[META] Can you recommend a search engine for book covers?

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Book Covers@sh.itjust.works · 22 days ago

I speak Japanese, so I’m not aware of any search engines for book covers in other languages.

At least for Japanese books, I know of a service called “Hanmoto.com”.

Can you recommend a search engine for book covers in various languages, including English?

Reddit has a collection of links from communities on the same topic, but I’d like to create my own list here.

[2025-08-18:EDIT]

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Useful Links

Hanmoto.com (for Japanese)

iTunes Artwork Finder by Ben Dodson (for iBooks, Multi-language) [The Unlicense license]

LibraryThing (for Multi-language)

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Search engine for Book Covers

Hanmoto.com (for Japanese)
iTunes Artwork Finder by Ben Dodson (for iBooks, Multi-language) [The Unlicense license]
LibraryThing (for Multi-language)

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