🎃Spooky Emily🎃
emmy.baby
Okay, funny bookstore category
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Lucky7Deb
lucky7deb.bsky.social
Haha! Remember the book from the early 70s called "Steal This Book?"
Zachary J. Smith
vocabulist.bsky.social
Why steal The Great Gatsby? It’s not worth the risk and is available at libraries.
🫧🐝 Bliss📎Bee 🐝🫧
blissb33.bsky.social
I see a lot of books that could get you put on a list somewhere.
Il Due di Coppe
ilduedicoppe.bsky.social
😂
socalcallie.bsky.social
I love it! Almost as good as ‘Banned Books’!
brcraig3.bsky.social
And yet nothing by Abbie Hoffman
Maiko
maikoharri.bsky.social
@mikannn.bsky.social deve ter a seção dos banidos
Maud
maudhd.bsky.social
I will pay the book for the people who want to read Fahrenheit 451… More US people need to read it before the next elections…
Caroline Somewhere 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
carolinesomewhere.bsky.social
I do remember reading a book by Abbie Hoffman titled "Steal This Book" in the 70's
suffolkcanary.bsky.social
And yet somehow very informative. 🤔
killerbees575757.bsky.social
Need another display: MOST BANNED BOOKS
Low Level Creep
akaalsova.bsky.social
Also, be sure to put the table near the exit.
Diane
dkaycee.bsky.social
I worked in a bookstore. Our most stolen category of books were bibles… we had to security tag bibles…😔
Sciencematters
totoroandscience.bsky.social
Interestingly, I bet that same table in the library would have a completely different set of books. People steal from bookstores because they want a book. People steal from libraries to keep others from reading said books.
DirtyDLSmk2
hornydlsmk2.bsky.social
It's be funnier if the table was empty.
Patricia
pattidezgn4u.bsky.social
At least someone is reading....rather someone can read!
Patricia
pattidezgn4u.bsky.social
🤭🤣🤭 Welcome to 'merica
crimson-rose-field.bsky.social
I get most of them. But why "word study?"
ZonbiNed
zonbined.bsky.social
Damn so many bangers
Mike Blizman
mrunkelmike.bsky.social
Even stolen, "The Great Gatsby" feels like assigned reading, to me.
chipcroft.bsky.social
Reminds me of Abby Hoffman's book title back in the '60s, "Steal This Book."
Graham Jones
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
Is that a challenge, do you think?
P
author-sushi.bsky.social
The mark of a truly great book.
Eddie Esielionis
hippymama.bsky.social
Hahahahahaha I love this
xian cochran
melferburque.bsky.social
hopefully an entire harry potter shelf def steal that shit
kathyincanada.bsky.social
At one bookstore I worked at our most stolen book was bibles.
lyan-cat
lyan-cat.bsky.social
This is awesome. Not seeing Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman though, you think those already got pocketed?
Luna 🌙
headingwest.ca
So many classics. These are most stolen because they're assigned reading in uni English classes. I bet anything.
North of Somewhere 🇺🇦💙📖📸⚛️
esther.bs.k4zka.online
Too bad Americans only steal fiction. Maybe if they stole some history books, our elections would look different :)
🏳️⚧️HO_CHI_MINGE🏳️⚧️
semiotech.bsky.social
People stealing Lolita so they aren't seen buying it
Doods
doods.bsky.social
What, no Atlas Shrugged ? Surely all those small dick supermen nick it as a sign of entitlement ?
Suzen
rebel-librarian.bsky.social
We had to keep all Charles Bukowski books behind the counter…🙄
jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous
jazzrat2000.bsky.social
They should have it on an empty table
yanke-pen01.bsky.social
It’s accurate, given who actually looses out with book bans.
Russ Bengtson
russbengtson.bsky.social
stealing IT should be an olympic sport, that bad boy is *massive*
TheFurryDM
thefurrydm.bsky.social
Im not surprised Lolita is in there, I mean you basically have to steal it cause no one wants to sell it. Though idk why people would want to read it either
Kathleen Weldon
kathleenweldon.bsky.social
Harvard Bookstore used to keep Kerouac and Bukowski behind the counter because they were stolen so often.
FemBotsUnite
fembotsunite.bsky.social
I wanna work at this bookstore!
