If there’s one thing you expect from a title like The Rockin’ Country Collection, it’s bold cowboy hats, guitars, boots stomping across dusty stages, and maybe a whiskey bottle or two. Instead, what we get is… a washed-out black-and-white engagement photo that looks...
When you hear the phrase Afternoon Delight, your mind probably drifts toward steamy escapades, Marvin Gaye on repeat, or at the very least, something suggestive enough to raise an eyebrow. Instead, this cover delivers… a pastel watercolor postcard of Main Street, USA,...
This cover is so on the nose, it might as well come with a thunderclap and an ominous “dun-dun-dunnn” sound effect. Pain from the Very Beginning wants to deliver raw emotional depth — instead, it delivers Photoshop filters, murky shadows, and a lightning bolt that...
What Happens When You Mix: A Photoshop gradient explosion A mannequin with godlike glow-up syndrome Fonts that scream “Why use one style when you can use four?” Layouts that read like IKEA instructions for a galactic invasion You get The 100 Year Clones–a book cover...
Welcome to another eye-watering installment of Horrible Covers, where questionable aesthetic decisions meet the printed word. Today’s subject? A YA mystery cover so aggressively whimsical it could double as a 2023 bullet journal starter kit. Let’s dive in. A Deadly...
Ah, The Witch Prophecy. You may not know what this book is about—and, thanks to this cover, neither do we. The ancient Fates have apparently foreseen the destined meeting of a witch and a werewolf... but clearly skipped the part where a designer would also join the...
Welcome to Battle Confused: Dumpster Edition In a world ravaged by war and apparently also by 2003 Photoshop filters, two gritty heroes stand amidst the refuse of a mid-'90s PC game cutscene. One's holding a weapon the size of a microwave, the other's sporting enough...
“Now with 40% more wordplay and 60% less coherence!” Welcome back, cover connoisseurs and lovers of aesthetic misfires, to another jaw-dropping installment of Horrible Covers — today featuring a visual pun so spectacularly strained it may qualify as a workplace...
Picture this: You’re strolling through a bookstore, minding your own literary business, when suddenly—bam!—you’re attacked by a sentient Crayola rebellion. That’s not a fever dream; that’s the cover of Marrying It All. At first glance, you think, “A bold artistic...
“The end is near… and apparently, so is the mildew.” Welcome to our tenth entry at Horrible Covers, and what better way to celebrate than with a visual catastrophe that looks like it was printed on a napkin found in a haunted barn. Introducing: In the End by G J...