Category Archives: Bad Book Covers

Here’s a new instalment of my ongoing looting of the local bookshop’s awful book covers. This week wasn’t as fun, because I’ve nearly used up all of the good/bad covers, and it was baltic in there – I could see … Continue reading →

It is that time of the week again. More bad book covers…. (Previous Bad Book Covers: One, Two, Three and Four) The Deep by John Crowley This cover depicts an alternate universe where British Leyland survived the 80s and went on to make spaceships. I … Continue reading →

Your favourite and mine, more bad book covers. Previous instalments here, here and here. The Serpent – Jane Gaskell This one is a belter. It is a great book cover, but could just as easily be a 1970s magazine advert for benzodiazepines … Continue reading →

You know the deal – local bookshop, bad book covers. Previous instalments here and here. Steeleye – Waterspace by Saul Dunn This cover looks like the future – it evokes massively powerful spaceships slicing effortlessly across the galaxy, mind-numbingly advanced … Continue reading →

So, I’m back in Geoff Blore’s brilliant bookshop looking for something to read to The Boy at night (Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling) and I thought I’d collect a few more Bad Book Covers for you to enjoy. Part 1 … Continue reading →

I am a big fan of the Good Show Sir blog, so when I found myself in Geoff Blore’s brilliant bookshop I thought I’d photograph a few. The Paratwa by Christopher Hinz What is going on here? Did nobody notice … Continue reading →