23 - A book with something broken on the cover

[L Y N N]

I can only think of one right off the bat: The Bowl Is Already Broken: A Novel. I know there must be more!

What will you select for this prompt?

Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Brandon]

Star Trek: Engines of Destiny by Gene DeWeese (highy recommended)
Strike Me Down by Mindy Mejia (on my TBR)

[Jen]

Baby teeth

[Kelly Sj]

Mort by Terry Pratchett

[Claire]

I'm going with Poisoned on this one

[Betty]

The mass market paperback of Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce has a broken wine glass on the cover

[Ellie]

I thought this would be easier to find!

[Tania]

For a short read:
broken telephone -

Not seeing a lot to choose from at first glance of my TBR, I will have to keep looking.

[Amy J.]

Idk if these count as broken: a melting ice cream cone that looks like it's on the ground. and a strawberry with a bite out of it.

[Tania]

Found one!
broken fence -

[Melissa]

Does a torpedoed/exploded/sinking battleship count as being broken?

[Lauren]

Ellie wrote: "I thought this would be easier to find!

[bookcover:Even If We Bre..."

Oo, The Other Black Girl sounds great - thanks for sharing!

[Nadine in NY]

This is a difficult category. With all the mysteries I read I thought I'd easily find a book with a broken pair of eyeglasses or something.

The Other Black Girl looks good, but that's not the hardcover art, it looks like a special Kindle edition? (Why do publishers come up with different art when the book hasn't even been released yet???)

I'm not sure if these really qualify as "broken"
(there's rubble? or trash?)
does the popsicle count as broken?
that traffic pattern looks broken
the ferris wheel isn't running, maybe it's broken?
I'm not sure exactly what that is, looks like broken glass?
a bullet hole in a window definitely counts as broken
I dont' know what's going on there, maybe it's something broken?

[Leia]

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe--the letters are broken on the front cover

[Elsa]

[Drakeryn]

My first thought was

which was broken but has been mended, if that counts. (The image is a reference to the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold, with the philosophy that being broken and mended is part of the object's history rather than something to hide.)

[Dani]

People Like Her has a broken phone on the cover

[Ellie]

Nadine wrote: "The Other Black Girl looks good, but that's not the hardcover art, it looks like a special Kindle edition? (Why do publishers come up with different art when the book hasn't even been released yet???)"

Not a special edition, it's the final UK cover. The comb is unfortunately intact on the US one.

[Jennifer]

Yay! This has broken bones on the cover.

[Tammi]

The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia has a broken wish bone on the cover

[LindaLH]

do you think this is a "broken" book?

Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink

edit: a few more -
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner

[Rachel]

Would either of these two work? To me both have broken faces...


Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore


Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

[Booksinbklyn]

They wish they were us by Jessica Goodman

[Jennifer]

I’d say yes

Rachel wrote: "Would either of these two work? To me both have broken faces...


Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore


..."

[Rose]

This prompt was difficult for me - but I finally found a book on my TBR that has a broken cover. Also think it would fit for a book about a social injustice issue. Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

[Nadine in NY]

Goodreads list of "most anticipated books of December" includes:
with a broken fence.

[Janet]

The Leaf Reader by Emily Arsenault has a broken tea cup on the cover.

[Megan]

Pernille wrote: "Drakeryn wrote: "My first thought was

which was broken but has been mended, if that counts. (The image is a reference to the Japanese art of mending broken pottery..."

He's orgasming not crying lol

[Monica]

The Roxy Letters

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[SadieReadsAgain]

I think a house on fire is pretty broken...right?

[Britany]

Found a couple on my TBR:

[Susan]

- Robert Whitaker's Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

This edition of Peter Hoeg's Borderliners: https://www.amazon.com/Borderliners-N...

[Gina]

This prompt is hard! I found one for sure on my shelves:



Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami

And I guess this one also fits?



Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

[Eric]

For this one, I came upon American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land. It's the true story behind a series of fires in rural Virginia. The book cover shows a house destroyed by fire, with several broken items: windows, wooden boards, and shingles.



The culprit is identified early in the book; the book is more about how the perpetrator came to commit such crimes. The book dragged while discussing the area's history in Chapter 2, but I'm a few chapters in now and enjoying it.

[Alisia]

This is a broken window on the cover, right? Or is it tree branches? Plus, the title fits!

[Heather]

Alisia wrote: "This is a broken window on the cover, right? Or is it tree branches? Plus, the title fits!

"

I think it's both? I think it's tree branches seen through a broken window. This is a great book too!

[Jen K]

The new Reese pick would work:

[Chrissie]

I know nothing about this book, but I think it is my choice.

[Erika]

I'm still not sure what I'm going to read for this but both of these Marieke Nijkamp books have broken things on the cover (chalk and ice). I read "This is where it ends" a few years ago and I remember it being a quick read.

I'm still not sure what I'm going to read for this but

[L Y N N]

Drakeryn wrote: "My first thought was

which was broken but has been mended, if that counts. (The image is a reference to the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold, with ..."

That's so cool!

[Heather L]

Alisia wrote: "This is a broken window on the cover, right? Or is it tree branches? Plus, the title fits!

"

Looks like a view through a broken window pane to me, with a couple tree branches as well.

[Maggie]

Thoughts on whether this works? The definition of broken includes something fractured or damaged, reflected both on the cover, and in the content itself, which is literarily the remaining fragments of Sappho.

[Jenni]

Cell - Stephen King (broken cell phone)

American Gods - Neil Gaiman (broken hotel sign)

Hiroshima: The World's Bomb - Andrew J. Rotter (broken watch)

Four Past Midnight - Stephen King (broken clock)

Roadwork - Stephen King (broken road sign)

The Long Walk - Stephen King (broken yellow line)

Into The Wild - Jon Krakauer (broken bus)

Super Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt (broken melon)

[Jaena4]

I found this one WAAAAY down my tbr list:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

[Phat]

Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner
(broken face)

The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture
(broken terrestrial globe)

Every Note Played
(broken paper)

[Amy]

I will be reading The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James. The “No” in the “No Vacancy” neon lights is broken!

[Emma]

I'm struggling with this one as the UK covers tend to differ from the US ones and I don't want to but hardback. I think I may have to wait until the bookshops are open again and just go and have a browse to see what I can find.

[Emma]

Just thought of one for all fellow Agatha Christie fans - The mirror cracked from side to side.

[C.]

I’ve just finished Crooked House by Agatha Christie. I hadn’t heard of it before but it is one of my favourite AC reads. So glad I’m doing this challenge!

[Sheila]

I may go with .