa Vida Kelley. Fun idea!!
Added, thank you! I can't believe how many good covers are in this list. 😌
Oh this is a VERY cool list, so much talent
Thank you! And yes, I'm already surprised by how many books I've found for it. Can't wait for it to keep growing. c:
If I ever see any relevant, I shall be sure to suggest them 😝
Very appreciated!
wow :o these portraits are so gorgeous...
I knowww! They're so good I had to make sure they were featured in some way, especially with all the awful or super generic covers out there.
LOVE THIS LIST AND REALLY ADORE THEA HAWTHORNE
Stormcaught is what started this whole idea!
wait lillian did all the artwork in the series :0 ?!
YES! I couldn't believe it, it's so gorgeous! Art goals fr.
omg wow beautiful list and I’m particularly taken by the art on Abigail Kelly’s books 😍
They're gorgeous! I love how she purposely includes couples portraits on the main books, and hands on the in-between novellas too.
I’ve never heard of Abigail Kelly before. Her books seem like something I’d enjoy! Also the covers are so good! ✨
I hadn't either before making this list! Definitely gonna have to read something from her to see if the writing is as good as the art.
these folks need to save some talent for the rest of us. yeesh.
Right?! My goodness. All of them have such good art, and I see good reviews for a lot of them too.
This is such a great idea for a list, love it! K.M. Moronova also does all her covers and art herself.
Glad you like it! And thank you, added all her books! It's unfortunate most of them on here either aren't displaying covers at all or aren't showing the ones she illustrated.
Yeah that's too bad! I've seen your feature request though, hopefully it's something they can implement! Or at least a way to fetch the latest covers.
When I see this it's always an almost instant add to the tbr 🤭.
I'm not sure if it counts but the original covers of the mead mishaps books from Kimberly Lemming she drew herself ^^ Sadly the publisher that picked her up replaced them (even if the new ones are stunning).
Can't say I blame you!
