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Don't judge a book by its cover, they say. But what if it looks so bad, even a five-year-old with the oldest version of MS Paint could have done a better job?
There's a subreddit, called r/TerribleBookCovers, and its members are—you guessed it—collecting the worst book covers that have ever been published. Whether it's an insulting title or a hideous drawing, they have it all. Continue scrolling and check out some of the most popular pictures within the online community.
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#1
Everything About This Is Terrible
Zenozenobee 4 years ago
I have so many questions... but I think the word "why???????????" is the first that come to my mind.
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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
It’s a fake. The book is called Chrome. Same artwork but different title and tag lines. Someone did this to mock the artist and author. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2294631.Chrome
BorPand8 4 years ago
Well, the blurb on that Goodreads link is, "Enter the world of Chrome, where nothing is as it seems. In the 22nd century, a forbidden love between a man and a machine spins the Earth toward one final war." ... That's not really much better.
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Pazuzu 4 years ago
ive ordered that as soon as i saw it-----cant wait to go get funding and make the movie
Sam Chilton 4 years ago (edited)
They'll add anything to keep the MCU money-machine churning.
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Amy Pattie 4 years ago
Scrolling past I thought “nah that’s just vintage illustration” but the longer I looked the worse it got
In order to understand what is a bad book cover, we can start by figuring out what is a good one instead. Renowned book designer Chip Kidd (who created the cover for Jurassic Park and many others), said that book design is all about giving form to content but also appreciating the balance between the two.
In his Ted talk, Kidd explained that on his first day of graphic design class in school, the teacher drew a picture of an apple, then wrote the word Apple and said: "Listen up. You either say this," pointing to the word apple, "or you can show this," pointing to the picture of the apple.
"But you don't do this," he said, pointing to a picture of an apple with the word Apple beneath it. "Because this is treating your audience like a moron. And they deserve better."
So a book cover can show or tell, but can't do both.
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#2
It’s Worth A Look!
Troux 4 years ago
This is clearly photoshopped. Very different shading and no sign of wear on those letters.
BorPand8 4 years ago
I think these are real (terrible) artworks with new titles photoshopped onto them.
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Donkey boi 4 years ago
You know that saying, 'there are no stupid questions'? I think we've found the exception to the rule.
#3
Wtf?
Lizzie 4 years ago
They really should have gone with the trucker mudflap girl tattoo though 🙂
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Phil Boswell 4 years ago
It's a spoof: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9272976-the-dragon-with-the-girl-tattoo Adam Roberts is infamous for his spoof books like "The Soddit" and "The Sellamillion".
Best-selling author Jeff Goins thinks covers should also know and respect the audience of the book.
"Books are not created in a vacuum. They are not merely a manifestation of the author's creativity. The content needs a form, and the form will influence the way the content is consumed," Goins wrote. "All art has an audience, and books are no different. Good book design, then, is not just an expression of the story or idea behind a book. It is a piece of the marketing. As such, it needs to matter to the people it was intended for."
#4
The Hobbit
Deena Salzman 4 years ago
I always thought Bilbo was kind of cute...NOT THIS ONE :P
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Nikki Owens 4 years ago
Tbh, this is probably more accurate to Tolkien's vision than many other versions.
The 5-star rated 5-star rating system 4 years ago
He had too many second breakfasts.
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glowworm2 4 years ago
Oh no! Your comment had me dying of laughter. This is the part where Gollum conveniently disappears as he desperately claims that Gollum was there two seconds ago.
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Do Your Kids Suffer From Nightmares? No, Not Yet? Well This Should Help A Lot
#6
My Mom Used To Read This One To Me
Kakofonyx 4 years ago
Keep in mind that the R word used to be a medically acceptable term. Let's not use modern sensitivity to judge the past.
ravn 4 years ago (edited)
And maybe it will come back around as an acceptable word, like "idiot" and "cretin". Both began as clinical terms.
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Aliquid A 4 years ago
a few hundred years ago, some people decided that people with significant intellectual or developmental disabilities deserved to be treated with basic human dignity, and they said "Lets create a non-judgmental word to describe these individuals". They came up with the word "cretin". Eventually, the word cretin became an insult, so a new generation of people said, "Cretin is insulting, lets create a non-judgmental word to describe these individuals", and they came up with the word "idiot"... well you see where this is going. "Imbecile", "moron", "retarded"... they ALL started out as words that were supposed to be "clinical and non-judgmental".. and look where they ended up. Which leads me to believe that when the underlying problem is that people are judgmental jerks, changing a word doesn't solve the problem.
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Yes, yes, sounds goofy, but I'm sure the point is, How can you help people with limited intellectual ability to understand this difficult concept.
Nikki Owens 4 years ago
Not sure what's so "bad" about this one. If it's the wording, that was just the normal term when the book was published.
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
NO WAY!!! Was this wrote in 20s - 30s? You wouldn't get away with publishing this nowadays
Cybele Spanjaard 4 years ago
Mum was misguided perhaps or indoctrinated.. that is a dreadful title
Coming back to Chip Kidd, he said that a book designer has a responsibility to three groups of people: the reader, the publisher, and the author. So the ultimate goal of a good book design is to get people to respond. For the reader, you want people to say, "Wow! I need to read that." For the publisher, you want them to say, "This is something we can print." And for the author, you want them to say, "Yes! This expresses my idea better than I could!"
