Jan 9, 2026 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Every once in a while, a book cover floats across our desk looking like it was generated in a steampunk fever dream — and The Key by Alicia K. Aguirre is exactly that dream, only someone forgot to wake up and finish the design. Let’s begin...
Jan 9, 2026 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Welcome to the tangled underbrush of fantasy cover design, where The Map by Sharon Robb-Chism plants its flag, lights it on fire, and then forgets where it put the matches. If this cover is meant to be our guide through an epic journey,...
Jan 8, 2026 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads If you squint, Christmas at Silverberry Hall seems like a harmless holiday romance cover. But dare to look closer—no, really look—and what reveals itself isn’t festive cheer, but a digital collage stitched together like a haunted...
Jan 8, 2026 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Welcome to another entry in the swirling, glitter-strewn vortex of questionable design choices. Today’s offender: Lessons from the Beastly University Faculty, a cover that attempts “whimsical fantasy” but lands somewhere between...
Jan 7, 2026 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Imagine a hacker thriller. Now imagine a patriotic memoir. Now imagine a small-town tech drama set inside a denim vortex. Smush them all together, sprinkle in some red-white-and-blue glitter, and you’ve got Born Again American: Megan—a...
