Novel Book books are in a league of their own. They were published in Chicago from 1960 to the beginning of 1964 and included writers like George H. Smith, Connie Sellers, Bob Trailins, Orrie Hitt and even an appearance of Harlan Ellison in their last published book. Their writings may not have been much different from the many sleaze publishers that popped up in the 1960's, but their covers went one step beyond. I'm usually not a big fan of the 1960s sleaze books - many had similar and cheap looking covers. While Novel Book books do not have the usual GGA covers I collect, you gotta love 'em for their wild, over-the-top cover art and titles.

As usual, some of the covers were better than others, and since I don't have that many, I decided to put them all up. Perhaps, when I get more I will cull out some of the lesser efforts. The collector struggles between complete-ism and quality (such as it is with these!)

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	George H. Smith has become quite collectable and wrote several Novel Books including this one with a great cover. She seems to be enjoying this but who is that guy on the ground?
	Another of Smith's works in the Swamp Babes tradition. A number of Novel Books covers were a combination of photo and 'art', like this one. This was one of the few publishers that played around with this.
	Here's another great example of mixed media and one of my favorites.
	Near the end of their run, they did many all photo covers, but they are still interesting and unique.
	Merit Books were a sister publication of Novel Book books. They had a similar layout but the covers were much more conservative. Like Novel Book books, over time, they moved from painted covers to photo covers. I've added some below for a better comparison.

Here are a few more:

Here are some of those Merit books I promised:

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