# Let's compile a completely useless desert-island library **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514 "2006-06-28T16:52:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/21 "2006-06-28T22:50:49Z")
Just to rub in that your stranded on a desert island…Dune ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/22 "2006-06-28T22:59:21Z")
_The Good Beer Guide 2006_ ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/23 "2006-06-28T23:03:07Z")
_1000 Places to See Before You Die_ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/24 "2006-06-28T23:08:49Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] The Bible. Aw no he did not just say that! [/QUOTE] I thought of posting that, but no. Too much entertainment value to qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Zachlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Zachlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zachlee)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/25 "2006-06-29T00:06:40Z")
The Compleat Ann Coulter ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/26 "2006-06-29T00:35:17Z")
Basic VCR Repair Employee Safety Manual for Philip Morris, Inc. “Engrish” Instructions for putting together a computer desk The Complete Collection of Frosted Flakes Cereal Box Designs ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/27 "2006-06-29T00:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=Zachlee] The Compleat Ann Coulter [/QUOTE] Ixnay. See post #24. (Remember, the book does not have to be **intentionally** entertaining.) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/28 "2006-06-29T00:39:03Z")
The Handbook of Cross-Country Skiing Chilton’s Guide to Automatic Transmission Repair Miss Manners’ Guide to Excrutiatingly Correct Behavior Contract Bridge for Beginners ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/29 "2006-06-29T01:10:23Z")
The 2006 tax codes Medicinal Plants of the Amazon Rainforest The Laws of Etiquette by A Gentleman Ballroom dancing for beginners and bronze medallists The Ultimate Ice Cream Book ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/30 "2006-06-29T05:32:21Z")
[QUOTE=Interrobang!?] _1000 Places to See Before You Die_ [/QUOTE] Hah. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/31 "2006-06-29T09:56:04Z")
Somebody else’s (who is not on the island) high school yearbook. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2006, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/32 "2006-06-29T10:13:43Z")
Pretty much any book written in a language I don’t read. To make it extra annoying they all have intriguing cover illustrations. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/33 "2006-06-29T10:54:48Z")
HTML For The Worldwide Web Face Language 2000 - The E-Z 10 Second Personality Speed Reading System The Secrets Of Successful Low-Budget Advertising ---
**Author:** ![Otanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Otanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otanx)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/34 "2006-06-29T11:48:53Z")
Just about any book on my bookshelf right now. TCP/IP for Novell Networks CCNA Cisco Routing and Switching CCNP Routing Study Guide ATM Theory and Application Those might come in useful if you ever get rescued so for the totally useless catagory I woudl go with; Febuary 2001 TV Guide for Bahgdad Farmers Almanac 1974 Sears catalog 1986 -Otanx ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/35 "2006-06-29T13:05:54Z")
Anything by Kafka. ---
**Author:** ![Bertie\_Wooster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@Bertie\_Wooster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bertie_Wooster)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/36 "2006-06-29T13:16:26Z")
All books in electronic format, assuming “no lights” mean no electricity and not just no light-bulbs. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/37 "2006-06-29T13:23:51Z")
Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials (New Directions in Civil Engineering) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/38 "2006-06-29T13:25:06Z")
The Art of Programming the ZX Spectrum ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/39 "2006-06-29T13:34:12Z")
Toad Sexing For Fun and Profit. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-completely-useless-desert-island-library/362514/40 "2006-06-29T13:36:53Z")
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