40 Times People Were So Surprised By The Things They Found In Second-Hand Books, They Just Had To Share

#1

Found A Little Surprise In The Library Book I Borrowed

Final score:

585points

There are no official data for the size of the second-hand book market. But according to a survey by Statista, in both the UK and the US more than half of us are choosing to buy books second-hand instead of new.

Patrik Oqvist from World of Books, the UK's largest second-hand book retailer, believes the market is growing by 8-10% a year.

"There's no stigma to buying second-hand now," he told BBC. "We take them to the beach and spill coffee on them, but they don't stop working because of that." Other reasons might be important for buyers as well, for example,the lower price, and the fact that they're recycling.

#2

Nothing Like Picking Up A Book And Finding A Photo (And Autograph) Of The Author Inside

Final score:

459points

40 Times People Were So Surprised By The Things They Found In Second-Hand Books, They Just Had To Share

Found A Little Surprise In The Library Book I Borrowed

Nothing Like Picking Up A Book And Finding A Photo (And Autograph) Of The Author Inside

These 4 And 5 Leaf Clovers I Found In This Nearly 200-Year-Old Book

I Found This In A 1949 Children's Book I Bought Today

Used Books Store Has A Wall Of Forgotten Bookmarks

Note Found In "The Book Of Outdoor Gardening" By Smith And Hawken ⁣

My Son Found A Report Card From Nearly 100 Years Ago In His Library Book

Somewhere Back In Time, The Former Owner Of These Glasses Is Still Looking For Them

In A Vintage Hemingway

Found Tucked Between The Pages Of A Secondhand Textbook I Bought

Found A Dried Lizard Between My Book's Pages

I Found This In A Random Book On The Shelves Of A Cafe

Found In An 1860's Bible

Beautiful Photo Found In A Copy Of "Birds Of Alaska"

Found This Neat Little Metal Bookmark In "The Life Of Colonel Paul Revere" From 1909

A 1970's Plane Ticket

Found This In House I’m Tearing Apart In A Book Like Someone Wanted To Keep Them Don’t Think It’s Real Money

My Mother Found A 108-Year-Old Ticket To A Fair In An Old Book Being Used As A Bookmark

A Guy In My Japanese Class Found This In The Back Of His Book. Can Relate

We Found This Lovely Lady In A Book We Listed Yesterday. She Has Been Trimmed From A 19th Century Women's Periodical Or Magazine

Received At Our Donation Center. Someone's Drug Stash In A Book

Found A Cool Surprise In My Library Book

A Message And A Coin

One Key, Tied To A String. Found In A Sealed Envelope From The Gladstone Hotel In New York City

A Charming Handmade Bookmark Found In "Little Women"

Found A Dog License From 1919 In "The Oregon Trail"

Found In An 1860's Era Bible

A 30-Year-Old Ticket Stub To Van Halen's Monsters Of Rock Tour

Things I Have Found In Books

Dead Bookworm Found In A Late 16th Century Book

Could Someone Explain What These Save Buttons Are Doing In The Back Of My Book?

Found In Textbook. Guess They Were Lightening Up The Mood

Found In My Copy Of "Moby-Dick"

Found A Garden's Worth Of Pressed Flowers And Plants In A Book From 1833

Sometimes What You Find In An Old Book Is A Bit More Exciting Than The Old Book Itself

Found This In A 1947 Red Cross First Aid Textbook

That Time Edgar Allan Poe Fell Out Of My Library Book. This Academic Baby Daddy Just Made My Day

Favorite Photos I've Found Left In Books

Ambassador And Madame J. H. Van Roijen Red Cross Membership Card From 1956

Vintage Paper Doll Pieces Found In "Joyful Songs"

Found These In A Book I Bought At A Used Book Store. Money Distributed In The Philippines During The Japanese Occupation

Ring Found In "Some Tales From Uncle Remus" By Joel Chandler Harris

Advertising Button From The Dairymen's League. Found In "Farms And Farmers" By William H. Clark

Wife's Great-Uncle Passed Away. His Only Possessions Were An Old Radio And A Little Book Of Pics From The War. Found This One In There. Hitler's House, July 1945

One Of My Favorite Finds. An Invitation, Of Sorts, Written On A Singed Piece Of Paper

Here's One Of The Strangest Finds: A "Sensation" Hair Net

Unexpected Find Found In A Book

A Book I Found At The Thrift Store Had A Secret Compartment With A Check In It

Found In My Used Book

Forgotten Somali Notes As Bookmarks

Homemade Laminated Bookmark Featuring The Statue Of Liberty. Found In "Learn To Bake... You'll Love It!"

Got Home From A Used Book Store And Found This Bookmark

Here's A Stick Of RAM I Found In Tracy Chevalier's "Remarkable Creatures"

Found This Forgotten Bookmark

Be Careful Out There Reading Adventurers. Found This In A Library Book

Homemade Bookmark. Found In "The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise" By Victor Durham. Published By Saalfield, 1910

I Found Nick Offerman's Autograph In His Book At Target. None Of The Other Books Had It

Doll Dress. Found In "The Mysterious Image: A Nancy Drew Mystery" By Carolyn Keene

Forgotten Bookmark 3: Kevin. This Is His 6th Grade Picture From 2001. Kevin Is My Favorite. His Nose Was Missing When I Found Him

Found In A Copy Of The Sparrow I Picked Up From Thrift Books

This Is By Far The Sparkliest Forgotten Bookmark We've Seen

South Australian Apple Users' Club Member Card Found In A Book

Fabric Patch For The Bear Cub Scout Program With A Safety Pin

Empty Box Of Mr. T Crayons Found In "Encyclopedia Brown Carries On" By Donald J. Sobol

Found This Book Of Matches From Lee's Hawaiian Islander, Lyndhurst, Nj

Took A Book From A Free Library - Found $20 And It Was Dated Christmas 2001

What's The Most Unusual Thing You Have Used As A Bookmark? We Found This Gem In A Book

Medusa Bookmark Found In A Book

Eek! This Cockroach (Cut From A Much Older Book) Was Found In A Copy Of "Monsters" By Leonard Wolf

Found In A Library Book

Kiss Found In "The Grove" By John Rector⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

United States Army Patch. Found In "Vanguards Of The Frontier" By Everett Dick

Found This Book Review

Scary But Adorable Dinosaur Drawing Found Between The Pages

Don’t Have A Bookmark? Try Using A Taco (Actual Photo Of An Actual Book Found In The Book Drop At My Library In Indiana A Few Years Back)

Found In Moore, Oklahoma Along With A Bookmark For Square Books In Oxford, Mississippi

Found This Children's Play Badge (It's Metal And Pretty Solid) In "Springboard To Tokyo"

A Time Traveler From The 70's Greeted Me When I Opened This! Found In "Free To Be... You And Me" By Marlo Thomas

Friend Just Found This In An Old Shakespeare Book. Any Idea How Much They Owe Now?