I've never picked a modern book by its cover because it's a facade that the author/publisher decorates to manipulate you into thinking something. The same appli

I've never picked a modern book by its cover because it's a facade that the author/publisher decorates to manipulate you into thinking something. The same applies to putting so much emphasis on looks, it just opens you up to being lied to. As the sibling comment identifies, you read reviews of trusted people or the masses.