I've noticed a (kind of disturbing) trend of book covers where a person is pictured, but their face is cut off from the nose up. Don't these poor people have eyes? And foreheads?
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Covers should not include the eyes or foreheads of the cover model. Headless characters are okay if the neck or shoulders are depicted.
See also the Headless Women listopia for more anonymizing cover trends.
To add a specific cover edition, search by ISBN.
Covers should not include the eyes or foreheads of the cover model. Headless characters are okay if the neck or shoulders are depicted.
See also the Headless Women listopia for more anonymizing cover trends.
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I am glad that I'm not the only person who notices the lack of face some of these people have. Are they concerned that we will see the eyes and be like "OH NO! These people don't have the eyes I imagined them to have! I hate this book now! I shall spit on it!"?
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This is a hilarious list! I've never thought of it before, although I've read several books without foreheads. Ha!
Wow, that's really strange...Maybe it's because it gives a sense of the setting/clothing/era/mood or whatever without messing up the way the reader imagines the character who appears on the cover.
OOk How in the insane world is twilight on the "dude where's my forehead" list?I LOVE this list soooooo coolio
OOk How in the insane world is twilight on the "dude where's my forehead" list?I LOVE this list soooooo coolio
I know how you feel! I mean, why put a person on a book if you're not even going to show their whole face? Why even PUT a person on a book? I prefer no people on book covers at all.
I saw the Other Boleyn Girl and kind of thought there was a good reason the picture didn't have a head.
Devan wrote: "I saw the Other Boleyn Girl and kind of thought there was a good reason the picture didn't have a head."Lol!
On the other hand, I think the "other" part of the title refers to Mary Boleyn, the one who kept a head.
On the other hand, I think the "other" part of the title refers to Mary Boleyn, the one who kept a head. "At least, she kept it until 2001, when she was summarily half-decapitated by Scribner Books.
Whoever dreamed up this design technique should apply it to some books like Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities," in which people actually get their heads chopped off.
Very funny! And I've just noticed that the book I'm currently reading and a handful of books I've just finished also featured a half-head person.
Can anyone explain why the Twilight books are on this list? I'm inclined to remove them as their covers don't even remotely fit into this category.
Twilight itself I can see, as it has the arms. Midnight Sun, New Moon, Breaking Dawn, and Eclipse are not even close, though.City of Fallen Angels doesn't look like it has any body parts at all on its cover, either.
Oh go ahead... give Twilight the chop too!
Morgan wrote: "I am glad that I'm not the only person who notices the lack of face some of these people have. Are they concerned that we will see the eyes and be like "OH NO! These people don't have the eyes I ..."LMAO! Funny comment! Maybe the characters are secretly REALLY self-conscious about their bushy eyebrows or something :P
Anyway, a really funny idea for a book list!
I have a "bookshelf" called Headless-women-on-the-cover. My friends recommend books to be based on the headless women. I too noticed that I was reading lots of these! I love your list!
wow!I find this list hilarious! it got my attentionn straight away!
I have noticed that many books feature foreheadless people but never really thought to make a list out of it!
I LOVE the list!
Emily wrote: "What are we supposed to vote based on?"I voted on books I like that have headless women on the cover, personally.
OMG. this list is hilarious!! love the title!!
they used to mark a person's stupidity by his forehead, saying he has a fair forhead or a stupid one. i guess all these models have stupid foreheads. hilarious list, i never noticed it.lol!
lol, great list - I HATE this cover trend! I want to see the whole face! I have a bunch not on here so I am going to have to add them.

