Amanda Daria Stoltz, PhD
sciencebarbie.bsky.social
Funny? I think this is sad!! These are mostly books that get assigned in school and it means kids can't afford them!!!
glory-b.bsky.social
"It?" By what method I wonder.
Semys
semyjameson.bsky.social
@btanaka.bsky.social espero que não role aí mas adorei a categoria
Cyrin Auria 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
cyrinauria.bsky.social
Bruh. If Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman isn't in there, lmao
squirrels1963.bsky.social
High school reading list, coincidental?
Mya-ko Pritchard
mya-kotkd.bsky.social
Great marketing originality 🤣
DirtyPantsArtGallery
warhawk0004.bsky.social
Stealing Lolita is fucking crazy
B Chalks
bchalks.bsky.social
It may be apocryphal, but legend has it a bookseller once told Sir Terry Pratchett was he was the most shoplifted author in the UK, to his great delight.
AngryHoss
angryhoss.bsky.social
I see a lot of required reading for high school honors English classes
Joysea Crew
joyseacrew.bsky.social
Abbie Hoffman’s “Steal This Book” (1971) and yep, someone stole mine…
the.4th.estate
the-4th-estate.bsky.social
non-readers don’t want to spend their money on required reading
Followfornow
followfornow.bsky.social
Well, you gotta figure that if they are often stolen, they have to be good.
cowboybanjobiker.bsky.social
They should display that close to the front door.
Carissa
carissamcqueen.bsky.social
Most of these are very high on banned books lists too.
Nyebodnye
nyebodnye.bsky.social
What! No catcher in the rye ?
Ron V 🏳️🌈
rvillanova312.bsky.social
Ironically, when working at a bookstore our most stolen book was….the Bible
COVFEFE! is my battle cry at dawn
totesmcgoats9.bsky.social
…and a Bible lol
Borders Abound
bordersbarking.bsky.social
Made you look though!🎃
Microwaveable plastic
squigglymips.bsky.social
I wonder how much of this is broke students who were assigned this for school
saltmarch.bsky.social
I don't see The Anarchist's Cookbook
Jaesen Moreaux
jaesenmoreaux.bsky.social
I really wish I'd been assigned some Chuck Palahniuk.
Ali Dobbs
alidobbs.bsky.social
So summer reading assignment. Bibles are also a frequently stolen item
breadofevan.bsky.social
Better if there wasn’t a single book under that sign………
M.R. Klass-Johnson
thatwritermike.bsky.social
And quite a few are banned.
Ellen/Anjuli
eternaldefiance.bsky.social
And how many of these are regularly also on the "banned book" list?
Ominous Whoosh
ominouswhoosh.bsky.social
No Bible?
James Head
jamesrhead.bsky.social
On a light-hearted TV Gameshow the question 'whose books were the most shoplifted from book stores last year?' came up. Terry Pratchett, one of the contestants, buzzed, and answered 'Mine!'.
Susannah R
susannahredelfs.bsky.social
Thieves have excellent taste, though.
thenonextremist.bsky.social
I'll bet they don't have a copy of Steal This Book by Abby Hoffman.
Thomas Buchanan
thomasbuchanan0.bsky.social
Most notable omission: ‘Steal This Book’ by Abbie Hoffman. Americans are naturally rebellious I suppose😆
stosh machek
stoshm.bsky.social
i used to frequent a used bookstore that kept all the Bukowski behind the counter bc it was routinely the most stolen
Plant Daddy 🇺🇦🇵🇸
plantdaddy.bsky.social
Lol all the schoolbooks kids read, accidentally destroy/lose, and steal to replace it. Love it.
WorldOnFi/Re
284boosky.bsky.social
Why would you steal From a bookstore when the library rents them to you for free lol
Victoria 📚
its-its.bsky.social
I see a mix of brilliant books, mandatory English honors high school assigned reading(maybe college), banned, and books you might be embarrassed to buy?
Roy Lewis
rwlewis.bsky.social
A friend owned a foreign language book shop in Merida, Yucatán. He was losing his shirt do to theft, so he started paying very close attention. Turned out French language books and books shelved next to them were the most stolen. He stopped carrying French books and instantly became profitable.
inandoutre.bsky.social
Love this!
pierce-m.bsky.social
Or “predators and the disenfranchised”
Strangely
strangelyfruited.bsky.social
Guilty pleasure. But I shop from others personal collections.