So I guess you could say that a terrible book design is boring, unmarketable, and superficial.
#7
Found This In A Doctors Office A Few Years Ago. I Think About This Way Too Much
Isaac7lego 4 years ago
What..........The.............F***!!!!! If I saw this in my doctors office I would be seriously weirded out!!!!
glowworm2 4 years ago
I looked this one up. The story itself seems innocent enough, but why is the ball positioned THERE of all places?
Sam Cook 4 years ago
The illustrator had other ideas. But why couldn't you put in the kid's hands or on the ground?
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#8
Not Sure If This Has Been Posted Before, But...
J. F. 4 years ago
If cats would have opposable thumbs nobody would laugh! XD
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Proud to say I own this one along with another in the series, "How to Talk to Your Cat about Evolution."
Truth Monster 4 years ago
I bought this book as a stocking stuffer for Christmas. It was hilarious
#9
Prehistoric Passion From Mars
Sum Guy 4 years ago
Just looked up the author and his covered are amazing, there is even one which has a giant guy who looks like he's about to have his way with statue of liberty 91e2GJGE9K...3d2ec7.jpg 
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Excuse me? What the metric f*ck to the power of 6?
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Zoila Flores Pena 4 years ago
I need some. Give, I SAID GIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rose the Cook 4 years ago
They are getting worse, I'm not sure I want to keep reading the list.
A Random Panda 4 years ago
I too, kiss dinosaurs in my undies while a creepy huge alien looks on.
#10
The Very Hungry Cthulupillar
DarkWing 4 years ago
Go on youtube and search The Very Hungry Cthulhupillar and you'll find a read - aloud. Very funny.
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Just a Snowball 4 years ago
instead of eating food, it e̶͈̙̭̤̙̟̻͈͍͎͌̎͌̿͋̓͊̓̌̄̍̏́̎̓͠͝a̷̡̜̺̦͎̟̥̜͔̺̬̯͂͋̔͌̀̿̓͂̍̽̈́͜͝͠t̷͎͍̠̯̠̪̳̩̞͕͍̖̦̟̍͑ş̶̡̛̟̯̤̱̹̳͖̬͙̳̔̂̒̋̊͐͐̽̈́͝ ̶̃͋̀̓̂̈́̈̉͠͝ͅy̴̡̼̦͖̰͉̝̖͖̪̳̺̣̍̇̋̈́̀̃́̀́̀̋̃̑͋́̕͝ͅo̴̡̡̝͙̘͍̞͓̣̣̊͊͐̑͊͗̾͒̆̏͝u̵̹̤̠͎͔̓r̸̙̺̮͙̦̆̄̓̉͒̀͘̕ ̴̯͔̓̓s̸̼̲̩̘̹̗͕̱̩̫͔̜̖̿̆̅̔̐̋̚o̷̞̖̪̘̘͍̻̞̎̀̓̕ų̴̢̛̺̺͔̫̳͈̫̖͔̒͋̓͛̕͝l̵̢̧̳͚͇̝̫̭̲̱̘̟̱͈̳̞͚͛̄̿̆͗̈́̆̍͋̑̃̊̿̈́͘̕
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
This, I would read. Hell, I'd have kids just so I could read it to them.
Paul Budhram 4 years ago
Cthulhu! How are you today? (is anyone else thinking of cthulhu from terraria and how it could look like this)
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Ah my childhood Lol! Instead of eating ice creams and such like his caterpillar cousin, I guess the very hungry cthulupillar will have different tastes
#11
Kissing The Coronavirus (Coronavirus Erotica?!)
juice 4 years ago
is this terrible book covers or terrible books? i'm pretty sure this checks both boxes (not that i wouldn't be curious enough to read a few pages though)
The 5-star rated 5-star rating system 4 years ago
Those were not the words I had in mind, but they certainly express what I was thinking very well.
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 4 years ago
I know the Corona virus has been mutating. I just didn't realize how much.
Lara Verne 4 years ago (edited)
I think that "killing the corona virus" might be better option
#12
How Ironic
Tim Mannens 4 years ago
Amy E. Arntson is a Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where she taught art, design, and computer graphics for over twenty years. This looks like it's from the late nineties though, wich it probably is.
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Sebastian Fell 4 years ago
Many confuse graphic design with design in the sense of "easy on the eyes". Graphic design is the study of the techniques used to deal with graphic elements such as pixel data, vectors etc. but not the application of design theories. So I don't think the cover is "pretty" but absolutely suitable
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Comic Sans is actually a decent font. I'm surprised they didn't use Papyrus, as Papyrus's appropriate uses are limited to school presentations about Egypt.
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I’m Just Waiting For The Film Adaptation
Louplou 4 years ago
Why does the horse have hands? Moreover, why is the horse's anatomy my biggest issue with this? I've got some thinking to do.
Vicky Z 4 years ago (edited)
I thought exactly the same.. it's physically impossible
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Karen Klinck 4 years ago
Well, I always did wonder where the horse head and neck went...
