Our Biggest Book Icks – A World In Pages

After seeing this trend all over our TikTok, we thought we would collate a list of some of our biggest bookish icks.

Real people on book covers

Examples: Daisy Jones & The Six, City of Bones, A Little Life, The Selection

Long, long, long chapters

Examples: The Secret History, Lord of the Rings, It, Jane Eyre

Inconsistent appearance of a series

Examples: Alex Rider, Lunar Chronicles, Mickey Bolitar Series, ACOTAR

Names you don’t know how to pronounce

Examples: Into The Crooked Place, Five Midnights, The Kingkiller Chronicles

Movie Covers

Examples: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Percy Jackson Series, Twilight, The Great Gatsby

Beautiful Sleeves, Boring Nakedness

Example: The Eve Illusion

‘Not like other girls’ protagonist

Examples: Throne of Glass, A Deadly Education, Cruel Prince

Long awaited series completion

Examples: A Song of Ice and Fire, The Kingkiller Chronicles, Ninth House

Honourable Mentions