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| 1898 |
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The Mustachioed Woman of Shanghai
by
Isham Cook (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 184 ratings
score: 428,
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5 people voted
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| 1898 |
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Jack's Day (Jack's Reign, #1)
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Julie Mannino (Goodreads Author)
4.80 avg rating — 49 ratings
score: 428,
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5 people voted
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| 1903 |
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In the Night Kitchen
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3.99 avg rating — 18,828 ratings
score: 427,
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| 1903 |
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Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9)
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Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 194,414 ratings
score: 427,
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6 people voted
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| 1903 |
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Cat & Mouse (Alex Cross, #4)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 80,475 ratings
score: 427,
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| 1903 |
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The Keepsake (Rizzoli & Isles, #7)
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Tess Gerritsen (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 47,835 ratings
score: 427,
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| 1907 |
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All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
by
Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 80,042 ratings
score: 426,
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| 1907 |
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Dante's End (The Jailor, #1)
by
Ariana Nash (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 841 ratings
score: 426,
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| 1909 |
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Endlessly (Paranormalcy, #3)
by
Kiersten White (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 24,625 ratings
score: 425,
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| 1909 |
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Crown of Ice (The Mirror of Immortality #1)
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Vicki L. Weavil (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 849 ratings
score: 425,
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| 1909 |
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Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
by
Amie Kaufman (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 160,092 ratings
score: 425,
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| 1912 |
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The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1)
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Ben H. Winters (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 35,054 ratings
score: 424,
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| 1912 |
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Make Me (Jack Reacher, #20)
by
Lee Child (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 82,933 ratings
score: 424,
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| 1912 |
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The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)
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3.73 avg rating — 40,910 ratings
score: 424,
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| 1915 |
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Less (Arthur Less, #1)
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3.62 avg rating — 220,986 ratings
score: 423,
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| 1916 |
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A Map of the Known World
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Lisa Ann Sandell (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 1,876 ratings
score: 422,
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| 1916 |
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Delirium (Delirium, #1)
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 477,664 ratings
score: 422,
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| 1916 |
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Velocity
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Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 66,752 ratings
score: 422,
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| 1916 |
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Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)
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3.96 avg rating — 137,931 ratings
score: 422,
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| 1916 |
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Truthwitch (The Witchlands, #1)
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Susan Dennard (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 53,136 ratings
score: 422,
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| 1921 |
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Something Missing
by
Matthew Dicks (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 4,596 ratings
score: 421,
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| 1921 |
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The Third Twin
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 40,293 ratings
score: 421,
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| 1923 |
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A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose, #1)
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W. Bruce Cameron (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 139,025 ratings
score: 420,
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| 1923 |
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Cemetery Dance (Pendergast, #9)
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 30,252 ratings
score: 420,
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| 1923 |
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The Moonlight Child
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Karen McQuestion (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 84,817 ratings
score: 420,
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| 1926 |
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Racial Americana (Volume 104)
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 419,
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| 1926 |
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The Three Incestuous Sisters
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Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author)
3.32 avg rating — 3,135 ratings
score: 419,
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| 1926 |
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Tempted (House of Night, #6)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 173,324 ratings
score: 419,
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| 1926 |
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 410,661 ratings
score: 419,
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| 1930 |
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The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse, #1)
by
Cassandra Rose Clarke (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 18,553 ratings
score: 418,
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| 1930 |
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A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 2,569,172 ratings
score: 418,
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| 1932 |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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4.22 avg rating — 416,319 ratings
score: 417,
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| 1932 |
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The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
by
Helen Hoang (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 490,605 ratings
score: 417,
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| 1932 |
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Yours (Mine #2)
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Julie Mannino (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 61 ratings
score: 417,
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| 1935 |
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The Camel Club (The Camel Club, #1)