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Michael Müller 4 years ago
This is a comedy book. It's not meant to be a serious cover. Just saying.
Hilary Mol 4 years ago
Well, according to the cover he's a horse HEAD, with the weird morphed body of a shirtless man with horse shoulders. Also, WHAT?
#14
My Librarian Wife Always Has Interesting Finds
Hilary Mol 4 years ago
Answering the question "Whatever happened to Eddie Munster?" (Unless this is Grandpa Munster who discovered Grecian Formula...)
Sinkvenice 4 years ago
Mom Is Dating Weird Wayne: Or, How Eddie Munster Grew Up To Be A Sex Offender and Other Stories :-D
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Henry C Myers 4 years ago
I have so many questions, starting with why is the boy wearing a dinosaur costume?
#15
When Your Mom Tells You To Get A Real Job, But You Double Down Trying To Prove You Can Start That Cult You Always Said You Would...
Dash Blue 4 years ago
I was not interested, but then I saw, Foreward by Maxine Sanders. Hell. I’m in!
Paul Aguilera 4 years ago
i dont question people's beliefs. If you believe in God or Satan or the weird baby lizard Dakaria who spirits your soul to another dimension, that's fine. But that haircut is disturbing.
S. Tor Storm 4 years ago
so this is a real book? how do people react when none of the magic works?
Josette Bergeron 4 years ago
This is a real book by an author who lives in New Orleans and runs a bookshop. He also gives tours of haunted places, as well as a vampire tour! I went on a different tour, but saw his group and heard some of his narrative.
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*hippie*witchy*bitch* 4 years ago
witchcraft and wicca are actual religions, but it looks as though this book is not related to the traditional practices haha
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Eddie Izzard would never wear such a horrid ensemble or makeup :) he's got far better taste than that
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He looks like he could be a presenter on Loose Women, the British equivalent of The View. Horrifying.
#16
Woof? I Feel So Empty
Troux 4 years ago
This is another photoshop. The word is Tonsils. https://www.amazon.com/Good-bye-Tonsils-Whitman-Tell-Tale/dp/B0007FB2L4
Tame panda 4 years ago
Yes and there is a girl in original instead of a dog
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tuzdayschild 4 years ago
Soooo... is this book for dogs...or the people who own the dogs...Who is this book for?
Bonnie Edwards 4 years ago (edited)
I remember reading an almost identical-looking book called Goodbye Tonsils, when my step-sister was having hers out. The author used the same cover for this book.
grey galah 4 years ago
I'm trying to think how "Jack and Jill" fits in with castration, 'cause as best as i can remember Jack hurt the other end. But Jill doing a lot of tumbling after does makes sense
Daniel Atkins 4 years ago
Well how else do you get someone to buy a nursery rhyme book give it a crazy title.
#17
Call Him Xi Dada
#18
Browsing Through Books At A Thrift Store, Um...
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
I like the authors name. " What's your name?" "Phil Arms" " I dont want to feel your arms, I just need your name"
Paul Davis 4 years ago (edited)
For decades, there have been people scamming off of "moral panics" that they just made up. Just pick whatever is popular with young people and unfamiliar with older people, make up some nonsense about Satanism or sex or whatever, et voilà, profit. Similar idea with news outlets who are always making up dangerous teen fads for parents to freak out about. You can always make money from the stupid and mentally ill this way.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Ah, a book about my weaknesses. And they called me paranoid *manic laughter*
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
If he thinks Pokémon is evil, wait until he sees the games that have subjects heavier than gravel.
#19
Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover, Even If It Is A Collage Of Jpegs
Ania Barrett 4 years ago
Photoshop is a bit of an overstatement. It's a Paintjob.
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Jackson Floof 4 years ago
The editing is horrid, the hair is really fake and the cover is blurry. Wonder if it's a rip-off.
Mishka Katira 4 years ago
probably. Its actually a ripoff of the jungle book by Rudyard Kipling.
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Even The Price Is Questionable
Ian Milne 4 years ago
Rihanna wrote the accompanying song to this book - we found love in a hopeless place
Cybele Spanjaard 4 years ago
I would like to read more.. out of curiosity what more came after the colonoscopy and why?
Rustyn Birch 4 years ago
I'm so curious about the preferences this guy selected on his Tinder account... :P
#21
I Think I've Found It! The Most Glorious Photoshop Of All Time!
Jackson Floof 4 years ago
Is the creature behind her a bear, a wolf, a fox, or a tree?
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Duchess Raven Waves 4 years ago
Remember angela anaconda? Google it and you will see what I mean
Nikki Owens 4 years ago
I don't understand why the pants, shirt, arms, face and hair ALL come from different bodies.
Luka Verheijen 4 years ago
The bat wolf thing was gonna say something. Then he took an arrow in the knee.
#22
Terrible Everything
S. Tor Storm 4 years ago
Dancing with Snowden.. I mean, that guy sitting there, doesn't he resemble..?
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
How do you dance with a yuge pile of slate and porphyries?
Load More Replies... Jenifer Riggs 4 years ago
Again why are all these freakn messed up titles either sx or religion related.
