Do you ever judge a book by it's cover?

[Henrytbab]

I've done that before but I realized I should probably not be doing that.

[Yearly Joy Besoy]

No. My first requirement in choosing a bok is the title rhen the summary of rhe book. I only look at the book cover after I'm halfway reading the book. That is to check if the book cover is relevant to the content of the book.

[readsbyarun]

I generally won't judge the book completely over the cover. But the cover always provides a first impression about the books. Hence I always prefer authors chose the best cover pages for the books.

[Essywa]

Yes sometimes I do judge.

[Bigwig1973]

When I was a little girl, that is how I picked books. If a book had an animal on its cover, then I figured it was worth reading. I don't think I ever ran across a book I didn't like using that method. The most uncharacteristic book chosen in that manner for me was John Steinbeck's The Red Pony; it didn't fit into the norm. Now I rarely ever judge a book by its cover, even knowing the genres of many different writers doesn't really guarantee much about the story. Some writers do well in so many different genres.

[MrsTurner2013]

A good cover always piques my interest but it is not what makes me want to read it. I always read the summary on the back and sometimes the first page or so before I decide. There is so much that makes a good book that I cannot judge it by just it's cover.

[Matlhodi Nozwayo]

Yes, the cover can easily captivate me and I could be the reason I choose that specific book over another. I have judged the content of many books by the cover and I can say I judge correctly 90% of the time.

[Stephanie Kanu]

A book with a pretty cover sure gets my attention. But I wouldn't read it just because of that. I pick books based on the summary. Does this story sound like something I'd enjoy? If the question isn't answered to my satisfaction then the book cover can't convince me either.

[Oluwatosin Balogun]

No, I don't. Although a beautiful cover attracts me, I read the summary or reviews of a book before going for a book.

[stylesreview]

Nope. A good cover might cause me to pick up the book, but if the opening chapter / prologue is not good, then I'll close it and move on to the next one.

[LS Daniyal]

Yes and no. I would pick a book based on its cover, but its summary is the deciding factor for me. If the summary seems promising then yes, if not I'll drop it.

However, I don't think I'd pick the book in the first place if it had a bad cover.

[Arianne Joy Melendres]

I won't read a book simply for its cover, but the covers catch my attention first so those are the ones I tend to get anyway. Thankfully, I end up enjoying most of the books I get anyway.

[Emidio Inocencio]

I want to say no, but I have to say I do. But I won't buy the book just buy the cover, if it has a nice blurb and seems like a book I'd enjoy, then I'd buy it. I wouldn't just buy it because it looks pretty.

That's is my case too. Sometimes I don't judge the books by their covers and other times I do judge them by their cover.

[Kayla Archer]

Sadly, yes. Some of the covers on this site seem cheesy to me, but after reading the reviews, I find that I’ve done it again: I’ve judged incorrectly and almost missed out on a great novel because of a poorly chosen picture.

[Christine Tamuno]

Yes I judge almost every book by its cover. I just can't help it