I started this series when I was 15. I'll be 38 when I finally finish it.12yr ⋅ WeAreTheWatermelon ⋅ r/books
Explaining Infinite Jest's Great Concavity/Great Convexity controversy (minor spoilers)12yr ⋅ notahippie76 ⋅ r/books
Embossing stamp for your book collection. Yes, you should have one! (Gift for my 35th birthday.) Stamp like an emboss.14yr ⋅ haavarl ⋅ r/books
Brandon Sanderson stopped into my newly opened Joseph-Beth Booksellers store in Kentucky...left a little gift behind...13yr ⋅ ashleysayswoah ⋅ r/books
Charles Bukowski - Born into this on August 16, 1920. Left all this on March 9, 1994. Happy Birthday, Hank, you magnificent, ugly, beautiful bastard.12yr ⋅ Camusforyou ⋅ r/books
What excites me more than a great book in a thrift store is a bookmark in it from somewhere far away. Found in a copy of Mystic River bought in Boston, Mass.13yr ⋅ arkhitekton ⋅ r/books
A boy sits amid the ruins of a London bookshop following an air raid on October 8, 1940, reading a book titled The History of London.13yr ⋅ reflectives ⋅ r/books
My sister asked me to get my nephew books for his birthday, $40 at a used book store made a great start for a boy's library. 12yr ⋅ kimberlyann0507 ⋅ r/books
So Reddit, Which should I read first? Any other books you could reccommend me aswell?13yr ⋅ iPanicDots ⋅ r/books
I almost forgot — Happy Birthday to Cormac McCarthy, maybe the best living American writer12yr ⋅ madstork ⋅ r/books
I had to read an awful book (Twilight) for my Literature and Film class at CSUN, so I live-tweeted while reading. 13yr ⋅ MTK67 ⋅ r/books
My Grandpa had cancer over multiple year. Now he's cancer free. He wrote a book from childhood to about 3 years ago. He would like for me to see if I could sell it11yr ⋅ this_sucks1121 ⋅ r/books
This is Leaky's Bookshop in Inverness Scotland it used to be a church, beats mr. Lagerfield's picture books.13yr ⋅ shiffrondo ⋅ r/books
Any idea why this would happen in printing? [xpost from mildlyinteresting]12yr ⋅ HeathenBarbie ⋅ r/books
Turkish protesters reading book to the police (x-post from /r/pics)11yr ⋅ whycantispeakfinnish ⋅ r/books
These books taught me as a kid how absolutely awesome wordplay and dark humor could be.14yr ⋅ hippoh ⋅ r/books
My favorite part about working in a bookstore - getting the early copies! 12yr ⋅ StarDustedSnatch ⋅ r/books
Meet Kato. Though she lives in Alaska, she spent three years collecting 45,000 books that the country of Tonga could have its first-ever public library. Now, the books are on their way -- but maybe Reddit can help with the final step? (More detail/lots of proof in comments)(x-post r/pics)11yr ⋅ mmmthatsgoodkarma ⋅ r/books
My internet went out while house sitting for my parents (Saturday through Wednesday), so I spent my Reddit time reading. These are the casualties.14yr ⋅ Amarthhen ⋅ r/books
Gf's late grandfather was a Professor of English in the 50's-80's; she got a message from her dad a couple of weeks ago saying her Nana was clearing out his library and that she & I could take whatever we wanted. I was like a kid in a candy store.12yr ⋅ Urizen23 ⋅ r/books
I know a lot of us here probably aren't big fans of those Rage Comics, but I came across one any die hard Dune fan can appreciate.14yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/books
Never had time to sit down and read so last year I started listening to audiobooks during my work commute. The result?13yr ⋅ sortofSufi ⋅ r/books
Tried hard not to buy anything for myself while X-Mas shopping... B&N had this for $12, so yeah, I failed. But I also won.14yr ⋅ lucid-beatnik ⋅ r/books
I started reading John Green's Looking for Alaska on a flight to Dallas last week. I finished it last night and found this bit of awesome tucked in the last page (More in comments)13yr ⋅ terpbaby222 ⋅ r/books
I want my room to look like this. I also want to go here really really badly, anyone else?13yr ⋅ vonnegut451 ⋅ r/books
My favorite book, from my favorite series, signed by one of my favorite authors. RIP Brian Jacques.12yr ⋅ Turd_Ferguson_ ⋅ r/books
Just went to the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. Here's a picture of his typewriter from the 70's.14yr ⋅ Hppunch ⋅ r/books
Never have I been happier to see a book banished to the remainders table.13yr ⋅ mycroft2000 ⋅ r/books
First American edition my old man found at the bottom of a box in a flea market. Paid $311yr ⋅ sizzletown ⋅ r/books