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David Baldacci (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 97,274 ratings
score: 416,
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| 1935 |
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Before the Fall
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Noah Hawley (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 132,079 ratings
score: 416,
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| 1935 |
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Eeny Meeny (Helen Grace, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 53,700 ratings
score: 416,
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| 1938 |
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Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 133,056 ratings
score: 415,
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| 1938 |
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Wanderlost
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Ben Olson (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 415,
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| 1938 |
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Tempted (Alex Kennedy, #1)
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Megan Hart (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 9,047 ratings
score: 415,
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| 1938 |
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The Letters of Noël Coward
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4.16 avg rating — 246 ratings
score: 415,
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| 1938 |
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Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2)
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4.13 avg rating — 43,935 ratings
score: 415,
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| 1938 |
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The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2)
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Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 218,085 ratings
score: 415,
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| 1938 |
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First Test (Protector of the Small, #1)
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Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 63,101 ratings
score: 415,
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| 1945 |
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Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 40,725 ratings
score: 414,
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| 1945 |
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Anna Karenina
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4.10 avg rating — 915,903 ratings
score: 414,
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| 1945 |
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Bel Canto
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3.94 avg rating — 316,308 ratings
score: 414,
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| 1945 |
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Next
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3.54 avg rating — 76,775 ratings
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| 1945 |
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Now You See Me (Lacey Flint, #1)
by
Sharon J. Bolton (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 22,668 ratings
score: 414,
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| 1950 |
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Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, #1)
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Bethany Griffin (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 13,978 ratings
score: 413,
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| 1950 |
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Deadly Decisions (Temperance Brennan, #3)
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Kathy Reichs (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 39,057 ratings
score: 413,
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| 1950 |
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When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie, #3)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 52,050 ratings
score: 413,
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| 1950 |
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Loveless
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Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 118,797 ratings
score: 413,
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| 1950 |
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The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
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Nita Prose (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 688,900 ratings
score: 413,
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| 1955 |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)
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Jeff Kinney (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 758,845 ratings
score: 412,
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| 1955 |
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The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3)
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James Dashner (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 492,416 ratings
score: 412,
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| 1955 |
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Much Ado About Nothing
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4.06 avg rating — 256,206 ratings
score: 412,
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| 1955 |
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Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
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Martha Hall Kelly (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 336,013 ratings
score: 412,
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| 1959 |
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The Thirteen Problems (Miss Marple, #0.5)
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3.94 avg rating — 40,594 ratings
score: 411,
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| 1960 |
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 3,435,676 ratings
score: 410,
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| 1960 |
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The Prince of Tides
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4.26 avg rating — 214,860 ratings
score: 410,
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| 1960 |
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Punk 57
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Penelope Douglas (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 494,657 ratings
score: 410,
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| 1960 |
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NOS4A2
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 141,149 ratings
score: 410,
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| 1964 |
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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4.06 avg rating — 602,156 ratings
score: 409,
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| 1964 |
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Dreamless (Starcrossed, #2)
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Josephine Angelini (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 45,650 ratings
score: 409,
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| 1964 |
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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4.50 avg rating — 1,099,442 ratings
score: 409,
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| 1964 |
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The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)
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Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 63,278 ratings
score: 409,
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| 1968 |
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Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 72,031 ratings
score: 408,
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| 1968 |
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The Looking Glass Wars (The Looking Glass Wars, #1)
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Frank Beddor (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 46,773 ratings
score: 408,
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| 1968 |
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Ours (Mine #3)
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Julie Mannino (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 63 ratings
score: 408,
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| 1971 |
