The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova

Keeping with our aviary theme, this book cover also has a bird on it. At first I thought of the ballet, Swan Lake, because of the way the woman's feet are pointed. Then I thought, hey, there is too much symbolism going on here, especially with swans. Like the Zeus legend of Leda and the swan, where he turns himself into a swan and he gets this girl Leda pregnant. How sneaky is that? I would be pissed at this guy. This has to be the reason they have a swan and a pair of lady legs on the cover, this is obviously sexual. She even has a pair of guy's jeans entwined around her legs.

Also, I like how the cover has the words, "a novel" written on it in cursive so that it looks like a part of the artwork. It's like the artist was anticipating whoever is holding the book would forget they're reading one.