#23
How To Talk With Your Dog About Homosexuality And Communism
Aurelia! 4 years ago
Translation: how to talk with your puppy about homosexuality and communism (portuguese)
Eric Mac Fadden 4 years ago
I'd rather the other one... porque é literalmente o que está escrito. Brasileiro tem mania de interpretar tudo...
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Michelle C 4 years ago
I'm starting to feel like I'm denying my pets alot of educational subjects....gun safety, Satanism, homosexuality, communism, drugs....
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Im not even going to reply to this one. Oh wait a minute, i just did
#24
That Lighthouse Imagery...
Pusfarm 4 years ago
If I ever wanted to shine a light on constipation, a lighthouse would not be the first thing to come to mind.
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Aww, a doctor is writing a medical book and he struggles to find a title that isn't totally technical and boring. Give the guy a break.
Kelly Hartle 4 years ago
As a colon cancer survivor and subject of countless colonoscopies, PLEASE not the lighthouse!
Cybele Spanjaard 4 years ago
The lighthouse is no doubt the symbol of constipation ..isn't it? Why?
#25
Empress Theresa - Final Cover
Monday 4 years ago
This one is a whole rabbithole. It's an awful book (as in boring and poorly written) but the author believes it's the best book ever and will write long rants as replies to bad reviews on amazon.
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Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
I salad with my touch fingers. You ain't special.
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Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
They were crushed by the mechanism in that sign!
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Bow, I’m a Slytherin 4 years ago
It looks like they had a art competition in a primary/grade school, or whatever you call it, and this was the winner, done by little Shawn in Primary/Year/Grade 3
#26
His Leg On Ready Player One’s Cover
Isaac7lego 4 years ago
I thought this was photoshopped at first....I looked at my copy its real!!!!
kjorn 4 years ago
i hope it's photoshopped... if not it must be a pain in the a$$ to walk with that
Load More Replies... S. Tor Storm 4 years ago
Both his legs are streched.. this is what happens when you "look yourself blind on it" as we say in Norwegian (directly translated). Not sure what it's called in English. Anyway, it means you work on something for so long that you fail to see mistakes that are blatantly obvious to others. Was probably too focused on making the pants look right etc. Why the legs needed stretching in the first place I don't know, tho.
Olive Stirk 4 years ago
it's a good movie and i've never read the book, but the leg...the rest is fine though lol.
Cybele Spanjaard 4 years ago
I don't get it.. is one leg longer than the other..and also the same leg? Or just a twisted sneaker?
Sam Chilton 4 years ago
I'm not seeing it either; one leg is bent and the other is stretched. Maybe it's like that black & blue/white & gold dress syndrome.
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5'3" standing on his left leg, and 6'8" standing on his right. Way to go, photo editors.
#27
Kissing The Coronavirus Is Back!
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
This is horrible. Stop making me look at it please, BP!
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Kill it! Destroy everything! Go absolutely Russian on their asses! Steal their cable!
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#28
Romance Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
...and this is where he regrets that stock photo modelling job.
cursed--alien 4 years ago
I'm assuming that there's probably a cuttlefish merperson in this book.
Paul Aguilera 4 years ago
i'd totally cuddle a cuttlefish, that thing is so cute! i want a cuttlefish pillow.
#29
I Can’t Believe It’s Real
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Because he is smaller, so he is supposed to be in the background, but look at her hair : he is closer than her... It is a very unsettling perspective.
Load More Replies... Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
At least it's better than My Trumper Lover. That one's classed as "horror" in the library.
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
I believe those are under "psychological torment".
Load More Replies... Amy Pattie 4 years ago
I have never met an ANTIFA do anything more violent than be dull at parties
Abdul Lamalama 3 years ago
Then you probably don't go out much. ANTIFA are both mentally and physically weak fascists that caused 200+ riots and took control of Seattle among other things. Of course, these cowards hide their face and only attack in packs.
Load More Replies... Abdul Lamalama 3 years ago
Man these libtards really get excited about fascist terrorists like antifa. Ps Biden is destroying this country and Trump was an awesome president.
Abdul Lamalama 3 years ago
*Libtard Fantasy. Republicans are much smarter and would never fall for some mentally/physically weak fascists like antifa who call themselves anti-fascists but are too dumb to see that they are fascists themselves. Also, it seems you aren't very original as Libtard was coined and then liberals tried to copy the name for themselves but instead attack Republicans (superior intellects) with it because regressives (liberals) are too dumb to think of their own insults.
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Cybele Spanjaard 4 years ago
I first thought looking at the top of the photo " I can't believe it's not butter" remember that old a with Fabio? :+}then totally lost the plot with the rest of it..
Jayne Lockwood 4 years ago
Complete with phallic gun placement. Fiverr cover art at its finest.
#30
Librarian Wife Comes Through Again
#31
The 50th Edition Lotr Covers Are Something Else...
James016 4 years ago
They turned him into the singer from an 80s soft rock band
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#32
I Don't Even Know What To Say About This Book Cover
Dash Blue 4 years ago
The first attempt to masturbate would be the last attempt to masturbate.
#33
Til That Native American Women Shot At Cowboys With Lasers (Also There Was Young Love In The Wild West)
No one 4 years ago
I don't want to think about where those lasers are coming from.....