Dats_mani
datsmani.bsky.social
I can see why lolita is there😂🤌🏻
Cecilia Nemo
cecilianemo.bsky.social
Having worked in libraries, occult books usually get stolen the most.
Bartleby the Paralegal
sunraa.bsky.social
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BeMissH
bemissh.bsky.social
Don’t see “Lesbian Nuns: Breaking the Silence” on that table. It would just fly off the shelves.
Peggy
peggybishop.bsky.social
Interesting! lol
Gareth Penn
garethspenn.bsky.social
How close is that display to the front door?
Darryl Cunningham
acmedarryl.bsky.social
If the table was empty, it would be funnier.
Irrelevant V
v-eras.bsky.social
I don’t see a single copy of Abbie Hoffman’s Steal This Book.
ENVY2024
envy2024.bsky.social
Oh so clever!!
PreferNotToSay
frmrusmcpltsgt.bsky.social
The fact that the Bible is in that category as most stolen, means people are missing the lessons.
Iona Brand
mikeiona.bsky.social
They have to have copies of "You're Stepping on my Cloak and Dagger" in that display. For a while it was the most stolen library book in America.
JimmyO
jimokenfuss.bsky.social
I love that Damned by Chuck Pahlaniuk made the cut. A great book.
🌸SinDaily🌸
sindailyy.bsky.social
Lmaooooo!
Rory
8robee.bsky.social
Well, that might encourage more stealing..
lisdoon.bsky.social
😂
My Good Name
thecrazybear.bsky.social
I liked the category at our library that was like anti-suggestions lol..books staff had read that they do NOT recommend
Sharkmeister77
sharkmeister77.bsky.social
Somewhere years ago I read an article declaring the books most stolen from libraries were about legal ethics.
vedhed21.bsky.social
Thieves have good taste.
Kenji
kenji76.bsky.social
The irony of some of these books being stolen is nothing but poetic.
Nickelbagofunk
chefdog74.bsky.social
How is "Steal this Book" not front and center?
andreaschulz.bsky.social
Missing from table: Abbie Hoffman’s classic: Steal This Book
Daria's Glasses
yourinnermonologue.bsky.social
These are all usually assigned books 🤔
robertjeff57-58.bsky.social
😂😂😂
mthrntr49.bsky.social
At least thieves are reading or building their own libraries. But the permission is granted to rip off the people by the Big orange Grifter and magat cabal.
Jeannie
jeanniewarren1961.bsky.social
Love this!!!!!
Vinewood O.G.
vinewood-og.bsky.social
Shoplifting Express Checkout! 👍🏻
Nicole Lee Aguilar
nicoleleeaguilar.bsky.social
HA! That's amazing.
annemariedejon6.bsky.social
They don't do that so badly yet. Those are not the first the best books
Fen of the Glen 🔞
fenoftheglen.bsky.social
Honestly would have expected that table to mostly be comics and manga.
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md00xx.bsky.social
Palahniuk sighting 🥳
ctheworld510.bsky.social
A very scary bookstore category….
LordP666
lordp666.bsky.social
Don't fall for it. That's where they have the most cameras.
watchlady.bsky.social
Abby Hoffman's Steal This Book
Neil
nudgecloud.bsky.social
Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book is not on the list of most stolen books?
Lissa Guillet
sunsinegrrrl.bsky.social
Who steals Catcher in the Rye. Honestly.
Cherie Parks
macherie123.bsky.social
In my science classroom library, the most stolen book was The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. I was the ASB advisor for a lunchtime student led Bible study, but a local church provided paperback Bibles for the students to use. They were replenished regularly.
Hamna Mahmood
hamnaanwar.bsky.social
thats such a smart way to push readers to pick classics omgg
James McCormick
jamesmccormick.bsky.social
Near the door?
WWPunctuate
willpunctuate.bsky.social
How do you steal ‘It’? It’s thick as a brick!
Keith Healing
keithhea.bsky.social
On the Isle of Wight there is a bookshop that has categories like "boring poets", "dead writers" and "weird shit".
DaveGodin
davegodin.bsky.social
Could also be books most frequently required reading for college courses.
