#paperback cover

[miamaimania]

Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 — Ballantine Books paperback cover illustration

[browsethestacksofficial]

Vintage Paperback - Paingod And Other Delusions by Harlan Ellison

Pyramid Books (1965)

[browsethestacksofficial]

Gothic Romance Paperback Cover

Unknown Artist

c.1970's

A blonde woman in a negligee runs away from the cozy-looking mansion in the background. From the "women running from houses" genre of Gothic Romance novels. Produced in Gouache on Illustration board.

[tyanis]

Help me pick the order I read these paperbacks based only on their covers.

We're judging books by their covers, folks! Basically, I went to the thrift store today and grabbed a bunch of paperbacks that looked... interesting. I plan on reading all of them but can't decide where to start and I want to go in relatively blind. So I'll leave it up to you. All I ask is that you do not look up any reviews or plot synopsis on those that you are unfamiliar with. We're going off vibes only. And if you are familiar with one or more books... don't vote for them. The more votes a book gets the sooner I'll read it.

Now, observe the covers and then pick the one that calls to you!

Pick a book!

Dark is the Sun

Crystal Singer

Dhampir

Windmaster's Bane

The Asylum

Valor's Choice

Triad

Players at the Game of People

The Thief of Kalimar

See results.

Voting ended onJun 28

And I'm sure there's bound to be a problematic author or problematic subject matter in any of these. But whatever. They didn't get my money.

[pulp-retro-pin-ups]

Morgan Kane (American, b. 1916) - Hot to Trot, John Lahr, 1975

[transistoradio]

Alan Garner, ELIDOR (Del Rey / Ballantine, 1981), with cover art by Laurence Schwinger.

[transistoradio]

Alan Garner, THE OWL SERVICE (Del Rey / Ballantine, 1981), with cover art by Laurence Schwinger.

[bloodybosom]