Do you judge a book by its cover sometimes! It's hard not to! We at the Hirsh leisure lounge have assembled some books with objectively boring covers for you to take another look at and to look beyond the cover. We at the library have pulled a selection of books with covers that are silly, boring, or just plain bad. Try to focus on the contents and not the cover as you stop by and take another look at:
All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage (a mysterious crime shocks a small town and uncovers unsettling family secrets)
The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe (a woman attending Vassar college in the late 1800s must decide if her education is worth hiding who she truly is)
Gone by Mo Hayder (two detectives on the trail of a serial carjacker must face their own demons in order to solve the crimes)
The Kingdom by Jo Nesbo (two brothers come into conflict over a real estate development and a small town's shocking secrets)
Beloved by Toni Morrison (a woman is haunted by the loss of a child and the legacy of slavery)
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (two families in post-war London struggle to survive and thrive)
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (a man returns home to Newfoundland to reckon with his wife's infidelity)
4321 by Paul Auster ( a sweeping family saga focused on the youngest child, Archie, and the trials and tribulations of his life)
None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio (an intersex teen wrestles with identity and her place in the world)
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (a group of terrorists take the guests of a lavish birthday party hostage)
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus (a young woman working as a nanny for a wealthy family finds herself entangled in their world)
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (a young investment banker is drawn into an investigation after his involvement in a freak accident)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (a teenager wrestles with depression and the difficulties of growing up)
A Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin (a mechanic trying to rob a mansion finds himself drawn into a romance with the daughter of the owner)
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (a series of interwoven stories set in India)
Pelican Brief by John Grisham (a law student investigates the assassinations of two separate Supreme Court justices)
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith (a renter discovers some interesting secrets about her landlord)
So stop on by the Leisure Lounge and give a book another chance!