Bad (or Interesting) Book Covers - Part 4

Writing.

Warning: 18+, not suitable for work and the faint of heart.

I grabbed a few book covers from the Internet, trying to find a few good and bad examples... Some are fake. Some are funny. Some are bad or disturbing in many ways.

This is the fourth installment, and today we'll cover the best 'sex sells' covers. Well, maybe not the best, and perhaps not the best selling... Just don't forget to bring your notebooks and eyewash.

No insult intended!

Don't take this personal! Tastes differ, and some may or may not think these covers are funny, thought provoking, a personal expression, or whatever.

What I think is funny may not be funny to you.

I'm just sharing a number of... odd (?) covers with you, that should at least make you (as an aspiring writer) think twice about the cover you are going to use.

And if this post can make you smile, even better...

10. Boy Sex Sells Even Better!

There must be a zillion Harry x Draco fanfics on Wattpad, and I just couldn't leave them out. The cover below belongs to a popular fan fic with a million reads. Hey, if it's your thing, go for it.

But what makes this sell? The cover, the smut, that it's Harry Potter, boy x boy, or is it simply the fact that it's free? What is it that makes this sell?

9. Dildohands

Euh... right.

And it isn't even the original cover, that's this one:

No further questions, your honor. (Okay, I admit, I think the made-up title is the better one.)

8. Rule 34

Rule 34 on the Internet: if it exists, someone turned it into porn.

Pay especially attention to the alien in the background! It's even blushing!

And R.K. Galaga seems to make a living on these novels, for which he proudly claimed to be the cover artist as well.

Honestly, I would be reluctant to admit that. If you're into shifter romance novel, fine, but just don't tell me you enjoy the cover below...

7. Haunted

I'll guess I'll skip sleep tonight, praying for my soul.

6. Ghostly

Listen up guys, if you're gay, simply go for it. Admit it. Enjoy it.

Listen up girls, if you like to watch or read about gay guys then admit it. Enjoy it. Go for it. (And be honest and stop complaining about boys watching pretty girls, because that's pretty much the same thing.)

So, if you wrote the novel to this cover, or read it because you can't admit your deepest feelings, stop reading and get out of that closet. As a cover, it might actually work, though I'm not entirely convinced about the title or the concept. Somehow I doubt your sexual orientation will change after you're dead. (Now that would cause some disturbance among the religious scholars!)

(I'll promise I'll also add some covers that I think are exceptional in a later post.)

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