I've seen some magazines do it in the contents page - they have a list under a heading relating to the titles on the front cover, then everything else comes after that. That works quite well for some mags.

I often do daft things which I try and keep quiet (senior moments!) but I perhaps should tell you about this one - shouldn't really ........ a GYO mag a couple of months ago had on the front cover Learn the Secrets of Veg Gardeners. I looked everywhere for the article, and it was a long time before I realised it was a description of what GYO Mag was. Hmmm .....