After years of work, I was able to walk into a bookstore today and see my book for sale. I am very happy.11yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/books
4chan's awesome method of sharing eBooks on imageboards - no, seriously, it's actually useful [pic]15yr ⋅ DaemonXI ⋅ r/books
Going through my copy of Falling Up and found something I had never seen before. I definitely teared up after reading this...12yr ⋅ pippx ⋅ r/books
Pretty cool - Amazon is now parsing through reviews to identify recurring opinions13yr ⋅ skippy619 ⋅ r/books
This is a '39 copy of the Complete Works of Twain I found. It always saddens me when I find former gifts at used book sales.12yr ⋅ samharrisson21 ⋅ r/books
Leave it to an author, not a politician, to capture the real meaning of war and Memorial Day.12yr ⋅ jay-lalala ⋅ r/books
Cool post from Tumblr. I always do this after I finish a really good book.11yr ⋅ alwaysdaydreaming ⋅ r/books
Secret Santa gift from co-worker is something I've wanted since childhood.12yr ⋅ latenightnerd ⋅ r/books
Happy 90th Birthday to the magnificent Jack Kerouac, whose influences in the literary world know no bounds. 13yr ⋅ MagdaEss ⋅ r/books
Scholastic Book Club flyers...just the sight of them brings back warm memories. 14yr ⋅ mmm_burrito ⋅ r/books
Ordered a novel for class from amazon...pleasantly surprised to find that it was signed by the author!13yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/books
My girlfriend on a Japanese study exchange got me these for Christmas and I wanted to share with someone. They don't seem to be the easiest to get hold of in the west.14yr ⋅ ilikehellokitty ⋅ r/books
Inspired by the handwritten version of The Lord of the Rings by Hari Isvan, I decided to give it a go myself.12yr ⋅ Cloud_Keeper ⋅ r/books
Just went on display at the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle - the manuscript for Dracula by Bram Stoker (originally titled The Un-Dead)13yr ⋅ YakBoy42 ⋅ r/books
Kate Winslet reads Mr. Gum to a group of young children at the Port Eliot Festival13yr ⋅ SatelliteJane ⋅ r/books
“The great thing is to be always reading but not to get bored – treat it not like work, more as a vice! Your book bill ought to be your biggest extravagance.”12yr ⋅ jordanlund ⋅ r/books
How I feel after a long day of work, coming home and logging on to /r/books...13yr ⋅ ZenMasterFlash ⋅ r/books
i would always buy/borrow these as a kid because of the cool covers but never read them11yr ⋅ zak_hilton ⋅ r/books
Reading this to my daughter on Father's Day, I realized just how awful a father this guy is12yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/books
Bought this book The Vagabond Anthology at a garage sale for $6. Charles Bukowski taking a shit. Priceless. 13yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/books
Hey /r/books, my local used thrift library store just paid me $9.50 to take these books from them!14yr ⋅ s0ul ⋅ r/books
After reading Lucielle Ball's book (Love, Lucy) I decided to read Desi Arnazs' book (A Book). This is what i found on the front page.12yr ⋅ AgentTattletale ⋅ r/books
My young adult literature class required us to make a 3D poster that illustrates a book of our choice. I picked Ned Vizzini's It's Kind Of A Funny Story.13yr ⋅ SerArysOakheart ⋅ r/books
Not incredibly rare, but here's a book Henry Rollins signed for me.12yr ⋅ i_dont_give_a_care ⋅ r/books
So I emailed Michael Pietsch, the editor of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest and The Pale King. I didn't expect much, but the guy actually responded (in only an hour!). 14yr ⋅ zidane_ ⋅ r/books
So I was reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the first time....13yr ⋅ puedo_tener_chzbrgr ⋅ r/books
The desk on which Tolkein wrote The Hobbit and some of The Lord of the Rings13yr ⋅ GunnerMcGrath ⋅ r/books
Do you think this would be worth anything? It is illustrated by the man who did the 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'. The original scary ones. It is signed by the author and illustrator. 12yr ⋅ ReadingMom ⋅ r/books
Went to Library of Congress, saw this (Thomas Jefferson's personal library) and almost cried14yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/books
I just finished Philip Pullman's latest book. Wow, what great and provocative storytelling. 13yr ⋅ DoubleEntendreCheck ⋅ r/books
