Jen's 2024 List of Nonfiction Books with UGLY Covers

[Jennifer, Moderator]

This list will change because some of it will get read this year.

*******Finished 11/26/2024*******

How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth -- Finished

Final Chapters: How Famous Authors Died-- Finished

The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century****Finished****

A Life in Movies: Stories from 50 years in Hollywood****Finished****

Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR-- Finished

Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas****Finished****

Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives-- Finished

Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar****Finished****

The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History-- Finished

Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman ****Finished****

Liar's Poker****Finished****

Pandora's Box: How Guts, Guile, and Greed Upended TV-- Finished

Fat Funeral: The Scientific Approach to Weight Loss-- Finished

Scandal: A Manual-- Finished

Gangland New York: The Places and Faces of Mob History-- Finished

Mickey Cohen: The Life and Crimes of L.A.’s Notorious Mobster****Finished****

[Bill, Moderator]

Looking forward to seeing your list.

[Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator]

Not the Ugly Cover edition!?? 🤣🤣

[Jennifer, Moderator]

I'm of the opinion that much of the time the biggest obstacle to a nonfiction book getting published is they can't get the cover quite ugly enough. Plus I run a challenge called "ugly once a month (pretty the rest of the time)" so I'm always on the lookout for the skugly, the fugly, and the butt-ugly.

[Bill, Moderator]

I haven't read any of these.. Now to check them out.

[Ioana]

Interesting list, I've only read Liar's Poker and while I don't think it was Michael Lewis's best, it was still very good. Can't wait to see what you think of the other ones. Happy reading!

[Martha]

Love your theme! I don't read enough NF so I'll be checking out what you think of these.

[Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator]

Jennifer wrote: "I'm of the opinion that much of the time the biggest obstacle to a nonfiction book getting published is they can't get the cover quite ugly enough. Plus I run a challenge called "ugly once a month ..."

That's fabulous!!! 😂😂😂

[Alissa]

This may be the funniest title I have ever seen lol

[Jennifer, Moderator]

lol Alissa!

[Michelle]

Fun list! And you are right they all do have ugly covers. Best of luck!

[Lea]

I love this list, and the title to this list. I haven't read any of the books on here, but I want to. I think Lethal Passage is my last book by Larson, so I keep trying to squeeze it onto a list, but other books have been line butting ahead of it for so long! Here's hoping that judging a book by its cover is a mistake...at least for these choices. :-)

[Jackie]

The only one I have read is Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar. Interesting and logical ways to help level your blood sugar by the order in which you eat your food. Good luck with your list.

[Lillie]

Love the variety on the list and those covers, oh boy! Good luck on the challenge

[Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator]

Congratulations, Jennifer!!! Woot!! Talking about "moving in silence".... 😂

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Which ones were your faves and do you recommend any??