Awful Library Books

  • Better By Microwave

    Better By Microwave

    Better By Microwave Longbotham and Simmons 1990 Submitter: I am submitting this 1990 microwave cook book I found on the shelf of my local public library. I love when I find traces of attempted dishes on the pages of the cookbooks. I wonder if Clams with Black Bean Sauces in…

  • Lift that Face

    Lift that Face

    Plastic surgery What You Need to Know- Before, During and After Marfuggi 1998 Last time I was at the dermatologists office, I saw so many before and after examples of fillers or other treatments. Most of these treatments, I had never heard of. Sadly, I couldn’t really tell the difference.…

  • Daddy’s on Saturdays

    Daddy’s on Saturdays

    At Daddy’s on Saturdays Girard 1987 Submitter: Truly awful book, weeded out of the [Public Library] collection and finally just weeded out of our used-book sale. The dated illustrations would be enough, but the sexist text just adds spice. Holly: I’ve seen worse (exhibits A and B), but this is definitely…

  • Magic Words and Numbers

    Magic Words and Numbers

    Magic, Words, and Numbers Series: A New Library of the Supernatural Holroyd 1975 Submitter: Things no one will say: Who cares if this book is old and hideous? The public must have it! It’s full of helpful advice that anybody can follow. Do you need money? Just pluck a hair…

  • Southern Plantation Cooking

    Southern Plantation Cooking

    Southern Plantation Cooking Gunderson 2000 Submitter: I recently came across Southern Plantation Cooking in my high school library’s cookbook section. It’s part of a series that includes titles called Civil War Cooking: The Confederacy, Civil War Cooking: The Union, and Cooking on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. [Read on for more] Holly: This was published…

  • Rap your way to breast health

    Rap your way to breast health

    Coping: A Young Woman’s Guide to Breast Cancer Prevention Eisenpreis 1996 Do young women need information on breast cancer? Most definitely. This is weed worthy because of the age. Medical and science info is always suspect after 5-10 years. Nearly 30 years is ridiculous. Also the image for the cover…