There’s something unpleasant about burning books (just look at the sort of people that usually propose it), and I’m certainly not suggesting that any of these books should be destroyed, but perhaps locked away in a basement, and only let out on special occasions (or when historians want to do some research.)

A selection of my favourites from the Awful Library Books site. (The past is a foreign country.)

Books for Retarded.

It's not that I think disabled people shouldn't have clothes, but please admit that this seems a strange book.

Wait, what?

The nice library lady dressed up as the scariest thing she could imagine: a black man.

How about a nice game of stick & hoop, gimpy Billy?

This actually seems like a great idea, sometimes.

Is there anything they can't do?!