The world's worst ever book covers

Posted October 9, 2012 by Laura in Books

They say that you should never judge a book by its cover but Reader, ‘they’ are wrong. ‘They’ also recommend you to floss and we all know how fucking horrible that is.

We judge book covers just like we judge everything and everyone you care about. Mostly that involves asking yourself ‘Is this person/place/thing going to benefit me in any way?’ and then ‘Do I enjoy looking at this person/place/thing?’.

ANYWAY. Books. Books are brilliant, there is no doubt about this, but when it comes to book covers, publishers can get it hilariously wrong. Here are Ramp.ie’s thirty-four Top Ten Horrible Book Covers.

34.

Shouldn’t this be ‘How to Keep Your Family Happy and Your Tractor Running’?

Oh.

We see.

33.

So best just resign yourself to a future where almost every day is spent sitting at a desk, in a badly air conditioned office, wondering if they’d let you go home early if you stuck your hand in the shredder.
See them all, and there are some real shockers, here