Load More Replies... S. Tor Storm 4 years ago (edited)
anything you can do in photoshop, I can do in pa-aint *melody*
Brent Kaufman 4 years ago
In the movie Flesh Gordon, one woman had "power pasties" that shot lasers. I think that's what she's using here.
#34
Wtf
Steve R 4 years ago
Chuck has written dozens of books. None of them good.
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Audrika Biswas 4 years ago
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David Martin 4 years ago
Chuck Tingle is a wellspring of books like these; If you want a good laugh, honestly, it's worth a couple of bucks to read any of them if you can go into it knowing not to take any of it seriously
TTorrest Author 4 years ago
This guy is hilarious. Please go check out Chuck's full list of titles immediately. (He's also a fun account to follow on Twitter.)
thepinkrobot 4 years ago
Chuck Tingle is legitimately a good author and his "bizarre romances" prove that love is real no matter what kind of love it is. He is also good guy.
#35
Ten Things Doctors Won't Tell You About Your Cpap Machine
Jo Browne 4 years ago
Looks like someone going for a sleep test. I know as I've been there. Very uncomfortable and they expect you to sleep
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David Bandey 4 years ago
CPAP user here. Can confirm that image is 100% accurate. Absolutely. Oh yes, very accurate, as accurate as a Haddock doing its weekly shopping in Waitrose. Yes, you see, accurate. Very verily.
Lindsey Judd-Bruder 4 years ago
Yeah, my husband does too. And I was thinking this pic looks more like a sleep study.
Load More Replies... Bonnie Edwards 4 years ago
They can break down without anyone noticing and permanently damage your ability to breathe normally.
#36
People Who Need To Die: Cell Phones
Bow, I’m a Slytherin 4 years ago
What have we learned today, children? We’ve learned that you can kill someone will a phone.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Having a series of books "people who need to die"....I'm gna have to bust out my special only red semaphore flags and warn people!
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics wants to: Know your location.
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This Is Bad Even For The Low Bar Of Dinosaur Erotica
N G 4 years ago
Can you imagine being the stock model for these photographs? "Yeah, I posed in a bikini. Probably get used for some generic beach images. Wait, they put me on WHAT book cover?!!"
Max 4 years ago
I can't speak for anyone else but I'd be delighted if I was the face of dinosaur erotica.
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Ray Martin 4 years ago (edited)
(puts on nerd glasses) Ahem, ACTUALLY, that is a Pteranodon, and that young woman has no business being on the beach during the Cretaceous era!
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Yeah, she'll get eaten, probably by a rotund thing with multiple fins and pain teeth!
Load More Replies... Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
And why they all dudes? They're not even capitalizing on the full potential of this trainwreck genre?
Load More Replies... RoseTheMad 4 years ago
Oh nooo... I think I've actually heard part of one of these books, many years ago the Youtuber Emma Blackery read part of one.
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
This lowered the bar so far it undid all the work done by Half-Life 2's beta.
#38
Imagine Getting Kilt
Baby Panda 4 years ago
my dad has Scottish descent and uses this as a dad joke all the time X'D scottish-6...f8347a.jpg 
Ian Collins 4 years ago
when you open the book, there is a single page with a scrap of kilt, and it says "you've been kilt"
#39
Don’t Steal This Kids Lunch
Dest 4 years ago
The book covers do look odd, but the story was really amazing to me as a kid. Not only you get really dark stories, with reasonable gore and proper risks, but you also get a lot of character development through the books. It's an alien war story, that is weird but rather charming. I read all 65 books
Fluffy Griffin 4 years ago
I looooved this series as a kid. I'm not sure I read more then 10 or so, I think my library stopped buying them for a while.
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Kira Okah 4 years ago
It's a very good war story that doesn't hold back from the horrors of war. It exists for being a good story.
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#40
Just Say "No"!
A Random Panda 4 years ago
Lucky. My palomino jus started smoking, and I'm afraid that my bay will follow suit.
#41
If You Fail You Can Always Say, "The Devil Made Me Do It!"
Duchess Raven Waves 4 years ago
I just have so many things to say that I'm just. Fhjsdhfjgkdhahfugkdhdh
#42
I Don’t Even Know What To Say About This One
Princess Toadstool 4 years ago
Or a creation made by a first time user of photoshop
Load More Replies... S. Tor Storm 4 years ago
wow how did they get all those people, foxes and dragons to pose together in that hall!? skillz
Nyneva Kyte 4 years ago
Much like 5 Minute Crafts, many here see to be able to appreciate the true genius evident before their eyes
#43
I'm Impressed By Her Balance
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
STOP WITH THE SEQUELS. I COULD BARELY HANDLE THE FIRST BOOKS
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Great. They've biked all the way to the Trinity nuclear test site. nuclear-te...f3-png.jpg 
Thomas Turnbull 4 years ago
This guy likes to write sex with dinosaurs do they even have the parts
#44
Apparently Hitler & Co Invented Time Travel
Daniel Atkins 4 years ago
Just tot get the point across the dino is a Nazi it need a Hitler mustache.
