Aug 11, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads “Desman” – The Patriotic Collage Nobody Asked For There’s a certain art to the military romantic suspense cover. You want grit. You want tension. You want a hero who looks like he could dismantle a bomb with one hand while holding a baby...
Aug 3, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads 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...
Aug 1, 2025 | Horrible Covers
(If a tree falls in the forest and no one can read the title, does it still count as a book?) Welcome back, masochists of misdesign, to another round of Horrible Covers, where fonts go to die and Photoshop is but a distant dream. Today’s submission takes us deep into...
Jul 29, 2025 | Horrible Covers
Welcome to the bleak, smoky world of Black Yé’ii, where evil lurks, mystery abounds, and fonts throw tantrums. At first glance, you might think this is a moody indie film poster rejected by Netflix. But no – it’s a book cover. A real one. Designed by someone who...
Jul 28, 2025 | Horrible Covers
Some book covers whisper “read me.” Others shout. And then there’s Editorial License, which spells out “EDlTORIAL LICENSE” like a crossword puzzle designed by a minimalist with vertigo. At first glance, it’s serene – a man and his dog on a beach,...