Slut For Bowser
slutbowser.bsky.social
American Psycho being there is crazy work
Stephanie Flynn
stephanieflynn.bsky.social
I love the people stealing the study Bible! It's a rough start, but I bet they get the hang of 'thou shalt not steal' eventually.
SiperlyWhenWet ™
siperlywhenwet.bsky.social
How close are they to the exit?
Ken MacLennan
historiken.bsky.social
there's a whole high school english curriculum on that table
Tony Bucci
tonybucci.bsky.social
katiepyr0style.bsky.social
who the fuck is stealing IT
iamjustabud.bsky.social
imagine trying to hide "It".
JimBird@bsky.social
jimlareau.bsky.social
Reminds me of Abbie Hoffmans book,”Steal This Book”.
BakerGirl ✊🏼🌲🦆🇵🇹
newme541.bsky.social
I have several of them, but I swear I paid for them all! 🙋♀️
Diana Lucifera 🌟
dianamcqueen.bsky.social
Oh that's so nice of them to put them in an easy to find area!
Jen
jennerzi.bsky.social
If that's legit, the DSM should be on there. No one wants to pay for that racket.
Keith Edwards
kedwards.bsky.social
It’s no coincidence that you could just swap the sign with “Most Banned Books” without having to change anything else.
David Haug
davidhaug.bsky.social
How in the WORLD are people managing to sneak “It” out undetected?
Jane loves rain (and Bluesky)
janelovesrain.bsky.social
Includes a Bible. Hmm.
#LoudORCHID
ladyslipperhere.bsky.social
Forgot to add Abby Hoffman's "Steal This Book"
Killer Pomodoro
killerpomodoro.bsky.social
Anybody who can surreptitiously hide a brick like the trade paperback version of "It" deserves my praise, not my scorn. I'd be happier if it was the long version of "The Stand," but that's just my own prejudices coming through.
Seamus McIsaac
dusty8.bsky.social
Everyone I know who has Abbie Hoffman’s, ‘Steal This Book,” stole that book.
Thomas Bsketty
wykstrad.bsky.social
If people are managing to smuggle It out of your bookstore under their coats, your employees are not being observant enough. Train them to ask themselves certain questions, like "Was that person visibly pregnant when they came in the store?"
Kim
kimwicklander.bsky.social
So funny!!!
DOKI DOKI
salarta.bsky.social
Aw yeah stealin the Bible
Gregory Humphrey
gregoryhumphrey.bsky.social
As a book lover, this is a topic I never have heard about before. I’m assuming this is for real? And how would data like this be accumulated, as I am just intrigued. Thanks for the post.
PurpleCyanBlack
purplecyanblack.bsky.social
>Lolita Yeah that adds up.
Eobard Tron the Akramentalist
eobardtron.bsky.social
When you want to read it, but don't want to support the author or admit to anyone at anytime that you bought the book.
Prof. David Kitchener
davidbsky1.bsky.social
Bukowski's Post Office will be in there!
Chris Gallen
villain57.bsky.social
There’s a certain irony in Fahrenheit 451 being one of them.
Anastasia Beaverhausen ❌👑
theluckyladybug.bsky.social
@stephenking.bsky.social you made the list! 😊👏🏻💜
Ginger 🍉
gingerbreadpill.bsky.social
Fahrenheit 451 is extra funny to me, but most of these are classics assigned in school 😞 We’re failing kids so hard
Farah Ghuznavi
farahghuznavi.bsky.social
Always good to have some discreet "advice" at hand when you are having difficulty making your final (purchasing, not purloining!) choices during a bookshop visit...
Victoria Mathis
readerv.bsky.social
I loaned out my Steven King collection never got it back.
chahliejones.bsky.social
"How to get your best security with only 1 camera"
Ω 👑 🥷🏻 🔨
rabbitpellets.bsky.social
"Fahrenheit 451" is about far more than burning books. It's about the resistance & brilliant.
Lady Who Knows Stuff
ladywhoknowsstuff.bsky.social
I wonder how many of these are stolen by teens that don’t have access to them?
n0etic
n0etic.bsky.social
That’s actually really weird advertising. It’s basically saying these are the books that make you look cool.
Randy Oswald
blackberry-jam69.bsky.social
It would be too funny if the table was just completely empty 😄
lolob11.bsky.social
At the public library I worked in, the most stolen books were Cider House Rules by John Irving, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson, and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
stuffal.bsky.social
How are so many people stealing it, I feel like that should the difficult book to steal.
