# A book to hide stuff in. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842 "2018-05-09T04:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/1 "2018-05-09T04:17:01Z")
As the title says, you want a hardcover book to go with all the others in your bookcase. Because you want to hide something in it you do not want anyone to take it off the shelf and try to read it. So, what would the title of your book be? Adventures In Accounting ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/2 "2018-05-09T04:24:08Z")
The Case of The Pigeon Pot Pie. A Hollow Book Mystery Nothing like hiding in plain sight. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/3 "2018-05-09T04:24:20Z")
ā€˜My lifeā€™ by Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/4 "2018-05-09T04:38:42Z")
I actually bought a book like this once when I was a kid. It was called ā€œTake This Book, Pleaseā€. The first 20 pages or so had Henny Youngman jokes and the rest was hollow. šŸ˜ƒ Not sure if the title is a huge fail or an epic win. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/5 "2018-05-09T04:41:48Z")
Telemarketing 101. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/6 "2018-05-09T04:42:44Z")
Iā€™m surprised The bible wasnā€™t in the first 5. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/7 "2018-05-09T04:52:49Z")
The Big Book of Physically Trasmitted Infectious Diseases, everything from AIDS to ZIKA, samples included. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/8 "2018-05-09T04:58:32Z")
Iā€™m fairly confident that less than 1% of parenting books printed are ever read, much less for random entertainment by strangers, so something along the lines of _Guide to Newborn Parenting & Development_. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/9 "2018-05-09T05:04:56Z")
My college roommate kept a naked picture of his girlfriend in a paperback copy of _Ivanhoe_. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/10 "2018-05-09T05:07:42Z")
Iā€™ve a ho ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/11 "2018-05-09T05:16:12Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Iā€™m surprised The bible wasnā€™t in the first 5. I was thinling more along the lines of ā€˜The book of Mormonā€™. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/12 "2018-05-09T05:16:58Z")
Well the one I actually made as a kid was some goofy compilation of ghostly mystery short stories. I think it found the balance between ā€œno one wants to read thatā€ and ā€œwhy is this even on his bookshelf?ā€. Also, the other books I was willing to destroy were soft cover. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/13 "2018-05-09T05:20:59Z")
_Crocheting Made Easy_ ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/14 "2018-05-09T05:28:16Z")
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/15 "2018-05-09T05:31:49Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald šŸ˜• Thatā€™s a great book. Iā€™d be picking up that one. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/16 "2018-05-09T05:36:07Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > The Big Book of Physically Trasmitted Infectious Diseases, > everything from AIDS to ZIKA, samples included. I would absolutely pick that up, even if I knew it would scar me. I wouldnā€™t be able to stop myself. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/17 "2018-05-09T05:40:38Z")
_Middle English Verse Romances_ No one is picking that up. _Ancient Semitic Civilizations_ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/18 "2018-05-09T05:42:59Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > _Middle English Verse Romances_ > > No one is picking that up. > > _Ancient Semitic Civilizations_ Iā€™d be on that second one. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/19 "2018-05-09T06:32:23Z")
ā€œTrumpā€™s Greatest Tweets Vol. 2ā€ ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842/20 "2018-05-09T07:34:39Z")
The Mathematics of Financial Derivatives. Not exactly bedtime reading, even for a quant. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-to-hide-stuff-in/813842.md?page=2)