# Paperback Paradise - Hilarious fake book covers (NSFW) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579 "2017-06-22T01:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/1 "2017-06-22T01:41:09Z")
[Paperback Paradise](http://twitter.com/paprbckparadise?lang=en) This is the funniest thing I’ve seen this year. They take obscure paperback books (mostly young adult, sci fi, and fantasy), and make hilarious fake titles for them. I laughed so hard I cried. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/2 "2017-06-22T01:58:11Z")
Those are all fantastic. For something similar, if not quite a bit more, um, _penisy_ at times, Google for the Liar Town USA tumblr. Another go-to when I need a major laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/3 "2017-06-22T04:00:37Z")
Persistence is rewarded with this link. Starts off slow, but gets pretty damn good! \* Pilgrim Tit\*, and _I’ll Shit Right In Your Goddamn Mouth_ had me rollin’! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/4 "2017-06-22T06:12:41Z")
I think I prefer _Dang it Sharon, I’m Busy_. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/5 "2017-06-22T07:17:32Z")
I got bored about 10 down. Maybe I just don’t find references to penises and the occasional bad word to be sufficiently outrageous to pass as humor on its own, and the titles didn’t seem to have much to do with the actual images they were attached to so there was nothing beyond that to laugh at. 1/10 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/6 "2017-06-22T13:56:40Z")
Protip: saying something outrageous does not automatically make it funny. And if you’re going to caption an image, make sure the caption actually has relevance to the image. To see this done right, take a look at [That is Priceless](http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/). I won’t say it’s uproariously funny, but it does actually make jokes that fit the image. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/7 "2017-06-22T14:10:48Z")
Hmm. Most of those don’t do anything for me. Does it say something about me that I was more interested in trying to recall the actual titles? _Gargoyle Girlfriend_ is really Robert E. Howard’s _Almuric_. And _Planet of the Testicles_ is really Edmund Hamilton’s _Crashing Suns_. I can’t identify the others. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/8 "2017-06-22T14:44:23Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Hmm. Most of those don’t do anything for me. > > Does it say something about me that I was more interested in trying to recall the actual titles? > > _Gargoyle Girlfriend_ is really Robert E. Howard’s _Almuric_. And _Planet of the Testicles_ is really Edmund Hamilton’s _Crashing Suns_. > > I can’t identify the others. _Suck My Dick God_ is [_Conquest Of Earth_ by Manly Banister](http://smg.photobucket.com/user/snowboarderbo/media/ConquestOfEarth.jpg.html?sort=3&o=57). And yeah, that’s _Almuric_. I didn’t look for too long but I did recognize those. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/9 "2017-06-22T14:53:32Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I think I prefer _Dang it Sharon, I’m Busy_. That’s about the only one that made me chuckle. Well, I kinda like _Fuck You, Mars_, for some reason, too. The connection with the image, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/10 "2017-06-22T14:59:54Z")
The Atomic Rockets site has oodles of old pulp covers that just beg for sarcastic titles. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/11 "2017-06-22T15:07:01Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > _Suck My Dick God_ is [_Conquest Of Earth_ by Manly Banister](http://smg.photobucket.com/user/snowboarderbo/media/ConquestOfEarth.jpg.html?sort=3&o=57). > > . “Manly Banister” ??? That sounds as if the Paperback Paradise people already got to it when it was published. Maybe they have a Time Machine. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/12 "2017-06-22T15:08:00Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > That’s about the only one that made me chuckle. Well, I kinda like _Fuck You, Mars_, for some reason, too. The connection with the image, I suppose. _Eat Cosmic Shit_ was chuckle-worthy, too. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/13 "2017-06-22T15:21:26Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > To see this done right, take a look at [That is Priceless](http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/). I won’t say it’s uproariously funny, but it does actually make jokes that fit the image. That dude is trying way too hard. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/14 "2017-06-22T16:19:10Z")
The best fake books covers are still [Mighty](http://mightygodking.com/2008/10/20/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits/) [God](http://mightygodking.com/2008/10/21/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-two/) [King](http://mightygodking.com/2008/11/03/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-the-last/)’s. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/15 "2017-06-22T17:49:32Z")
Not book covers, but I always liked this page: [http://www.debv.com/humorsigns.htm](http://www.debv.com/humorsigns.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/16 "2017-06-22T20:02:14Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > The best fake books covers are still [Mighty](http://mightygodking.com/2008/10/20/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits/) [God](http://mightygodking.com/2008/10/21/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-two/) [King](http://mightygodking.com/2008/11/03/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-the-last/)’s. “Sequel to _More Subplots_.” Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/17 "2017-06-23T00:50:00Z")
**[Grandpa, Tell Me Again About President Trump](https://twitter.com/paprbckparadise/status/796879999479316480)** is quite funny. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/18 "2017-06-24T22:15:12Z")
If you like putting new titles on old paperbacks to comment on them, you’ll probably like James Lileks’ comments on pulp SF covers: [http://lileks.com/misc/scifi/index.html](http://lileks.com/misc/scifi/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/19 "2017-06-24T23:09:27Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I can’t identify the others. _The Dick Ripper_ was Marion Zimmer Bradley’s _Star of Danger_. I had a copy with that cover a billion years ago. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579/20 "2017-06-27T02:28:42Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > The best fake books covers are still [Mighty](http://mightygodking.com/2008/10/20/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits/) [God](http://mightygodking.com/2008/10/21/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-two/) [King](http://mightygodking.com/2008/11/03/mgk-versus-his-adolescent-reading-habits-part-the-last/)’s. George R.R. Martin’s _Knights Who Say “Fuck”_ William Gibson: _Internet Culture Is All My Fault._ :D:D:D [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579.md?page=2)