The Girl Who Cried Love – Lindsay Manfredi

The Girl Who Cried Love – Lindsay Manfredi

See this cover on Good Reads Brace yourself, because this cover skids into the Horrible Covers Hall of Fame like a Harley on black ice. Let’s begin with the title: The Girl Who Cried Love. Scrawled in not one, but two dueling fonts, it looks like a text message from a...
Seen At Last – Dr. Debra Muth

Seen At Last – Dr. Debra Muth

See this cover on Good Reads “Seen at Last” – and unfortunately, so is this cover. Let’s talk about this design disaster masquerading as a motivational health title. This isn’t a cover; it’s a visual identity crisis that wandered into Photoshop and forgot...
Freedom Mapping – David King

Freedom Mapping – David King

See this cover on Good Reads Some covers tiptoe into the realm of corporate self-help aesthetics. Freedom Mapping sprints headfirst into it wearing gold sneakers and shouting buzzwords through a megaphone. This is the kind of cover that looks like it was designed...
By Means of Peace – Don Johnston

By Means of Peace – Don Johnston

See this cover on Good Reads Some book covers whisper. Some sing. By Means of Peace stands proudly among the very few that look you dead in the eye, clear its throat, and say, “I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m going to do it loudly.” This is a cover that tries...
Nowhere Ranch – Heidi Cullinan

Nowhere Ranch – Heidi Cullinan

See this cover on Good Reads If Nowhere Ranch were a place, it would be located squarely at the intersection of Foggy Missteps and Cut-and-Paste Creek, where cowboys go to get lost in their own cover art. What initially looks like a brooding, emotional western romance...