# What non-religious book would you place in hotels ?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 8, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-religious-book-would-you-place-in-hotels/581168 "2011-05-08T17:18:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-religious-book-would-you-place-in-hotels/581168/61 "2011-10-25T14:50:35Z")

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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook or the Things You Never Knew Existed catalog.

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**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-religious-book-would-you-place-in-hotels/581168/62 "2011-10-26T02:14:37Z")

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Our Bodies, Our Selves  
Books of condoms (they do come in books, don’t they, like stamps?)

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-religious-book-would-you-place-in-hotels/581168/63 "2011-10-26T03:22:40Z")

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[A Brief History of Time.](http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-ebook/dp/B004WY3D0O/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1319598907&sr=8-1)

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-religious-book-would-you-place-in-hotels/581168/64 "2011-10-26T04:26:44Z")

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Can I choose a different version of the [Bible](http://www.amazon.com/LOLcat-Bible-beginnin-Ceiling-stuffs/dp/1569757348/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319603155&sr=8-1)?

😃

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-religious-book-would-you-place-in-hotels/581168/65 "2011-10-26T05:25:33Z")

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[Go The Fuck to Sleep](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81588689/)

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**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-religious-book-would-you-place-in-hotels/581168/66 "2011-10-27T23:48:10Z")

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> [@EvilTOJ](#):
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> People already do chemistry, physics, biology, anatomy and French class in motel rooms 😃

…which is precisely why responses #44 and #48 are so appropriate.  
Spice-up the spicing-up…

Or, for those with less exotic appetites, the Westernized _Joy Of \_\_\_\_ Sex_ variants.

–G!

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**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:** [October 28, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-religious-book-would-you-place-in-hotels/581168/67 "2011-10-28T00:27:09Z")

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Penthouse. Just to balance out the Bibles.

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**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-religious-book-would-you-place-in-hotels/581168/68 "2011-10-28T03:54:40Z")

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> [@jem\_1](#):
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> Living in a state that has several cities with epidemic levels of bed bug infestations has made me very paranoid about staying in hotels. :eek: Therefore:
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> The Bed Bug Book: The Complete Guide to Prevention and Extermination  
> by Ralph H. Maestre

Now that’s a book you really don’t want to buy used. I used to think books of erotica or Bathroom Readers were the worst possible books to accidentally pick up at used book sale, but that’s got them beat.

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