Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
I know we aren’t supposed to judge a book by its cover, but let’s be honest. We ALL do it. I’m especially guilty of walking around the library and browsing the shelves, then picking up various books that grab me specifically based on how pretty the cover is. I do read through the summary to see if it also sounds interesting, but a lot of the time it’s the cover that draws my attention. Here’s ten books that I absolutely picked because of how pretty the cover was. Fortunately, the story on the inside was just as good!
- Small Favors by Erin A. Craig
- House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
- Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep
- Hook by Gina L. Maxwell
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik
- This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
- Fable by Adrienne Young
- Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
- Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann
- The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
What about you? What book cover or title made you pick up the book?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
Great list! Kalynn Bayron knows for to pick a good title, doesn’t she? This is my TTT this week, half covers and half titles.
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She sure does, and her covers are always gorgeous too!
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Uprooted made my list too! (Different cover though :D) Love the cover for This Poison Heart as well.
My TTT.
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I remember seeing the cover for Uprooted and just having to grab the book!
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House of Hollow is also on my list! Small Favors should be there too haha!
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Those two are such gorgeous covers, and I love how they wound up being so representative of the story.
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So many pretty covers! Small Favors is my favorite, and I think that even if I didn’t already know the author it would’ve totally been a cover buy for me
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I completely agree, although I’m definitely partial to her as an author.
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Great list! I really like the cover of Uprooted.
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Thank you! That was one of my first impulse reads strictly because of the cover.
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I love the cover for This Poison Heart!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-titles-that-made-me-want-to-read-the-book/
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Me too – even if I didn’t already love the author’s style, that cover would have sold me on the book!
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That cover on Uprooted talked me into buying it…but I still haven’t read it.
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I read it pretty quickly because I picked it up at the library, but I loved it. I hope you give it a read!
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A great list of books! The cover for House of Hollow is so eye-catching. I have This Poison Heart on my TBR.
When you get the chance, I hope you check out my post: https://readbakecreate.com/15-book-covers-that-scream-summer/
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I hope you enjoy This Poison Heart, the story inside is just as great as the cover. I love when books are like that!
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I totally put books on my TBR based on the cover. I love to browse through the stacks of the library too.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday: https://mybookjar.com/blog/top-10-books-we-want-to-read-based-on-the-title/
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The library is one of my favorite places in the world! I actually wrote a post about why I love the library so much, but my local one does a great job of highlighting books with gorgeous covers, increasing my TBR exponentially.
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I love to browse the stacks of the library to find new books
Here is Top Ten Tuesday: https://mybookjar.com/blog/top-10-books-we-want-to-read-based-on-the-title/
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Me too – I think that’s why I have taken out way more books that I can read at the moment!
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I love the cover for This Poison Heart! My TTT
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It’s definitely one of my favorites this week!
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The last two books on your list are on my TBR. I’ll get to them someday…
Here’s my list this week.
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I hope you do!
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House of Hollow almost made my list too!
My TTT.
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Oooh, Fable is definitely a book that the cover made me interested in the book. I’d never even heard of the author. 🙂
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I’d heard of her but never read anything by her before. The covers for that duology are gorgeous side by side!
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Cool for the Summer caught my attention! Happy reading!
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I loved that cover, and the book was such a good read!
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I’m SO bad about cover buying but luckily it works out for me most of the time! Cool for the Summer and This Poison Heart both captured my attention – I’ll have to check them out!
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I always get sucked in by pretty covers at the library.
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Sigh. This is why I started reading romance novels and have not managed to escape. Lol.
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