# What's the largest book you own? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-book-you-own/453397 "2008-06-18T20:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-book-you-own/453397/41 "2008-06-19T09:07:10Z")
The _Oxford Shorter Dictionary_ in two huge volumes. After that _The Oxford Companion to Food._ ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-book-you-own/453397/42 "2008-06-19T09:46:04Z")
One of the best Christmas gifts ever, my [Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5196ZDQ8XTL._SL500_AA240_.jpg). 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-book-you-own/453397/43 "2008-06-19T13:31:00Z")
[Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend](http://www.moonsbooksonline.com/si/07095.html),(1) which incidentally might the book in my shelf I love the most too. I bought it about twelve years ago and I still lose myself in it from time to time. (1) Reason for linking to this particular site, is that it was the only site with a pic I found in this short time. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-book-you-own/453397/44 "2008-06-19T16:42:39Z")
Compact Oxford English Dictionary. Two volumes. Very heavy. The tallest is probably _Madeleine Vionnet_, by Betty Kirke. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-book-you-own/453397/45 "2008-06-19T16:49:11Z")
_The Bill James Baseball Abstract_ . ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-book-you-own/453397/46 "2008-06-19T16:58:18Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] _The Bill James Baseball Abstract_ . [/QUOTE] :smack: Forgot all about my baseball books. When STATS Inc. set about to publish the largest compendium of baseball stats & info ever, tney ended up with so much material that they had to put out [separate](http://www.amazon.com/Stats-All-Time-Major-League-Handbook/dp/1884064817/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213894423&sr=8-1) [books](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1884064531/$%7B0%7D). I only have the statistics book, though. Someday I’ll get the other half. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-book-you-own/453397/47 "2008-06-19T17:10:43Z")
I have a photography book on The Sistine Chapel Ceiling on order that’s actual size. It was a steal at $12, but the s&h charges are $42,932 which I can’t quite afford right now due to gas prices. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-book-you-own/453397/48 "2008-06-19T17:15:17Z")
> [@](#): > > I have a photography book on The Sistine Chapel Ceiling on order that’s actual size. It was a steal at $12, but the s&h charges are $42,932 which I can’t quite afford right now due to gas prices. I have a book that reproduces Hieronymous Bosch’s **The Garden of Earthly Delights** at full scale. Of course, it does it a section at a time, on lots of pages, but I’m a big Bosch fan. In fact, I’ve got two copies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-book-you-own/453397.md?page=2)