2015: The Ugly

Time for the dubious awards of Ugliest Books I read this year. It should come as no surprise that this year’s winner is:

The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump

The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump

Nothing is uglier than a picture of Donald Trump, 80s style lol. Unless maybe it’s Donald Trump 2015. The rest:

101 Things You Need to Know and Some You Don't by Richard Horne

101 Things You Need to Know and Some You Don’t by Richard Horne

Boring

The Frazzled Female by Cindi Wood

The Frazzled Female by Cindi Wood

OMG I’m so frazzled, I’m trying to talk on two different phones while doing the dishes and holding random toys. WOMEN

Gender Blender by Blake Nelson

Gender Blender by Blake Nelson

I get what this cover is trying to do, but the color scheme is all wrong.

Love and Miss Communication by Elyssa Friedland

Love and Miss Communication by Elyssa Friedland

Boring AND misleading

Here's the Situation: A Guide to Creeping on Chicks, Avoiding Grenades, and Getting in Your GTL on the Jersey Shore "by" Mike Sorrentino

Here’s the Situation: A Guide to Creeping on Chicks, Avoiding Grenades, and Getting in Your GTL on the Jersey Shore “by” Mike Sorrentino

Oh god, do I even have to say

Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

I actually liked this book, a family saga set in a remote seaside town. But the cover is doing nothing for me.

Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice

Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice

So much vampire iconography to choose from, and they go with this boring, terribly-colored thing

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Boring

The O'Reilly Factor for Kids by Bill O'Reilly

The O’Reilly Factor for Kids by Bill O’Reilly

Has Bill O’Reilly on it

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

Boring and bad color scheme

The Atlas of Languages

The Atlas of Languages

Boring

Things I Have to Tell you: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls ed. Betsy Franco

Things I Have to Tell you: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls ed. Betsy Franco

This cover doesn’t stand out at all. Even if it was color instead of black and white it would be more appealing.

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

Boring

Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circles 1910-1939

Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circles 1910-1939

So boring

Previously: 2015 The Bad, 2014 The Ugly
Next: Bonus Post: 2015 The Pretty

2 responses to “2015: The Ugly”

  1. Oh god how did I forget that there’s an O’Reilly Factor FOR KIDS

  2. Well-Beered Englishman says:

    1. You don’t like The Situation’s abs??

    2. How was the Rebecca Solnit book? I am on the hunt for more of her writing.

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