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60 Book Covers That Somehow Made It To Print – And Man, Are We Glad They Did (New Pics)
Writing a book is no small accomplishment. After countless “final final” drafts, edits, and rewrites, finally holding your manuscript—printed, bound, covered—has to feel pretty much fantastic. The work is done. Now it’s up to the reader to pick it off the shelf or stop their scroll and hit “add to cart.” That’s where words take a back seat to images. Before anyone reads the first sentence you no doubt pored over, they see the cover—and that first impression can make or break everything that came before it.
A well-designed cover might draw someone in and earn a long-term place on a bookshelf or coffee table. A terrible one? Well, it turns out there’s a place for those too. Reddit’s r/TerribleBookCovers is dedicated to sharing some of the weirdest, funniest, and most atrocious examples out there. We’ve stacked a few of our best (worst?) ones for you to check out below.
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#1
All That The Rain Promises And More: A Hip Pocket Guide To Western Mushrooms By David Arora
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#2
Third Girl By Agatha Christie
#3
Doctor Who Mad Dogs And Englishman
#4
The Great Pantyhose Crafts Book
Toujin C'Thlu 2 weeks ago
I saw some these crafts online years ago. The life-sized ones are particularly creepy
#5
Agatha Christie - Poirot's Early Cases
Auntriarch 2 weeks ago
There was one story where a kid dressed as a bee for a Halloween party, but this is a bit of a stretch
#6
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory By Roald Dahl (50th Anniversary Edition)
#7
Beauty And The Beast (French Edition)
#8
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
#9
Emma By Jane Austen (Adapted Version In Chinese)
#10
The Most Unhinged Cover Of The Odyssey I’ve Ever Seen - Found In The Wild In Arkansas
#11
For Your Consideration “Bilbo Le Hobbit!”
#12
Dining Delightfully: Tested Recipes From Adventist Hospital Chefs
#14
The Complete Works Of Jane Austen
#15
The Giant Rat Of Sumatra
#16
Some More Covers Of Classic Books, From The 'Infamous', "Editora Rideel"
#17
White Rabbits Can't Jump
#18
Told My Spouse How Much I Love Terrible Book Covers And He Insisted I Show Y'all My Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
#19
Tortoise Tango By Mary Wine
#20
Wuthering Heights
#21
Brave New World By Aldous Huxley
#22
Against That Day By Rae Simons
#23
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
#24
Ulysses By James Joyce. A Cover That Is As Hard To Look At As The Book Is Hard To Read
#25
Living With Men
#26
Pigsty Princess By Nancy S. Brandt
#27
A J Ayer - The Central Questions Of Philosophy [doggo Was Removed From Newer Edition's Cover]
#28
"The Fading". Life's Treasures Indeed
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
Someone found what it says on the back: "Another whimsical and fun adult, sci-fi fantasy that picks up where my first book, Declan, left off. In this book our protagonist is headed to jail and you can bet, there's going to be a jail break involving plot twists and turns with lots of freaky characters. You wont believe the mayhem that unfolds in this story written by an author that could only be described as a total lunatic with a style all his own. Pick this one up and enjoy a world that's just to amazing to put down [sic]."
#29
Quite Possibly The Worst Cover The Could Have Picked. Meditations By Marcus Aurelius
#30
Om Illustrated Classics
#31
“Cold Comfort Farm”… Are They Okay? Maybe They Should See A Doctor???
#32
The One And Only Empress Theresa
Kendall Hadden-Brueggemann 2 weeks ago
empress theresa is legendary. a google into that one is worth it
#33
Romancing My Werebeast By Violet Ofcourse
#34
"Pride And Prejudice" By Jane Austen
#35
How To Contact Space People By Ted Owens
#36
Mr Sweet Potatoes - Unknown Author
#37
Forgiving Yourself - Bernard Bangley
#38
Stop The Thyroid Madness!
CloPotato 2 weeks ago
Depending on where they're coming from, I can be on board. Now it's changed, but for a while removal of the whole organ was rather standard, and it makes it terribly hard to regulate afterwards. Plus, the d***s for this such as Levothyrox have bad side effects (cholesterol, cardiovascular problems), and even with treatments your doctor could look you in the eye and tell you to "take it easy with the sauces and candy" even though you were eating healthily and just, y'know, had f****d up thyroidal hormon levels.
#39
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
#40
Animal Farm By George Orwell
#41
Skeleton Trail (2021)
#42
How To Keep Your Husband Happy By Dr. William W. Orr
naomy ramsey 2 weeks ago
Here I am! I'm in front ! and I am a actual photograph ! What's that afterthought behind me.
#43
How To Be A Reasonably Thin Teenage Girl
#44
Nerd In Shining Armor By Vicki Lewis Thompson
Inigo Montoya 2 weeks ago
So the way you portray a nerd is to take a buff handsome guy, and throw glasses on him? Okay ....
#45
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You By Harry Harrison
#46
Cool Cat Stops Bullying By Derek Savage
naomy ramsey 2 weeks ago
It's a cat and a sandbox. Now that's all I can think about... They could have used a seesaw maybe monkey bars
#47
The Confessions Of Saint Augustine
#48
The Adventures Of Rush Revere Middle School Series
#49
The Metamorphosis, By Franz Kafka
#50
The Gaean Enchantment, T. Jackson King
#51
The Above Ground Pool Done Blowed Up
#52
The Girl Next Door
#53
Bosnian Covers Of Harry Potter Books
#54
How To Make Applehead Dolls By Drena Dotson
#55
"The Iceman Cometh" Is About A Bar Full Of People Waiting For A Patron Nicknamed "The Iceman", It's Not About A Literal Delivery Of Ice
#56
Lorilee In Moira's Footsteps By Lawrence Ambrose
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
That's my uncle Throckmorton in the background of this photo. This crazy bítch Lorilee has been running around with a pair of hedge clippers, shearing off my family members' muzzles for FOUR books now! She's a criminal!
#57
Puppets Go To Church By Wilma Perry And Earl Perry
#58
The Portrait Of Dorian Gray (Brazilian Edition)
#59
Apoca Lips By Piers Anthony
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 weeks ago
Okay, but EVERY Xanth novel has an awful punny name and an atrocious cover XD I have nearly every single one from the 70s, 80s, and 90s in my closet and they're all batshít insane. Though, tbf, the older ones look better than this dreck.
#60
Kissing The Corona Virus By M. J Edwards
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StumblingThroughLife 2 weeks ago
The covers remind me of the old B movies back in the 60s/70s, lol.
StumblingThroughLife 2 weeks ago
The covers remind me of the old B movies back in the 60s/70s, lol.
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