What do the pictures on the cover of the Twilight books have to do with anything or were they just put there for show?

first book, Twilight: the apple on the cover represents the forbidden fruit. the love that bella has for edward is dangerous, but she still chooses to love him.

second book, New Moon: the tulip doesn't mean anything. even Stephenie Meyer said so.

Eclipse: You can see that the ribbon on the cover is ripped. That represents the two parts of Bella. the "Edward Bella" and the "Jacob Bella". She's torn between the two.

Breaking Dawn: The red pawn is Bella when she's still human. The white queen is her as a vampire.

link: The apple represents "forbidden fruit." It coincides with the scripture from Genesis at the very beginning "the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil." Because isn't this exactly what Bella ends up with? A working knowledge of what good is, and what evil is. Stephenie says she loves the beautiful simplicity of the apple and what it says to her: choice.

link: The publishers chose it. As far as we, and Stephenie know, it has no meaning beyond looking pretty.

Eclipse: I don't believe Stephenie has actually stated anywhere what this one means. But the ones I've heard the most are: one end symbolizing Edward, the other end symbolizing Jacob. Each end representing her two choices of love or the person she can choose to stay with.

Number two of Eclipse: One end symbolizing the vampire world, the other the human world. Bella's choice between the two. The lone still-connected string Bella's tie to her human life.

link: The chess pieces are a metaphor for Bella's progression throughout the entire saga. She began as the weakest (at least physically, when compared to vampires and werewolves) player on the board: the pawn. She ended as the strongest: the queen.

Well on the cover of Twilight the apple in the hands represents the "Forbidden fruit"From the bible tale Adam and Eve. In New Moon I think the wilting flower represents Bella's broken heart. Or it could show the with rose turning red and dripping Bella's blood from her horrid birthday party.
In Eclipse The torn ribbon is Bella's torn heart between Edward and Jacob. And finally in Breaking Dawn the cover shows Bella moving from simple pawn to Queen, of her new role.

The first book Twilight: The apple is the forebidden fruit, the love between Bella&Edward its very dangeous.

New Moon: The flower with the blood on it is when Bella falls at her party and gets blood all over the flowers that is the whole reason the Cullens leave to protect Bella.


Eclipse: The ribbon that is torn in half but hanging on by threads is the two sides of Bella the "Jacob Bella" and the "Edward Bella" that she is tryin to force together.

Breaking Dawn: The white pawn is the "human Bella" and the red queen is the "Vampire Bella"


Yes, the pictures do have something to do with the book.

i only know what 'breaking dawns' cover means, alittle. you know the chess pieces. there's a red one in the back and i think it represents Nessie and the white one in the front represents Bella. And the board represents the steps she has to take in the book and the hardships. it just a theory really. i'm not completly sure about the others. good question though. should have some interesting answers! :)

the twilight cover picture is the only one im completely sure of: it's the "forbidden fruit" like in the story of adam and eve, there's the fruit of temptation but they cant have it.
i've heard several suggestions for the others and i have a few of my own. i heard that the picture on the new moon cover stands for bella's weakness. the eclipse cover is rumored to represent the two sides of bella, edward and jacob. my reasoning for the breaking dawn cover is that the smaller red piece stands for the weaker, human bella (red for the color of blood). and the larger white piece for the new, stronger, less fragile bella (white, to represent the "bloodless" new body of bella). sorry i cant give you any further infomation, but im sure someone can help you out(:

I knew the last one wen i first saw it...
Red Pawn: Bella as a human
White Queen: Bella as a vamp
just figured out the others while readin the other answers lol!

There is also another element to the twilight cover. In the film there is an obvious shot where edward catches bella's fallen red apple and presents it to her with both hands, like on the book cover.
It seems quite symbolic of him offering her the choice between a vampires life and a human life by accepting the apple.

These r my opinions Twilight the whole u cant have an apple without the core to the core is Bella in edwards eyes NM when edward leaves Bella it crushs her Eclipse the ribbion from the present Jake gives to Bella BD they had to think one step ahead to win or finish the way it sounds it should like chess the way of winning

Twilight-the apple is a forbidden fruit which represents Edward's and Bella's forbidden love.

New Moon-when Edward leaves the flower dies (like Edward's and Bella's love) then grows back new petals (their love).

Eclipse-one side of the ribbon is Edward the other side Jacob and Bella is holding on to both of them.

Breaking Dawn-both the red and white is Bella the red is Bella as a human as the weakest piece and the white is Bella as a vampire as the strongest piece.

lol i wonder the same thing

Twilight: the apple represents the forbbiden fruit.
New moon: the falling tulip means Bellas life crashing down
Eclipse: the ripped ribbon is bella's choice between jacob and edward.
Breaking Dawn: the chess pice is like how bella started out a pawn, the weakest player and now shes the queen, the strongest player.

well they do have things to do with the books
Twilight:The apple is the forbidden fruit and it show the forbidden love between Edward and bella

New moon:The falling flower represents Bella is falling apart as Edward has left her

Eclipse: The ribbon symbolises how bella is torn between edward and Jacob

Breaking dawn: The pawn and the queen symbolises Bella's progress, as in the end she is the main reason everyone survives. This represents she has gone from a pawn to a queen.

Twilight -- The apple on the cover of Twilight represents the knowledge of good and evil. Eve ate this forbidden fruit in Genesis, and Twilight has an epigraph from this book of the Bible: "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." The question inherent in the apple is "Do you want to know?" It asks if you are going to bite in and discover the frightening possibilities around you or refuse and stay safe in the comfortable world you know.

New Moon -- Unlike the other covers, Stephenie was not involved in choosing the cover for New Moon. The author originally proposed a clock image, as time is such a key theme in the book. But ultimately the team that chose the tulip focused on the theme of loss. The image of the flower losing its petal was chosen to reflect that. They felt the fallen petal could also be interpreted to represent the drop of blood from Bella's paper cut in the first chapter.

Eclipse -- The not-quite-broken ribbon on the cover of Eclipse is a metaphor for Bella trying to leave her human life behind her, but being unable to make a clean break. There are some threads she is unable to cut - she can't completely divorce herself from her past.

Breaking Dawn -- The two chess pieces on the cover of Breaking Dawn both represent Bella. They show her moving from the least significant player, the pawn, at the beginning of the Saga to the most important player, the queen, at the end of the series. The chessboard also hints at Breaking Dawn's resolution, where the battle with the Volturi is one of wits and strategy, not physical violence.

~ The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide ~

Twilight=apple forbidden fruit, like Edward and Bella's love
New Moon=relationships dying and growing back together with new petals
Eclipse=the 2 sides of the ribbon are Edward and Jacob and the relationships with Bella are breaking but she is holding on to them both.
Breaking Dawn=the pawn represents Bella as a human (the weakest player) while the queen is her as a vampire(now the strongest player)