Penguin has been publishing high-quality paperbacks of classic science fiction since the late 1950s. As times change, you can see how the book covers move from stately red and black (above) to crazed ...

In the ’60s and ’70s, the lurid, fanciful covers of science-fiction and fantasy paperbacks didn’t usually waste much time with typography. Instead, the designers put all of their efforts into ...

Want to cover all your walls in books, but don’t have space for any more shelves? Now you can buy wallpaper printed with the classic Penguin Books paperback designs. Fabric and wallpaper maker Osborne ...

Cover to Cover, a new book from Penguin Classics, is the closest I can get to looking at pornography in the office. I’ve stared at it for hours, flipping back and forth between covers I’ve passed a ...

Artist/designer Chris Thornley has taken some of your favorite Smiths songs and fashioned them into book covers in the style of Penguin classics. You might say these are two classic, working-class ...

Thanks to the dedicated artists who have submitted entries to our talent contest, co-sponsored with Penguin Books. We asked you to design a cover for Sam Taylor's upcoming novel, The Island at the End ...

Eighty years ago today, one of the most influential publishing houses in Britain was born. On July 30 1935, inspired by the work of the German publisher Albatross Books, Allen Lane founded Penguin ...