I saw someone recently mention that book covers are really samey now (BIG BOLD title and author name) and that's because they need to stand out on phones for ebook stores, audiobook stores etc.

I remember book covers having so much more personality about 20 years ago.

Some examples off the top of my head: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91DEcBOO+UL._SL1500_.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Extremely_lou... https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/513YI87BvhL.jpg (although using Chip Kidd isn't really fair, it's just what popped in my head)