15 of the Sexiest Book Covers of All Time

By Emily Temple on Flavorpill -  Dec 6, 2012

This week saw the release of T. Cooper’s Real Man Adventures, a provocative and heartfelt memoir about his life as a transperson, told in an episodic, refreshingly free-from style. Plus, it has a super sexy, pulp fiction-inspired cover. To celebrate this great book and its excellent window dressing, we’ve gone in search of some other titillating book covers, from the vintage to the more contemporary. Keep in mind that our idea of sexy isn’t those greased torsos you see on so many romance and YA book covers today (just too obvious) — nor is it the sleepy-eyed women being awkwardly objectified (or worse) on many ’50s pulp covers. It is rather campy, though. We just can’t help it. Click through to swoon over a few of the sexiest book covers of all time — and since this is by no means an exhaustive list, and beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, add your own sexy favorites in the comments.… Read More

A Book Critic’s Hilarious Response to E.L. James as “Publishing Person of the Year”

By Emily Temple on Dec 5, 2012

Like many of you (we hope), we were sort of surprised by the news that Publishers Weekly had anointed E.L. James, author of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, as the Publishing Person of the Year. After all, we like to imagine that PW has a little taste, and we know it has more than a little literary clout, so we’re not sure how its staffers looked past James’ terrible prose to give her any sort of prize. Then again, according to PW, it’s all about the money. … Read More