#45
Religious Fruitcake 101
*hippie*witchy*bitch* 4 years ago
not only sounds like something VERY ILLEGAL, it's also promoting physical abuse towards children. both ways, not ok
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Sinkvenice 4 years ago
If I were a parent I wouldn't want God's rod anywhere near my child's bod.
Nyneva Kyte 4 years ago
You and half a million catholic parents . . . now
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#46
...if You Say So!
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
The title is a quote from the Bible. It's talking about obedience to God. That is, God said that it is more important to him that people obey his moral laws than that they give money.
#47
Can't Stop Staring In Puzzlement At The Perfectly Matching Hemline
Amy Pattie 4 years ago
These kids look like they’re winning at life, no change necessary
Load More Replies... Nyneva Kyte 4 years ago
Chrissakes the real ones are the worst. Sorry kids - Tough Love for you!
#48
This Series Of Books Is A Goldmine
Yort 4 years ago
I don’t mind white, black, or Asian Jesus (whichever way helps people relate to Him better), but it’s definitely cool they have middle eastern Jesus in this book!
Load More Replies... Hilary Mol 4 years ago
If this cover is any clue, I'd say Jesus was either a Pez dispenser or a bobble-head.
Just a girl in a crazy world 4 years ago
Well, who was makes heads really big, that’s just their style
#49
From The Author Of Kissing The Coronavirus!
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Therapist: Joe Irwin isn't real, he can't hurt you. Joe Irwin: Joe-Irwin-...c8-png.jpg 
Grace Avalanche 4 years ago
Can anyone get me some good ol' unsee juice? I think I need it for the whole article...
comics 4 years ago
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (dies)
#50
Don't Make Me Go Back, Mommy: A Child's Book About Satanic Ritual Abuse By Doris Sanford
S. Tor Storm 4 years ago (edited)
Is this from that scare where they got a bunch of kids to "remember" that they were satanically abused? it was all hooey turned out. fake memories.
#51
C'mon Everyone, Let's Join In On The Fun!
#52
I Think Mom Has Taken This Too Literally...
guy greej 4 years ago (edited)
Break both their arms. eeh? eeh? anyone? gosh this would kill on reddit
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Maybe my mind just isn't twisted enough to see the humor in this. A book about raising teenagers that shows a picture of a mother and a teenage boy. I wouldn't call the cover artistically brilliant but it's a pretty straightforward picture to go with the subject of the book.
Beans 4 years ago
I agree the cover is benign but It's the 'really' love emphasized in red that gets me. "How to really raise your teenager" would have been a way better title or 'ways to emotionally support your teenager' or something. The 'how to really love' implies loving them as people do normally is not what the author intends, which makes it look funny to me. You also are implying that the book is about raising a kid right when it doesn't actually say raise anywhere.
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"These Heels Were Made For Walking, Through The Apocalypse"
Blue of the yams 4 years ago
Honestly, I probably would, too. The world's ending, might as well look good doing it.
#54
This Author Is Cancer
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Step outside the box... And then the mortician will put you in a new one.
I'm a Gryffindor 4 years ago (edited)
i was scrolling and i saw the top half and went, "oh, this isnt that bad", and then i saw the bottom and went, "oh wait nvm".
LittleMissLotus 4 years ago
God, not Ty Bollinger. He and wife run an equally fact-free and dangerous website full of this s**t. According to them, the only way to cure cancer is to make your body "alkaline" through dieting because cancer cells die in an alkaline environment. It's awful, read it if you want to lose faith in humanity
#55
Our Library Was Trying To Get Rid Of This One
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Yeah, that's right! Flash mother nature! Defecate onto low-quality cyberpunk!
#56
Found This On Facebook
Blue of the yams 4 years ago
*Celebrity heads on "WHO WAS" covers may be smaller than they appear*
Hilary Mol 4 years ago
....someone who could be seen from 10 miles away when she inflated her head to get a better look at her surroundings.
#57
This Belongs Here
Randomcthulu 4 years ago
My stepmom's great aunt had a bunch of microwave cookbooks from when they first became available...not sure that a lot of what's in then qualifies as edible recipes
#58
Secrets
Glenn Zoontjens 4 years ago
Do any of those abbreviations after his name mean anything or is he just BS'iing?
#59
Why The Hell Was This In The School Library?
Ray Martin 4 years ago
I had to use translate for that and holy s**t, why was it in your school library?
#60
Lisa Simpson Grew Up To Be A Hitchhiker
#61
It Came With A Poster As Well
Yort 4 years ago
And looking at the title, I think it’s supposed to be for little kids and probably encourages the use of a puppet.
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#62
Tractor Teacher
Ray Martin 4 years ago
To be fair, it doesn't claim he knows a lot about women - just that what he does know was taught to him by his tractor.
#63
Not A Strip I'd Want To See
Yort 4 years ago
Bruh, so, in quilting there’s this thing called stripping. Eleanor Burns (who is a TREASURE) knows that stripping also means something else. It’s a joke. Don’t do my girl Eleanor like that.
Randomcthulu 4 years ago
I can't remember the author's name off the top of my head, but there's a series of knitting books called Stich n Bitch, and her crotchet book is called the Happy Hooker
#64
Is This What Happens When You Build Your House On An Ancient Wolf Burial Ground?
