With Their Backs to the Reader

Book covers showing persons not facing the reader but turning their backs. So what is being expressed here: A cold shoulder? Deceit? Loneliness? Shame? Guilt? Sexual allure? Or the exact opposite -- innocence and a complete absence of suspicion?

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899	Seven Years to Sin by Sylvia Day (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 21,277 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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906	The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 7,222 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
906	Bad Blood (Crimson Moon, #1) by L.A. Banks 3.80 avg rating — 2,819 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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925	Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) by Rae Carson 3.93 avg rating — 19,136 ratings score: 24, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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928	Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida 3.51 avg rating — 4,385 ratings score: 23, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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941	Anna's Book by Barbara Vine 3.92 avg rating — 4,710 ratings score: 16, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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