bad books
Noun
Meaning
bad books pl (plural only)
(figuratively, used with a possessive) Disfavor.
I’m afraid I’m in my boss’s bad books after showing up late for work four times last week.
Antonym: good books
Synonyms
Examples
Even bad books are books, and therefore sacred.
I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.
Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.
Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written.
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.