Book most frequently gotten rid of at used book stores?

[undeterred]

I think it might be Bill Clinton's My Life. I saw it 5 times in one store, 3 different sections. Sorry, Bill, its too long.

[LeftyMom]

1. Atkins diet books, and anything that was an Oprah's book club selection. nt

[begin_within]

21. She did select "East of Eden" though.

[Cabcere]

2. That's not what Monica said - oh.

:evilgrin: :hide: Sorry. One of these days I'm going to grow up, really. :eyes:

[Liberal Veteran]

3. That Sword of Truth Series around book 5 when it when all Ayn Rand.

[jobycom]

4. I imagine Barnes and Noble was dumping that one at half priced stores.

Geeze, what a tank job by an otherwise interesting, though barely literate, storyteller. It wasn't his politics that stopped me from reading, it was the death of his story. His hero by about book 6 had turned into the villain from book one, and the author didn't seem to even realize it.

[TZ]

5. Definitely

It was such a great series at first! I got pissed when I realized he made the bad guys in one book thinly veiled Bill and Hillary Clinton.....and then basically villainizing all the anti-war people...ugh.:banghead:

[Chovexani]

24. LOL!

It's a good thing my subconscious didn't allow me to get through the first book. I've heard absolute horrors about the directions it went. It says something that my crazy redneck ex LOVED those books.

Believe me, I tried to get through Book 1. But nothing will jar me out of a Ye Olde High Fantasye novel like a main character named...Richard.

I'm REALLY picky about names in my fantasy novels, what can I say?

[Sugar Smack]

6. I see a lot of Bret Easton Ellis titles there,

There's a sad, sad, SAD (but huge) selection of psychobabble books from the seventies, feel-good vibes books for key-party-goers, instruction manuals on hooking up with people (light incense and give your man a lubricious massage with strongly-scented oil). Sexy cookbooks.

[Richardo]

7. What section are you frequenting, Sugie?

BTW: "lubricious" :rofl: :loveya: :rofl:

[Sugar Smack]

9. YOU pop up and BUST me every time!!11!1!

:rofl: All I happen to be doing is I happen to stroll past a shelf which happens to display these books turned outward/not spines, which happen to feature erotic ways to pour cereal/fix a pipe/clean the lint trap, on my way to the more profound books. You know, histories & books about words & whatnot. Oh, also-:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

What about you? Fess up, boyo!

[Richardo]

12. You'll find me perusing the fiction section idly looking for those books by 'Anonymous'

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=blue+moon&ATH=Anonymous&SZE=10

...on my way to, you know, histories & books about words & whatnot. :D

[Sugar Smack]

13. You do classy-up this joint, mister!

Can I interest you in a vintage copy of "I'm OK, You're 'Iffy'"? :P *lol*

[KamaAina]

8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

:P

[XemaSab]

10. The Left Behind series

:puke:

[Liberal Veteran]

14. Ugh. I made it through two chapters of that book and tossed it in disgust.

I like apocalyptic fiction, but that was just so poorly written and shallow I couldn't stand it.

Compared to The Stand, it was worse than a Jack Chick tract.

[stuntcat]

15. People are psycho

super-religious people are OUT of their minds. One time I sat next to a Left Behind nut on a long plane ride.. a very very long plane ride.. I think she thought she had me convinced by the end :eyes:

[Broken_Hero]

27. Ditto, you beat me to it....nt

[fudge stripe cookays]

11. Grisham shit like "the Firm"

It's always in the bargain bins and multiple copies up front because they got so many bought back.

[Orrex]

16. I see a lot of Tom Clancy stuff in the bargain bins, too

You get what you pay for, I supppose.

[Initech]

17. Treason by Coultergeist

[Brigid]

18. How about anything by Anne Coultergeist?

I don't know why that woman isn't in a looney bin somewhere.

[Initech]

26. She should be.

It's like Bill Hicks says - anyone that far to the right is hiding a deep, dark secret.

[racaulk]

31. That was my first thought too.

Anything written by her should be burned.

[China_cat]

19. Book most frequently seen at thrift stores?

The bible.

Around here the used book stores are inundated with copies of the 'Left Behind' series.

[demmiblue]

20. Anything with Fabio on the cover?!

:P

[annonymous]

22. I see lots of historical romances at the thrift store.

The most common title I come upon in thrift stores has to be What to Expect When You're Expecting. The most common authors I see are Danielle Steele, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Jude Devereux and Kathleen Woodiwiss.

[mitchum]

23. Conrad Hilton's "Be My Guest"...

I spend lots of time book grubbing, and that is the title that I see most often.
Other top spotters:
Jonathan Kellerman
Michael Connely
Stephen King
and a lot of that Left Behind nonsense

[bertha katzenengel]

25. Any Danielle Steele. I see more of those than anything. n/t

[youthere]

28. Harlequin Romances

[Chan790]

29. The real answer, if anybody cares, is the Bible.

So much so that many used book stores will not accept them most of the time because they've already got 30-50 copies. I used to work in a used book store and I thought we got so many copies because we were near a catholic school.

I went on to work for a literacy organization and ran our book donation program...guess what the most donated book was. Shame was that we couldn't accept them (or any materials of a religious nature or bent.), so they went into the dumpster. I used to save the nicer ones and give them to Catholic Charities.

[Greyskye]

30. Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard

That's gotta be near the top of the list!

[racaulk]

32. "Now It's My Turn" by Mary Cheney

:rofl:

On edit: A whole lot of people are selling used copies for $0.01 at Amazon. So once again: :rofl:

[Hand]

33. From George Orwell's "Burmese Days"

The book-wallah was an itinerant peddler of books who wandered from
station to station throughout Upper Burma. His system of exchange
was that for any book in his bundle you gave him four annas, and
any other book. Not quite ANY book, however, for the book-wallah,
though analphabetic, had learned to recognize and refuse a Bible.

"No, sahib," he would say plaintively, "no. This book (he would
turn it over disapprovingly in his flat brown hands) this book with
a black cover and gold letters--this one I cannot take. I know not
how it is, but all sahibs are offering me this book, and none are
taking it. What can it be that is in this black book? Some evil,
undoubtedly."

:rofl: :applause:

[Hand]

34. Siddhartha was a big one once.

I worked for a while at Trident Books in Boulder, CO. We had five copies of the damn thing gathering dust on the shelves and I had to decline at least two a week. :boring: