# Interested in giving away/getting free books? Get in here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565 "2005-02-17T16:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/21 "2005-02-18T01:14:14Z")
Thanks for the FYI, JerH. I was unaware of the Media Mail rate. Below are more books that are free to a good home. 1. [_“O” is for Outlaw_](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UH0pg8fA7K&isbn=0805059555&itm=2) by Sue Grafton It’s a hardback edition with the dustjacket. I purchased it from the local library, and it is in good condition. 2. [_The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding_](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UH0pg8fA7K&isbn=0452279089&itm=2) by La Leche League International It’s the Sixth Revised Edition and it’s a paperback. It’s is in fair condition; there’s some slight dog-earing in the upper-right corner for the first thirty pages or so. This is a great book; I almost hate to part with it. It is a valuable resourse for the breastfeeding Mom. 3. [_A Good Birth, A Safe Birth: Choosing and Having the Childbirth Experience You Want_](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UH0pg8fA7K&isbn=1558320415&itm=1) by Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer It’s the Third Revised Edition and it’s a paperback. It’s in fair condition with slight dog-earing on the front cover. 4. [_A Passage to India_](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UH0pg8fA7K&isbn=0140180761&itm=9) by, of course, E. M. Forster It’s a paperback and it’s in fair condition. There’s a slight black smudge at the bottom of the front cover and a wee bit of dog-earing on the corners of the front cover. 5. [_The Hundred Secret Senses_](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UH0pg8fA7K&isbn=0613032098&itm=3) by Amy Tan It’s a hardback that I purchased from the local library. The dustjacket is attached and it is in good condition. There’s a slight stain–it looks like coffee or tea-- towards the bottom of the pages. The cover’s so pretty; it’s why I bought it. 6. [_Fletch, Too_](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UH0pg8fA7K&isbn=0375713530&itm=2) by, of course, Gregory McDonald It’s a hardback that I purchased from the local library. The dustjacket is attached and it’s in fair condition. I think it’s a first edition, too. The cover of the book I have doesn’t look the one in the link. 7. [_“M” is for Malice_](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UH0pg8fA7K&isbn=0805036377&itm=4) by Sue Grafton It’s a hardback that I, you guessed it, purchased from the library. The dustjacket is attached and it’s in good condition. ---
**Author:** ![Naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@Naz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naz)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/22 "2005-02-18T01:22:46Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > **Naz** , could I have Midwives? Sure, just send me an email with your address. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/23 "2005-02-18T01:29:24Z")
> [@Naz](#): > > Sure, just send me an email with your address. 😃 Done! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/24 "2005-02-18T01:56:40Z")
> [@furthur](#): > > Arnold, Margot. The Menehune Murders and The Catacomb Conspiracy. Used reprint pbks. I’d love to try one of these. I’ll email. I’ll offer a range of genres. I’m not necessarily linking to exact editions. Mystery: [Paula Paul’s _Symptoms of Death_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0425184293/qid=1108691701/sr=2-2/ref=pd_ka_b_2_2/102-4406778-0366515) Science/health: [Carl E Bartecchi’s _The Alternative Medicine Hoax_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0970755813/qid%3D1108691772/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-4406778-0366515) Fantasy (juvenile): [Joan Aiken’s _The Whispering Mountain_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765342413/qid=1108691840/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-4406778-0366515) History/biography: [Peter Stansky’s _Gladstone: A Progress in Politics_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006DFL1Y/qid=1108691900/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/102-4406778-0366515?v=glance&s=books) Theology: [_The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response_ by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops 1983](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0809193256/qid=1108691974/sr=8-9/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i9_xgl14/102-4406778-0366515?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) Literature: [William Faulkner’s _Absalom, Absalom!_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679732187/qid=1108692055/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-4406778-0366515) Legal thriller: [John Grisham’s _The Chamber_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440220602/qid=1108692146/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4406778-0366515?v=glance&s=books) Suspense: [Karen Robards’s _The Midnight Hour_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440225043/qid=1108692198/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4406778-0366515?v=glance&s=books) Regency romance: [Marion Chesney’s _The Miser of Mayfair_ (hardcover)](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312906897/qid=1108692249/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4406778-0366515?v=glance&s=books) ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/25 "2005-02-18T02:20:15Z")
**Dung Beetle** , I will take _The Bachman Books_. I don’t see that any one else has claimed it. I’ll list a few tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/26 "2005-02-18T04:25:43Z")
I am willing to send **I, Elizabeth** by Rosalind Miles. B&N link: [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=iM4IKjsAAg&isbn=0609809105&itm=4](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=iM4IKjsAAg&isbn=0609809105&itm=4) It is a trade paperback in excellent condition. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/27 "2005-02-18T04:47:10Z")
While unpacking from my move, I realized I had an extra copy of _Hyperion Cantos_ by Dan Simmons. This is a hardcover edition of the first two books in the series, _Hyperion_ and _The Fall of Hyperion_. A science fiction classic. Free to a good home. I can be emailed at [MKing99@optonline.net](mailto:MKing99@optonline.net). ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/28 "2005-02-18T05:12:41Z")
> [@Izzybella](#): > > I am willing to send **I, Elizabeth** by Rosalind Miles. B&N link: > > [Online Bookstore: Books, NOOK ebooks, Music, Movies & Toys | Barnes & Noble®](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=iM4IKjsAAg&isbn=0609809105&itm=4) > > It is a trade paperback in excellent condition. Ooh! I’d love to have that one. I will offer up [Dogs of Babel](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316778508/qid=1108704369/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7544706-2362352?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) , which I just finished reading last week. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/29 "2005-02-18T05:17:01Z")
> [@Naz](#): > > After the Quake: Stories by Haruki Murakami (hardcover with jacket)( **audiobottle** claimed this one in the precursor to this thread, but never emailed me, and his (her?) address is not public.) I’d love this. Can I? Can I can I can I? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/30 "2005-02-18T12:49:29Z")
Okay, The Bachman Books to **peri**. E-mail sent. ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/31 "2005-02-18T13:17:40Z")
OK, I found a few more: Paperbacks: The Complete Bone Adventures Vol. 1 - Jeff Smith The Complete Bone Adventures Vol. 2 - Jeff Smith Death Rat! - Mike Nelson Hardcovers (mostly ex-library, varying from “excellent” to “beat up a bit, but still together” condition): Silicon Follies - Thomas Scoville My Goodness - Joe Queenan Galapagos - Kurt Vonnegut Perv - A Love Story - Jerry Stahl So Long and Thanks For All The Fish - Douglas Adams Life, the Universe, and Everything - Douglas Adams The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams Face Time - Erik Tarloff The Points of My Compass - E.B. White The Funnies - J. Robert Lennon ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/32 "2005-02-18T13:27:40Z")
I’d like to offer [In Her Shoes](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743418204/qid=1108734005/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5852593-7215920?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) by Jennifer Weiner and [Babes in Captivity](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743463552/qid%3D1108734059/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-5852593-7215920). I’d love some really good history books. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/33 "2005-02-18T13:28:30Z")
\ Hey, I’ll play too…but ya’ll gots to wait 'till I get home to see what I’ve got to send out. Off the top of my head, there’s a bunch of Stephen King paperbacks, maybe some Crichton, maybe some Grisham, at least one Nicholas Sparks (author of _The Notebook_, but my book is one of his others - quick read, but enjoyable enough), and that’s all I can think of right now. I’ll post later with exact titles. ---
**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/34 "2005-02-18T13:31:50Z")
> [@Greywolf73](#): > > Ooh! I’d love to have that one. I will offer up > [Dogs of Babel](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316778508/qid=1108704369/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7544706-2362352?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) , which I just finished reading last week. **Greywolf** , shoot me an email with your mailing address and the book is yours. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/35 "2005-02-18T14:04:25Z")
**JerH** , what is Death Rat? Sounds intriguing. ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/36 "2005-02-18T14:04:58Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > You got it. E-mail me with your shipping address. > > **furthur** , may I claim _O Little Town of Maggody_? Yep, it’s yours! Mrs. Furthur ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/37 "2005-02-18T14:08:44Z")
> [@JerH](#): > > OK, I found a few more: > > Paperbacks: > The Complete Bone Adventures Vol. 1 - Jeff Smith I’d love this one if it’s still available! My e-mail is [kelebrian@hotmail.com](mailto:kelebrian@hotmail.com). Mrs. Furthur ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/38 "2005-02-18T15:35:42Z")
> [@JerH](#): > > OK, I found a few more: > > Paperbacks: > The Complete Bone Adventures Vol. 1 - Jeff Smith > The Complete Bone Adventures Vol. 2 - Jeff Smith BONE!!! May I, please? Also, I’ll see what I can dig up for the cause! It might be fun to do one of these for movies, too! Giddy like a (evil) school girl, Cap’n GG BD ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/39 "2005-02-18T15:42:08Z")
:::bump::: This is a great idea. I’ll post a few romance novels ( hey…quit throwin’ tomatos, you snobs!) when I get a chance. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/40 "2005-02-18T16:30:00Z")
**Naz** , sorry, I did e-mail you, but I never got a response. I’ll try again from my more reputable e-mail account. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565.md?page=3)