John Boggs
subsublibrarian.bsky.social
When I worked at Aardvark in San Francisco, the owner refused to carry Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book."
Kirsten
kmschubring.bsky.social
Not sure if it is a coincidence but these books are often required reading for school and some students might not be able to afford them. The other reason could be that a lot of those books are also banned books.
Friedrich Engelsdude (CHAOS)
carlmarxman.bsky.social
I love it.
OG
og-me.bsky.social
No fifty shades? I call BS.
SimmingGrandma
simminggrandma.bsky.social
I'm so surprised to see 'Brave New World' still being reprinted. It was written in 1934. I did a report, on it in a class I was taking, in the early 90s. It's a book about a very dystopian future world. Interestingly, I can see it unfolding now, in the 21st century.
chazzstock.bsky.social
... and very considerate too. Shoplifters don't have to waste their time traipsing around the shop looking for the book they want to steal.
jabs1.bsky.social
Lol!
debkyle.bsky.social
Too funny, I wonder how many of them are on banned reading lists in other states
charlie
lgbtqiautistic.bsky.social
fun fact: the bible is the most stolen book
Catzgalore1953
eyez-1953.bsky.social
I've pretty much read most of these, way before MAGAts showed us their ignorance.
Ace Creator [Open Comms, See Bio]
tishki.net
Is the exorcist on there?
Hank
hjjjjjjdd.bsky.social
People steal books?! Have they heard of libraries?
Askk
abidsaleem-ktk.bsky.social
😂
WVDave420
wvdave420.bsky.social
My favorite bookstore category I've come across was in New Orleans - "True Crime and Rascality".
Jables
jablesissomewhere.bsky.social
Well somebody went viral.
DDagger2024
ddagger2024.bsky.social
LOVE this!!!
Sarah CD53
spacequeen00.bsky.social
That’s Hilarious!! 😂📚👍🏼 To be honest, I would most likely steal “Stephen King’s IT!” His books are the best! 🤭🩸🔪🤡🎈
stillcrazy77.bsky.social
Of the 13 titles I can read in the photo, I've read 8.
yitzi2.bsky.social
Given typical retail markups, if it lets them sell one extra book for each one that is stolen, they're well ahead of the game.
Lauralee Nole
lnole.bsky.social
Lolita prob stolen by teenage boy? What is the name and town of that bookstore please?
Sephiroth144
sephiroth144.bsky.social
Especially if its by the door...
playbackjunkie.bsky.social
Most of those are definitely stolen for English Lit class
Sandi
sandihamilton.bsky.social
🤣🤣
David Borer
daborer.bsky.social
They forgot the all-time record holder in this category:
Jon Zajdel
falderalmalarky.bsky.social
I worked at a discounted book pop up store for a while. A group of young people asked what I would recommend. I went off to work another portion and then heard later they'd stolen all the things I said were good bets and none of those recommended by my coworkers. Slightly pleased by that.
incendiarySolution 📎 [he/they]
incendiarysolution.bsky.social
This is neat
Lynne
platapus1.bsky.social
Love it.
Douglas Moran
dougom.bsky.social
That is…an interesting collection.
Shawn
stubbornirish.bsky.social
Think I’ve read most of them
Oregoncowgirl
cowgirloregon.bsky.social
Oddly many of those like the lost banned books as well.
myedison.bsky.social
Looks like a senior high school reading list.
Ugh
ninguna.bsky.social
How is Abbie Hoffman not on that table?
T
cocorebelle.bsky.social
Good ol great gatsby (:
Chet Wydrzynski
realchet.bsky.social
Looks like a lot of books that are required reading in English class. Poor students who can't afford them.
myfrosty.bsky.social
Very cool
waltwb.bsky.social
Shouldn’t the table be empty?
ibcutie33.bsky.social
Wow the Bible and @stephenking.bsky.social are on the list right next to each other. 🤭 I love this. SK is the best.
Tim Morton
timmorton2.bsky.social
Say it ain’t so
ArtOfNAR
artofnar.bsky.social
It's like they're begging me to use the five-finger discount.
Kelsey Byron
heyimkelsey.bsky.social
You need a big bag to steal IT.
anewdaydawning.bsky.social
Good to know 🙂