# Boring hardcovers? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-hardcovers/560769 "2010-11-15T19:59:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-hardcovers/560769/21 "2010-11-16T05:38:46Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I looked at the Amazon listing for the book, and people who looked at that book looked at some other, um, interesting items. Well, my old copy of The Ancient Art of Strangulation _is_ all dog-eared… ---
**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:** [November 16, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-hardcovers/560769/22 "2010-11-16T06:10:35Z")
Ancient Semitic Civilizations 1988 Writer’s Market Any Danielle Steel title ---
**Author:** ![FuzzyOgre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@FuzzyOgre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuzzyOgre)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-hardcovers/560769/23 "2010-11-16T12:03:13Z")
Hilarity, I might get all three and book end the 88 with the other two. ---
**Author:** ![FuzzyOgre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@FuzzyOgre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuzzyOgre)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-hardcovers/560769/24 "2010-11-16T12:12:14Z")
I’ve got it! Mein Kampf by A. Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-hardcovers/560769/25 "2010-11-16T13:36:43Z")
Poetry books ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-hardcovers/560769/26 "2010-11-16T14:31:46Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Well, my old copy of The Ancient Art of Strangulation _is_ all dog-eared… And the white face paint, uranium-ore, UFO detector, and inflatable toast are all gifts, I suppose? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-hardcovers/560769/27 "2010-11-16T17:31:33Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Ancient Semitic Civilizations > 1988 Writer’s Market > Any Danielle Steel title Old _Writer’s Market_ is a great idea - they’re hardcover. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-hardcovers/560769/28 "2010-11-16T21:22:44Z")
An old Physician’s Desk Reference? They’re enormous hardcovers, and one from 1994 isn’t of much use or interest to anybody. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-hardcovers/560769.md?page=1)