One of the greatest gems in my city is a place called The Book Thing of Baltimore. Stacks and stacks of donated books are available for free. The only catch: the tomes you take with you are stamped "not for resale."
Their website now hosts two lists. The first is a survey of unusual titles from actual books that have been donated.
14 Strangest Titles
Alien Abductees Handbook
How to Enjoy Sex while Conscious
Handbook of Underwater Acoustics
How to Read a Book
Psychological Effects Preventing Nuclear War
Population Control through Nuclear Pollution
How to Make a Moron
Headhunting in the Solomon Islands
Elephants in pink Tutus
The Screwing of the Average Man
1978 Oahu Bus Schedule
Advice from a Failure
Suture Self
Superfluous Hair and Its Removal
The second is a compilation of most frequently donated books (which suggests a lot of people are trying to figure out their careers and that Iacocca did not inspire them in that search)
10 Most Donated Books
Iacocca
Passages
Megatrends
What Color is Your Parachute
Future Shock
Silent Passage
Readers Digest Condensed Books
Harlequins
Iacocca (they really mean it: he's on the list twice)
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