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24 alternatives to Always Judge a Book By Its Cover

Odd books... some good, some bad. All a little strange.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Always Judge a Book By Its Cover launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Judgey▲74
Judge books by their covers
2015 · socoliveq.io · its alternatives →
2
Good Books▲716
Largest curated collection of 6,500+ book recommendations.
2020 · goodbooks.io · its alternatives →
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Weird Books to Read▲72
Try reading weird books for a change.
2024 · bizarrebookshelf.com · its alternatives →
4
Strange House Resources▲120
A curated collection of free design resources.
2017 · its alternatives →
5
Nonsense▲59
The power of not knowing
2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →
6
Winning Isn't Normal▲53
Meditations on the art of ass-kicking
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
The Art of Memes Vol. I▲112
If a coffee table art book and memes had a baby
2019 · its alternatives →
8
Misunderstood Monsters▲66
Perhaps monsters aren't scary. Maybe they're misunderstood!
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
New Reads▲74
Book discovery site that doesn't judge a book by its cover
2017 · its alternatives →
10
Brand Sense▲63
Sensory Secrets Behind the Stuff We Buy
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
It Doesn't Matter What You Look Like On The Outside▲66
Hilarious status updates from literary critics
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Fake Science 101▲60
A less-than-factual guide to our amazing world
2015 · fakescience.org · its alternatives →
13
My Books Rating▲66
Book ratings in a funny way!
2021 · its alternatives →
14
One Random Book▲90
Why not let us choose your next read?
2015 · its alternatives →
15
Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite▲72
Turning logic and common sense on its head
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Predictably Irrational▲96
The hidden forces that shape our decisions
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Bizarre Bookshelf▲5
The weird looking directory of weird books
2024 · bizarrebookshelf.com · its alternatives →
18
Who Gets What - And Why▲62
The hidden world of matchmaking and market design
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
The Bridge to Lucy Dunne▲64
The universe is weird. Existential short stories by Exurb1A
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Shitty Notebook▲61
Shitty notebooks for all your shitty ideas.
2016 · its alternatives →
21
App Review Guidelines: The Comic Book▲70
A comical form of the App Review Guidelines.
2016 · its alternatives →
22
Flip Book Fan▲54
A breezy little book
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy▲62
Interviews with the world's best comedians
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting▲68
Different aspects of human existence are magnified & reduced
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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