Awful Library Books

  • Leave No Trace

    Leave No Trace

    How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art 3rd Edition Meyer 2011 Submitter: Recently weeded from my small rural public library. I did not weed because of content or even because of the title, but really because of lack of circs and we’re starting…

  • Governing the Prairie State

    Governing the Prairie State

    The Illinois Governers: Mostly Good and Competent Revised and Updated by Pensoneau and Boyer Long By Howard 2007 Submitter: I don’t know if anyone outside of Illinois will find this as funny as I do. The subtitle is really what did me in. This was written during Blagojevich’s administration, but…

  • Al Franken

    Al Franken

    Al Franken: Giant of the Senate Franken 2017 Submitter: So, I was making a delivery of intra-network media transfers to a local college library the other day, and as I was waiting for the right person to accept the delivery and fetch my pick-up, my eyes scanned the shelves, just…

  • Homemaking as a religious experience

    Homemaking as a religious experience

    Beautiful Homemaking Johnson 1961 This book is some Christian based cleaning and cooking help. Evidently, the way to heaven is a tidy home and some decent meals. Fine. A lot of folks take homemaking seriously. More power to you.

  • Doctor knows best!

    Doctor knows best!

    Expectant Motherhood Eastman and Russell 1970 Obviously this is a slam dunk as far as weeding goes. Not only is it outdated but the condescending advice is ridiculous. There is an admonition against taking advice from your bridge club and only talk to the doctor. My particular favorite piece of…

  • Those Were the Days

    Those Were the Days

    The TV Theme Song Sing-Along Songbook Javna 1984 Submitter: Here’s a blast from the past! What’s crazy is that the public library this book came from was recently rebuilt/added onto and every book was re-shelved. You’d think someone would have noticed this?