Awful Library Books

  • Fiction Friday: Night Club Nurse

    Fiction Friday: Night Club Nurse

    Night Club Nurse Dana 1965 Submitter: I know sometimes you gals feature donations and couldn’t resist sharing this one. It was in one of six boxes of books and VHS tapes donated to us last night. The title and plot were so silly I couldn’t resist snagging it to submit…

  • Good Clean Fun – Soap Carving!

    Good Clean Fun – Soap Carving!

    Soap Sculpture Gaba 1969 Submitter: Okay, first off, I always thought soap-carving was something of a joke–something that you hear about, but in which nobody ever actually engaged.  I think the only real reference to soap-carving I ever saw was a “Peanuts” cartoon where Linus was describing to Charlie Brown…

  • A Year of Awful: Best of 2011

    A Year of Awful: Best of 2011

    It is that time of year when we share the best of 2011.  These top posts are the ones that got us the most comments or just happen to tickle us the most.  By all means please share your favorites with us. Make a resolution for 2012 to weed and…

  • Be Bold with Bananas

    Be Bold with Bananas

    Be Bold with Bananas Banana Control Board 1970 Credit goes to Book Riot for bringing this little gem to our attention. Also, my friend Brian, who sent me that link. I verified library holdings just to be sure it is an awful “library” book and not just a weird book…and…

  • Touched

    Touched

    Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story Sandusky with Richeal 2000 Submitter: Hello, I’m a librarian in [NY] and a huge college football fan.  Shortly after the sex abuse scandal at Penn State I decided to look on amazon and in our library catalog to see if we had anything by or…

  • Let’s Play Indians

    Let’s Play Indians

    Let’s Be Indians Parish 1962 This book is still in reasonable shape given its age, although it probably hasn’t been touched since I snagged it for this website. Maybe it slipped through the cracks on weeding since the call number on the spine was wrong.  (Weak excuse, but I will…