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House of Sand and Fog
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3.86 avg rating — 135,815 ratings
score: 407,
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| 1971 |
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
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4.07 avg rating — 260,983 ratings
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| 1971 |
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
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3.83 avg rating — 45,350 ratings
score: 407,
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| 1971 |
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Last to Die (Rizzoli & Isles, #10)
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Tess Gerritsen (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 36,971 ratings
score: 407,
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| 1971 |
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Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)
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Patricia Cornwell (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 114,356 ratings
score: 407,
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| 1976 |
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Black Hole
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3.85 avg rating — 52,388 ratings
score: 406,
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| 1976 |
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The Polar Express
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4.32 avg rating — 247,053 ratings
score: 406,
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| 1976 |
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Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
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Beth Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 87,112 ratings
score: 406,
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| 1976 |
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4th of July (Women's Murder Club, #4)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 97,702 ratings
score: 406,
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| 1976 |
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The 6th Target (Women's Murder Club, #6)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 75,301 ratings
score: 406,
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| 1976 |
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An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly, #3)
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Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 37,091 ratings
score: 406,
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| 1976 |
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The Good Sister
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Sally Hepworth (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 223,235 ratings
score: 406,
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| 1983 |
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Loyalty in Death (In Death, #9)
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J.D. Robb (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 37,472 ratings
score: 405,
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| 1984 |
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North and South
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4.15 avg rating — 181,062 ratings
score: 404,
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| 1984 |
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Lover at Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #11)
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J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 73,529 ratings
score: 404,
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| 1984 |
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Cruel Beauty
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Rosamund Hodge (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 93,409 ratings
score: 404,
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| 1984 |
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The Hunting Party
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Lucy Foley (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 348,643 ratings
score: 404,
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| 1984 |
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The Mother-in-Law
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Sally Hepworth (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 194,594 ratings
score: 404,
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| 1989 |
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Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, #4)
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4.33 avg rating — 115,273 ratings
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| 1989 |
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Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
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4.28 avg rating — 190,938 ratings
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| 1989 |
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Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1)
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3.76 avg rating — 78,361 ratings
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| 1989 |
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To The Bright Edge of the World
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Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 23,014 ratings
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| 1993 |
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From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)
by
Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 194,394 ratings
score: 402,
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| 1993 |
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Fences (The Century Cycle, #6)
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3.88 avg rating — 29,741 ratings
score: 402,
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| 1993 |
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Gideon's Sword (Gideon Crew, #1)
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 21,020 ratings
score: 402,
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| 1996 |
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Columbine
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Aug 10, 2008 10:22PM
i like this list because you didn't even have to read the book to be a part of it and the art on some of these books are really cool
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I have to agree with Debbie - love a couple of the cover art work but agree with Judi - have to say i think our book covers for both Escape from the Pharma Drug Cartel and Shattered Reality could compete very well here. Thanks and best of luck to those authors involved.www.kimberlycheryl.net
With all due respect, these are all hideous mass-market eyesores. The books themselves may be excellent, mind you, but mass market books are cheap and ugly by nature. For truly beautiful book-objects one needs to look at presses like Ugly Duckling Presse or Futurepoem, or any press whose primary purpose is something other than selling crap to people waiting to board airplanes or to read on the train. For attractive glossy mass-market type covers, I think comics, graphic novels or classic sci-fi or pulp books are far more attractive than the abominations we see here. Of all of them, the old art deco Atlas Shrugged cover is passable, despite the fact that I loathe Ayn Rand with every fiber of my being.
For truly imaginative work you might consider Jinger Heaston's cover for my 'Corruption's Child' or Molly Courtright's for my 'Cruel Cuts' both available from Whiskey Creek Press, www.whiskeycreekpress.com
Mark: not all of them. Paradise Stories, a masterful work of short fiction, has original art on its cover, a beautiful painting done specifically for the book by Joshua Evans.
How many Stephenie Meyer fans are voting because they like the series and not because they think the covers are great? I mean, they work, sure, but, come on!Twilight
really not so special.
The real problem with this list is that you just get whatever cover of the book happens to show up under the "primary" listing; so for an older book with dozens or even hundreds of editions, you might well end up with a very unattractive cover showing on this website. I love the Richard Powers art on H.G. Wells "The Time Machine", and other Wells paperbacks published by Berkley from the 50s-70s, but those aren't what I see when I look up the books here.Which I suppose might be a partial explanation for why almost all of the books listed here are relatively new books that only have 1 or 2 different covers to choose from...