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Yes they do and that's why dogs love to burry bones. It's in their genes.
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With One Breath (Czech For "Reading In One Sitting"): Pillar Of Fire (And Other Short Stories)
#66
Cheap Date?
Sista of the moon 4 years ago
Netfix and pop tarts, Netflix and pop tarts
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#67
Photoshop? I've Got My Kids!
MERMONKEY34 4 years ago
Why did anyone down vote this? on bored panda I have seen that if one person downvotes something then everyone else will too☹️
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Monolicle Potato 4 years ago
Aww, Why Bakugou get downvotes? This is positive!
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Beneath The Half Ass Photoshop
YoChicken 4 years ago
if the author's name is also in a 'creepy' font, you know you're in trouble.
The 5-star rated 5-star rating system 4 years ago
Some "Goosebumps" books have the author's name in a similar "creepy" font ( I have never been a fan of "Goosebumps").
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Yeah It Does...
#70
I Met The White House!
Mark Schilling 4 years ago (edited)
Had to look this guy up. According to Wikipedia: "George Edward Allen (February 29, 1896 – April 23, 1973) was an American political operative and crony ("poker-playing intimate" and even "court jester") for US Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower (as well as one-time head football coach of Cumberland University's football team in their lopsided match against Georgia Tech.)"
Sista of the moon 4 years ago
George needs a trip to dc... that’s not what the White House looks like
#71
Why The Chinese Are The Way They Are
Sista of the moon 4 years ago
Why are you the way that you are? Every time I try to do something fun...
#72
Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
#73
Excuse Me, Are You Talking To Me?
Eliška Hůlková 4 years ago
Old book, when it was written r-word might have been a medical term still.
Troux 4 years ago
People forget this. Yes, there was a time when this was an acceptable medical term. Before that, idiot and moron also were.
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Ok
Robert Thomas 4 years ago
nonononono it will be satan but also it will be the doom guy with the shotgun
Load More Replies... N G 4 years ago (edited)
Who wants to see the cover of "Warrier Wolf Women of the Wasteland"? That's got to be worth an image search! Edit: uh....
#75
The 1987 Berkley Reprint Cover Of ‘It’ Is Really, Really Bad...
that rando_;) 4 years ago
Well, I see a boat and an eye covered in soot or something.
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Substitute Father
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
The heartwarming story of a dog adopting a kitten because their owners were too busy drinking and engaging in animal abuse to care for them
#77
Philosopher's Stone, Albanian Version. Not Sure What's Going On Here
Bow, I’m a Slytherin 4 years ago
We have a giant rat (Scabbers?) and Harry wearing a giant rat head, and the ‘alive’ chess pieces. My guess is the artist hadn’t read the book, but was told there was a rat and moving chess pieces, then this is what she/he/they came up with.
#78
My Anaconda Just Don't...
#79
Odd Experiment I'd Expect This From Bert And Ernie But Not Elmo And Grover
#80
The Title Was Weird Enough To Get My Attention At The Library
#81
Do Movie Covers Count?
#83
Milk: The Deadly Poison
#84
What The... What??
Anna Banana 4 years ago
Honest question: do native speakers also find it difficult to read When English Titles Longer Than 10 Words Have Every Word Capitalized?
#85
I'm Not Entirely Sure What That Is But I'm Not Convinced Kids Would Eat It
#86
Oof No Thanks
Monolicle Potato 4 years ago
I live in America, and can tell you that not even the prostitutes dress like this. (No personal experience, but a friend has some...interesting...pictures.)
#87
In Our Neighborhood David Has Aids By Doris Sanford
#88
People Who Need To Die: Bad Drivers
#89
Maybe I Would Have Been Better At Geometry If I Had This In High School
Real_Katsuki_Bakugou 4 years ago
I'm not sure whether this is a book about how to get guys or how to solve geometry equations, help
AnnaB 4 years ago
The author played Winnie in 'The Wonder Years'. She's a mathematician who co-authored a scientific paper titled, "Percolation and Gibbs states multiplicity for ferromagnetic Ashkin–Teller models on {\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} ^{2}}\mathbb {Z} ^{2}". Her books focus on getting young girls/women to become interested in math.
Anna Banana 4 years ago
Noble cause, awful way to go about it! We shouldn't have to make maths sexy, we should tell young people that it's okay to like things which aren't sexy.
Load More Replies... Agnes Jekyll 4 years ago
this is too bad--she's a great teacher and her whole goal is to get girls into math. Whoever designed this did Danica wrong.
#90
Check This Kindle Author’s Sweet Photoshop Skillz
your local lesbian 4 years ago
how- who in the world would make this cover and say “ah yes, this is terrific!”
#91
This Infamous Serbian 8th Grade Biology Textbook... With Nicolas Cage On The Cover, For Some Reason
#92
You Gotta Love The Covers Kai Chooses For His Books
Daniel Atkins 4 years ago
Didn’t know snorkeling was a part of the diet. Wait that is how you get the fish.
#93
Warm Fuzzies For Lonely People, Now With Beanie Babies!
#94
This Title Is Surprisingly Relevant Nowadays
#95
This Book Cover I Found On Amazon...
