Books·Posted on Jul 21, 201426 Iconic Book Covers Changing Over TimeThe evolution of the classics, from first edition to current.by Arianna ReboliniBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe William Heinemann Ltd., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group William Heinemann Ltd., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group ← Slide → William Heinemann Ltd., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley Chatto & Windus, Harper Perennial Chatto & Windus, Harper Perennial ← Slide → Chatto & Windus, Harper Perennial 3. Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston J. B. Lippincott, Harper Perennial J. B. Lippincott, Harper Perennial ← Slide → J. B. Lippincott, Harper Perennial 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien George Allen & Unwin, Harper Collins George Allen & Unwin, Harper Collins ← Slide → George Allen & Unwin, Harper Collins 5. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf Hogarth Press, Harcourt Hogarth Press, Harcourt ← Slide → Hogarth Press, Harcourt 6. Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison Random House, Vintage Random House, Vintage ← Slide → Random House, Vintage 7. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut Delacorte, Dell Delacorte, Dell ← Slide → Delacorte, Dell 8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell Secker and Warburg, Penguin Secker and Warburg, Penguin ← Slide → Secker and Warburg, Penguin 9. On the Road, Jack Kerouac Viking Press, Penguin Viking Press, Penguin ← Slide → Viking Press, Penguin 10. The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway Scribner, Scribner Scribner, Scribner ← Slide → Scribner, Scribner 11. Native Son, Richard Wright Harper & Bros., Harper Perennial Harper & Bros., Harper Perennial ← Slide → Harper & Bros., Harper Perennial 12. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Chapman and Hall, Penguin Chapman and Hall, Penguin ← Slide → Chapman and Hall, Penguin 13. Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion Farrar, Straus and Giroux Farrar, Straus and Giroux ← Slide → Farrar, Straus and Giroux 14. The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton D. Appleton & Company, Modern Library D. Appleton & Company, Modern Library ← Slide → D. Appleton & Company, Modern Library 15. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith Harper & Brothers, Harper Perennial Harper & Brothers, Harper Perennial ← Slide → Harper & Brothers, Harper Perennial 16. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway Charles Scribner's Sons, Scribner Charles Scribner's Sons, Scribner ← Slide → Charles Scribner's Sons, Scribner 17. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum George M. Hill Company, Puffin Classics George M. Hill Company, Puffin Classics ← Slide → George M. Hill Company, Puffin Classics 18. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis Geoffrey Bles, Harper Collins Geoffrey Bles, Harper Collins ← Slide → Geoffrey Bles, Harper Collins 19. The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, Vintage Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, Vintage ← Slide → Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, Vintage 20. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou Random House, Virago Press Random House, Virago Press ← Slide → Random House, Virago Press 21. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess William Heinemann, Penguin William Heinemann, Penguin ← Slide → William Heinemann, Penguin 22. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain Charles L. Webster And Company, Penguin Classics Charles L. Webster And Company, Penguin Classics ← Slide → Charles L. Webster And Company, Penguin Classics 23. Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison Alfred Knopf, Plume Alfred Knopf, Plume ← Slide → Alfred Knopf, Plume 24. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee J. B. Lippincott & Co, Grand Central Publishing J. B. Lippincott & Co, Grand Central Publishing ← Slide → J. B. Lippincott & Co, Grand Central Publishing 25. Middlemarch, George Eliot William, Blackwood & Sons; Penguin Classics William, Blackwood & Sons; Penguin Classics ← Slide → William, Blackwood & Sons; Penguin Classics 26. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Square Fish Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Square Fish ← Slide → Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Square Fish