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Drop your favorite obscure (not well known) book that you’ve bought at a library book store, second hand book store, etc.
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Anonymous 13w

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland!! It's not super obscure but I had never heard of it until a friend recommended it to me. Think YA DARK fairytale, honestly as a non-horror reader it scared me a little more than it should have LOL. It would be perfect for summerween!!

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Anonymous 13w

tunnels by roderick gordon

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What Cops Know by Connie Fletcher. It’s a compilation of interviews with police officers who served in the 1970s-1980s.

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Anonymous 13w

This may be cheating lol, but I work at a library and we get first dibs on all the books we "weed out" (books that have low circulation, damaged, too many duplicates, etc). There's these huge, dumpster-sized bins that hold all the books from whatever section is being weeded out that week and we get to go through them and take whatever we like for free. I've found a LOT of great books, DVDs this way

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Anonymous 13w

Small Favors by Erin Craig

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Anonymous 13w

The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz

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Anonymous 13w

Any of the Heralds of Valdemar books by Mercedes Lackey. They vary a lot in quality but I still love them

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

(I only mentioned that first bit to remind people that it's always a possibility to ask your library what they do with discards. They'll be likely to give them to you for free or for a low price) This is a graphic novel from one of those dumpster dives. It's about a rebellion of enslaved people in Brazil against the Dutch colonizers. Really beautiful, well-rounded narrative and expressive illustrations

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

(also it’s showing there are two comments but I can’t see them, what are the other recs 👀)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Someone recommended a graphic novel called Angola janga!

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

OMG HOUSE OF HOLLOW MENTIONED

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