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Ok, clearly I have different taste than some of the posters, cause I think some of these covers are markedly appealing... even innovative! Love the Delirium cover, rather fond of the AntiGoddess, 10 Things I Hate About Me, Queen of Babble and Vegan, Virgin, Valentine covers, as well. lol I absolutely adore the cover for Burn Bright (Night Creatures)... not nuts about the typography, but there's an alternate cover with lighter pink text that is divine. Funny thing is I'm currently working on a portfolio as a Cover Artist! Hoping not all my taste is as unpopular as this is, apparently. K.. I'll see if i can find some YA ones that I think are appalling to add.

A common theme to many of these covers is that they are pictures of people, particularly peoples faces. I also find that very unappealing in a book cover and tend to pass those books without even seeing what they are about. Partially because I don't want to see what the characters in a book look like before I've read it, I want to have my own picture in my mind what characters look like. The romance covers are ridiculously cheesy but that's become the norm for those type of books.

You're right, Erin/Ginger... that does tend to be the thing connecting the ones I like with the ones that were despised in the thread. Huh... well that is some food for thought for me, certainly. Thanks so much for your message! I tend to find the 'face' ones with very compelling faces rather intriguing, myself, but clearly not everyone feels that way. And yeah, I'm all for good romance, but the level of cheese is approaching 'stinky' with lots of bodice rippers and paranormal romances in the last few years, certainly. ;)

This may be a stupid question, but why is there a list dedicated to judging books by their covers? Isn't that something most of us have to make an effort not to do?