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A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonBetrayed by P.C. CastTorment by Lauren KateJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
With Their Backs to the Reader
958 books — 222 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettCoraline by Neil GaimanHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Doors, Portals, Gates
511 books — 189 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWest with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
52 Book Club 2025: #34 - Direction In The Title
382 books — 108 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinTime Ninja by Andy SchoeppPoseur by Rachel MaudeSaving Luke by Steven Long MitchellRebirth by Steven Long Mitchell
Worst/ Most Boring/ Ugliest Covers.
171 books — 50 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLost in Your Arms by Christina Dodd
Books With Body Parts In The Titles.
278 books — 41 voters
The Alice Network by Kate QuinnLilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyThe Kommandant's Girl by Pam JenoffThe Atomic City Girls by Janet BeardThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Women From the Back
317 books — 30 voters

The 19th Wife by David EbershoffThe All-Night Sun by Diane ZinnaPromises to Keep by Ann TatlockMiss You Most of All by Elizabeth BassOut of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
Braids from the Back
79 books — 27 voters
The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis GravesThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenDigging to America by Anne TylerThe Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina HenríquezThe 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Back Head Close Ups
148 books — 27 voters

Bournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls by Danny WinterThe Last Secret of The Soul by Stephen P. SmithThe Map of Lost Memories by Kim FayThe Yard by Alex GrecianThornwood House by Anna Romer
Walking Away
85 books — 17 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindSacred Hearts by Sarah DunantThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonCat’s Eye by Margaret AtwoodHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best Books Focused On Body Parts
149 books — 10 voters

The Annotated Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienPaperbacks from Hell by Grady HendrixSin-a-Rama by Adam ParfreyThe Movie Tie-In Book by Moe WadleHip Pocket Sleaze by John Harrison
The Countless "Backs" Of Sad Readers
355 books — 10 voters
Sleeping with Santa by Debra DruzyEvermore by Alyson NoelEnshadowed by Kelly CreaghThe Ghost and the Goth by Stacey KadeDark Heart Rising by Lee Monroe
Books where they are going to get their man/women back!
29 books — 9 voters

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerBeware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn MeyerThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryInnocent Traitor by Alison Weir
All alone
143 books — 7 voters
Like Flames in the Night by Connilyn CossetteCleopatra by Stacy SchiffThe Fountains of Silence by Ruta SepetysOn a Cold Dark Sea by Elizabeth BlackwellMiller's Valley by Anna Quindlen
Female Faces Turned Away
42 books — 7 voters

Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope OsborneDeep Wizardry by Diane DuaneBlizzard of the Blue Moon by Mary Pope OsborneThe Aware by Glenda LarkeJani and the Greater Game by Eric Brown
Riding on a land or water creature (covers)
98 books — 5 voters
Lola's Secret by Alice V.L.ZALINA by Lexy V. GoldenLike Gravity by Julie JohnsonTrue by Gwendolyn GraceRook and Shadow by A.G. Marshall
Same Pose, Different Books
39 books — 3 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn KeeneUnnatural Habits by Kerry GreenwoodThe Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
The 52 Book Club's Mystery Genre Challenge - #19 A Detective On The Cover
11 books — 3 voters
The Geography of Girlhood by Kirsten "Kiwi" SmithFatal Distraction by Emmi FredericksTomorrowland by Michael CartThe Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy SchumerGrave Markings by Michael A. Arnzen
Title Written on Skin
16 books — 1 voter

Bitter Sweet by Hattie WilliamsThe Piano Tuner by Chiang-Sheng KuoThe Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis GravesSlanting Towards the Sea by Lidija HiljeThe Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Hair Buns
35 books — 1 voter

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