A book cover with a large, stylized triangle in the center, divided into three sections with different shades of brown. The top section is light brown, the middle section is dark brown, and the bottom section is light brown. The title of the book, 'The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility', is written in English at the bottom of the cover. Above the title, there are two lines of text in a foreign script, possibly Chinese, with the top line being longer than the bottom line. The cover also features a red and white logo in the top left corner.