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Hi hello and welcome to an impromptu but still exciting post! With the announcement of V.E. Schwab going on tour for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and also to celebrate Addie's birthday, I wanted to do a post about all of the amazing and different editions of the book. There are so many editions out in the world and I am someone who likes to collect all of them, even ones in languages that I can't read! I hope that this post can include as many editions that I'm aware of and can maybe help someone discover one that they may not have known existed. I don't have every edition of Addie (yet) so I'll be pulling some photos that I've found and there will be links to where I found them, just in case you'd like to check out the original posts. Let's get started!
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We'll start first with the ARCs or the Advance Reader Copies. These are copies of the book that are sent out for review prior to publication.
Now, let's move on to the standard copies of Addie! These are the editions that came out when the book was first released on 06 October 2020.
US edition
Image from my personal collection
UK first edition with light blue sprayed edges
(later editions had the same cover, and no light blue sprayed edges)
Image from Bookaliciousmy
Are you ready for some beautiful editions with different covers and sprayed edges?! These are editions that came out with various bookish companies and/or book boxes.
Book of the Month
(I believe there are two versions: one with shiny gold lettering, and one with normal gold lettering)
Image from Reviews by Chloe
Books and Beyond
(This is a UK first printing with blue sprayed edges and an exclusive dust jacket)
Image from Beautiful Books
(I have this page saved as a reference for my own collecting needs and it also inspired me to make this post so please go check it out! Daisy did an amazing job at collecting images and explaining all of the editions, and even includes links to purchase locations if available. Please go show them some love!)
The Big Book Box
(Normal UK edition with an exclusive dust jacket)
Image from Beautiful Books
Fox and Wit
(mine is just a dust jacket on top of a standard edition and I'm unsure if they had a special edition book or if it was just the dust jacket)
Image from my personal collection
(this is a naked hardback with an embossed design on the front and back)
Image from my personal collection
Waterstones
(slightly varied UK jacket, embossed Addie and tree design on the cover, and sprayed gold edges)
Image from my personal collection
(beautiful blue-themed jacket, embossed Addie with constellations design on the cover, and sprayed blue edges)
Image from my personal collection
(beautiful black-themed jacket, embossed Addie and Luc with tree design under the cover, artwork of Addie and Luc on the endpapers, and sprayed black edges)
Image from my personal collection
Time for some of the amazing anniversary editions that were released to celebrate Addie having been out in the world for one year!
(UK edition white & silver jacket, forget-me-nots embossed on the cover, sprayed edges with forget-me-nots, fan art throughout, beautiful art on end pages)
Image from my personal collection
(US edition blue cover, six pieces of fan art, note from the author)
Image from my personal collection
(US edition red cover, six pieces of fan art, note from the author)
Image from my personal collection
On top of the hardbacks, there are some paperback editions with some really pretty covers!
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Image from Book Depository
Image from Barnes & Noble
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Image from Barnes & Noble
And some of my all-time favorites: foreign editions! These have some of the most incredible covers I have ever seen and I love them.
(French edition with a semi-transparent cover that shows Addie underneath)
Image from my personal collection
(French edition with a reversible cover similar to the paperback edition with Addie's face)
Image from Amazon UK
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Image from Goodreads
Image from Goodreads
Dutch Boekerij limited edition
Image from Goodreads
Image from Goodreads
Greek edition
Image from Goodreads
Image from Goodreads
Image from Goodreads
Image from Goodreads
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And that about does it for this post! This is something I've been wanting to do for a long time and I figured the perfect time to do it was to celebrate Addie's birthday. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue means so much to me in so many ways and it's a book that I will never get tired of talking about. It helped me through trying to navigate my life post-cancer and it has stuck with me ever since I finished reading it for the first time. This post is a round-up of some of my favorite editions of Addie, but it's also a love letter to this book that has impacted my life in the best way possible. It's also a thank you to V.E. Schwab for sharing this amazing character with the world and for continuing to write stories that transport readers to fantastical places and creating characters you can't help but fall in love with. Thank you for Addie, and I can't wait to read whatever comes next.
