If you liked Awesome Minimalist Disney Posters FTW, you will love these book covers by the same artist: Rowan Stocks-Moore. This guy is a genius. You should take the time to view more of his work. Or stop by his Etsy shop to buy a print and support what he does.
Also, be sure to check out: Minimalist Posters of Cult Classics
I’ve included some of his own captions to the pictures.
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The principal characters of The Jungle Book are shown in silhouette in such a way that the title of the book is surplus to requirement, so synonymous is the combination of boy, wolf and bear.
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War and Peace
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2001: A Space Odyssey book cover design, combining three images from the book; the monolith, the moon and the red ‘eye’ of the books antagonist, Hal 9000.
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For the image of Hamlet at top Rowan says, “The Joker card doubling as a gravestone to symbolise the deceased jester Yorick, featured in one of the plays most famous scenes.”