If you hate the "mass market" covers, which really don't dominate as much as Mark says (except maybe Twilight), then look further down the list. The covers with fewer votes usually represent the covers that really drew the reader in, instead of just books that were voted for because they're popular and have a lot of fans here who are voting.
I voted for the covers I chose because I think they suited and enhanced the book inside. AND that they were attractive artistically.
My votes go to Gravity's Rainbow and A Confederacy of Dunces. Almost every edition for these novels, including the first edition and more recent editions, have had a visually pleasing cover that prepares one for what's inside.
I can't even believe that Stephanie Meyer books are on this list.
love your picks {despite what mark says!}. except for stephenie meyer's books. i'm not a fan of the cover art on those.
who keeps voting for stephenie meyer and her boring stock-photo covers?
I'm adding many of the covers produced by my publisher, Echelon Press, including
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Mark wrote: "With all due respect, these are all hideous mass-market eyesores. The books themselves may be excellent, mind you, but mass market books are cheap and ugly by nature. For truly beautiful book-obj..."did you nominate any of these books to be on the list?
Nicole wrote: "I can't even believe that Stephanie Meyer books are on this list."they are on everylist
I chose books whose covers I liked... and would like to be able to comment/question other voters at to what their reason was for voting for certain books...
Damn. People on this site have taste for SHIT. You people probably have Thomas Kinkade paintings on your walls.
nope. I have Jim Warren, Achilleos, Luis Royo, Nene Thomas, Boris Vallejo Julie Bell, Christoph Vacher, Don Paresi, Susan Seddon Boulet, Joseph Michael Linsner, Amy Brown, John Jude Palencar and pictures of my family
I saw this list and got excited because I have a background in design and I have certainly judged and/or bought books based on their covers...That said, this list is pretty crappy.
I'm not declaring myself a "pro" or anything of the sort, but out of just the first 100 on this list, there were only 7 that I felt were good book covers.
Ah well.
thank you for the invite too peruse thru the art works!
I'm seeing books here that are voted on because of how popular they are. They don't belong because the covers are truly nothing special. A good example of this is Twilight. The cover is not outstanding. And it's really not a cover I'd expect o see on a list like this. There are other that also have so-so covers. #654 doesn't even have a cover showing.
I love the cover to CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL - I've read the book as well and the cover does the book justice...and vice versa.
The artist who did the cover and other illustrations on "The Little Black Fish" read the story three times, we very carefully selected each scene according to the importance of that particular event and how we wanted to emphasize and communicate to the young readers. The hero of this book, the little black fish, is not even on the cover, because of the very special and dynamic way this book ends, how the final message is conveyed and how it will impact the readers...
David wrote: "Damn. People on this site have taste for SHIT. You people probably have Thomas Kinkade paintings on your walls. "
LOL! I tend to agree with you about Thomas Kincade.
LOL! I tend to agree with you about Thomas Kincade.
This list needs to be scrapped and started over. A lot of the covers do not belong.
did people just vote for their favorite or the most popular books? There are a lot better books out there in the way of cover art.
buryuntime wrote: "did people just vote for their favorite or the most popular books? There are a lot better books out there in the way of cover art."Yes, it does seem that people voted for their favorite books regardless of the cover art. That is why this list is bogus and needs to be scrapped.
The top ten books in this list do not have anything special in terms of cover art. If any staff is reading this, please scrap this list.
stephenie meyer has the simplest covers
shame on you fangirls
shame on you fangirls
OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me.
Canary wrote: "Kode-dekka wrote: "OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me. "
AND YOU BORE ME! Get over it already!
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I'm sorry you feel this list is boring. For those of us who actually want the list to be correct, most of the books on this list don't belong on this list. This list has nothing to do with cover art, but the popularity of the books on the list. Basically, it's a fan wank.
JSWolf wrote: "Canary wrote: "Kode-dekka wrote: "OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me. "
AND YOU BORE ME! Get over it already!
