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Adventures of Captain Truly

July 22, 2026
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Adventures of Captain Truly

This would be bad enough if it had been released in 1998. But it came out this year.

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Your Typical Outlaw and Other Stories of the Old West

July 22, 2026
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Your Typical Outlaw and Other Stories of the Old West

No commentary would be adequate.

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Glacial Indifference Cruise (Cruising Through Midlife: Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries Book 5)

July 21, 2026
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Glacial Indifference Cruise (Cruising Through Midlife: Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries Book 5)

I don’t care if she is a New York Times bestseller. It’s a bad cover.

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Jesus Protects: 20-Week Devotional to a Bold Spirit based on David’s Life

July 21, 2026
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Jesus Protects: 20-Week Devotional to a Bold Spirit based on David’s Life

Yes, there’s a clever visual idea in here.  No, it’s not enough to compensate for the problems.

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Her Secret Odyssey: Josee’s Magical Adventure

July 21, 2026
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Her Secret Odyssey: Josee’s Magical Adventure

So it took seven years to get home on the school bus?

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The God Frequency The Saturn Deception

July 20, 2026
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The God Frequency The Saturn Deception

Congrats, you’ve found new ways to screw up an ebook cover.

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Wonky Honkey: Beulah

July 20, 2026
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Wonky Honkey: Beulah

This is apparently a story written by a grandfather, who let his granddaughters illustrate it, which would be fine except they decided to SELL IT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

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The Lousies Semifinals: May 2026!

July 20, 2026
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The fifth semifinal for 2026:

Vote your top (which is to say, bottom) three of these notably bad covers from May!

Because good (bad) work should be recognized.

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