Similar Book Cover Design Elements

When I first saw The Believers cover in Borders, I thought I'd already seen it somewhere else. Turns out I had only seen the same effect—lots of lines/swirls in the background right next to the text—on the All the Sad Young Literary Men cover.

I prefer the All the Sad Young Literary Men cover design. I like the small drawings and the gray swirls feel more purposeful, almost like whorls of a fingerprint.