"
I'm sor..."
Finally someone who understands, unfortunately I believe it may be impossible to reason with a twitard.
i admit i luv twilight and i voted for them. but the reason i actually started the series was because of the awesome covers!!!!!!!!
Lizzie wrote: "i admit i luv twilight and i voted for them. but the reason i actually started the series was because of the awesome covers!!!!!!!!"
I am totally impressed with the covers also! I actually bought Twilight due to the neverending quiz. I have a BA in Fine Art and I am influenced by book covers. My mother use to give me a very hard time about it. She liked to say I had silly decorator mentality, etc
Lizzie, we just have to ignore those who don't have the good taste we do! ;-)
I am totally impressed with the covers also! I actually bought Twilight due to the neverending quiz. I have a BA in Fine Art and I am influenced by book covers. My mother use to give me a very hard time about it. She liked to say I had silly decorator mentality, etc
Lizzie, we just have to ignore those who don't have the good taste we do! ;-)
Lizzie and Canary...You both now you voted for the Twilight series because you liked the books and not the covers. The covers are nothing special. This list is an abomination overall and those who voted for the nothing special covers (like those of the Twilight series) have ruined what could have been a rather nice list.
Could agree more JSWolf. It's one thing to like covers, but a book you like with covers you like doesn't make them the best covers. You don't even need to have read a book to vote for it in this quiz. Sorry, but the bland covers of Twilight being the best there is? I'm not buying it, just another example of a rabid fanbase destroying another list.
Travis, I agree 100%. What we need is a librarian to remove this list so it can be restarted and more librarians to police this list so the bland covers are not allowed to be voted on.
I think "Where the wild things are" has the best book cover hands down. I would encourage all who may have overlooked this classic to band together against travis's "abominations". If we act now the vampires need not yet win
The best idea is to delete this abomination of a list and start over and have a librarian monitor the list and any books that do not fit get removed before they get added.
JSWolf wrote: "Lizzie and Canary...You both now you voted for the Twilight series because you liked the books and not the covers. The covers are nothing special. This list is an abomination overall and those wh..."
Oh come on now. You know very well that this is all subjective. Who are you to say what I can and can't like? As it happens, I don't like the Twilight covers either, and I don't feel the need to bash those that do. Sure, some of the votes must be because of the popularity, so what. Big whoop I say.
Kody wrote: "JSWolf wrote: "Canary wrote: "Kode-dekka wrote: "OMG!!! a pair of hands holding an apple, that's gotta be the best cover ever. /sarcasmYou people disgust me. "
AND YOU BORE ME! Get over it alr..."
What do you think of the cover of Fawcetta...I'm an artist and I have to say...that is good illustration art...not just photographs of people...
I like book covers that you know people worked hard to produce it. When I see covers that are more photogrpahy than art...that sucks...to me illustration art is the best...because you know it was drawn up...
I do think photography on a covert can be good. But come on, the best covert art is not a pair of hands holding an apple.
I don't understand why so many people are obsessed by a series of books that is basically nothing more than "The Babysitters' Club" with added sparkly vampires. The covers are also very underwhelming.
I was going to start complaining about the awful picks here, but then I realized: it actually is a popularity contest! Should anyone really be surprised that some of the books most commonly read are those most commonly chosen?Which isn't to say that the covers of the Twilight books aren't boring as hell. But you can't expect the Book of Kells to make this list, or old editions of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, or the new Penguin edition of The Three Musketeers, or even the famous cover to The Great Gatsby, because many, many, many more people have read Twilight (alas).
The Hunger Games, The Twilight series, The Giver (awesome beard), The City of EMber, The Last Olympian, Uglies, and Graceling have the best cover art that I have read.
Adam has no idea what good cover art is.
that he has read, hes still young dude. he doesnt read books about drugs and high school afairs. hes only 14 man. i love the books he posted but i think hunger games and catching fire really catch my attention.
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