#96
Empress Theresa - "Improved" Edition
#97
I Feel Violated
#98
Ah Now This Is Modern Art
Rose the Cook 4 years ago
Maybe there are still some pervy dinosaurs hidden in a remote area who order it from Amazon.
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À Mash Made In Heaven. The Title Is Sexy Potatoes. I’m Sure They’re Onions
#100
My Latest Purchase
#101
Presenting To You: The Very First Draft Of "Stranger Things"
#102
Picked This One Up At A Thrift Store
#104
Found In One Of Those Trashy Book Apps
#106
That Man Is Most Assuredly Deceased
#107
Cookbook Covers Shouldn't Be Uncomfortable
Ray Martin 4 years ago
This could be seamlessly inserted the article about mansplaining. Men explain how to use a knife in the kitchen.
#108
I Found This At My School's Library
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Yes, there's Sane People and then there's The Rednecks. We don't talk about The Rednecks.
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The Dangers Of Kissing... Or Whatever These People Are Doing
Amy Pattie 4 years ago
Ok guys apparently kissing is sin so I guess from now on it’s “you may now fist-bump the bride”
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
With this fingerring I take you as my bride.
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Why Are His Feet So Detailed
#111
Found This Beauty At Goodwill
#112
No This Is Not Lord Of The Rings
#113
Uncanny Valley Much?
#114
I Think The Title Is Just As Bad As The Photo
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
Easy to guess. A Catholic woman would only want an army of children and to serve her man's needs and wants and one more child. --- Don't hate, you asked.
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This Book Was Recommended In A Thread About Power Armor, But The Cover Is Ridiculous
#116
The Gears Are My Favorite Part
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
When you wish to have legs just as the dark elves are shutting down the magic abilities of earth:
#117
No Ponies In The House!
BorPand8 4 years ago
Yeah, some of these books are perfectly fine, especially for the time they were printed.
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Oh No
#119
Of Animals, With... Of Animals
FurryManiac 4 years ago
True Stories Mysteries Of Animals With Of Animal Amazing Abilities Intelligence
#120
I'm Not Sure Why You'd Pick Such An Utterly Terrifying Cover For A Joke Book
#123
Things Were Different Back Then
N G 4 years ago
Someone else has pointed out that it's a case of terminology marching on. It was once an appropriate medical term (retarded development). What's more concerning to me is they are ALL religious books.
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How Do You Even Begin
#125
Hey Girl... I Heard You Like Book Covers
Agnes Jekyll 4 years ago
Give that guy a cell phone and there'd be D**k pics flying all around the world
#126
I Have Spoken Too Soon...
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago (edited)
I'm getting a hunch that Lawrence Ambrose is not the guy you want as a neighbor, looking at his oeuvre.
Triv 4 years ago
I dunno... Might be fun stealing a dragon egg and raising it from a kit!
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Going To Learn This Language Just To Read This Book. Art
#128
Do Online Book Covers Count? Because, Yikes
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
(over a barfaded sun and a neon pink grid mountain range)
Load More Replies... Bacony Cakes 4 years ago (edited)
I will sh*t fury down your throat and call the Free Breast Inassociation.
#129
I Loved These Books When I Was Younger But This Is Just Horrible
Just a Snowball 4 years ago
im reading that book rn! its a good book but not this... just no...
#130
Subtlety Is The Key
#132
"He A Little Confused, But He Got The Spirit"
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Trump himself tweeted that there was no evidence that he won the elections because of Russian interference. That was before he became the first president in history who was officially declared a troll and got banned from mainstream social media.
#133
This Butt-Faced Alien Viking
Rose the Cook 4 years ago
It is Penguin but whatever bird they have a lot to answer for here.
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What Even
#135
No
#136
A Shell Of A Read
#137
How To Make Beautiful Food In A Mold
#140
Not Another Lotr Fanfic!
#142
I Can’t Believe This Is A Real Book
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Toujin C'Thlu 4 years ago
Some of these books are parodies that I've seen on other humor sites.
Son of Philosoraptor 4 years ago
Yeah kinda disappointed, thought these would be natural monsters...
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Jelly the Bean 4 years ago
If you want some more of these, this website has some: https://alwaysjudgeabookbyitscover.com/ It has some of the ones on here, but there's more and they're really funny :)
your local lesbian 4 years ago
second one i saw “how to play with a lions testicles”
Load More Replies... LittleMissLotus 4 years ago
Some of these are obviously parodies, but I'm truly disappointed that some of these aren't, like the LaCroix erotica or the Covid smut
Toujin C'Thlu 4 years ago
Some of these books are parodies that I've seen on other humor sites.
Son of Philosoraptor 4 years ago
Yeah kinda disappointed, thought these would be natural monsters...
Load More Replies... Jelly the Bean 4 years ago
If you want some more of these, this website has some: https://alwaysjudgeabookbyitscover.com/ It has some of the ones on here, but there's more and they're really funny :)
your local lesbian 4 years ago
second one i saw “how to play with a lions testicles”
Load More Replies... LittleMissLotus 4 years ago
Some of these are obviously parodies, but I'm truly disappointed that some of these aren't, like the LaCroix erotica or the Covid smut
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