9 Of The Worst Library Books

Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner
Aug 3, 2010

Every library has them: titles in the collection that we stumble upon and think, "What is this doing here?" "Weeding" is where librarians take a close look at our collections and remove items that are past their prime. They are outdated, irrelevant, or just plain funny. AwfulLibraryBooks is a collection of the worst of library holdings. The authors collect the discards of their colleagues around the world and post them (anonymously, of course). The point is to have fun, laugh, and celebrate the time and place when these old, obscure books were popular.

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1. The complete book of ethnic humor by Larry Wilde

2. Sex lives of animals without back bones by Haig H. Najarian

3. Hot lines: the letters I get... and write! by Burt Reynolds

4. Hawaii (Hello USA series) by Joyce Johnston

5. Makeup for fun by Parmentier Bulles

6. Beyond basic dog training by Diane L. Bauman

7. Canada: young giant of the North by Adelaide Leitch

8. Holidays and festivals: new year by Alan Blackwood

9. Man and the motor car by Center for Safety Education

See the book covers here.