Sidewalks Of New York: Where You Find The Most Interesting Used Books

I am constantly on the lookout for what people are reading in public, because every month we compile a feature updating you on what we've spotted being read on trains, planes, in restaurants and on park benches. But on my way to dinner last night, as I walked along Barrow Street in the West Village of New York, I spotted a lonely pile of books on the sidewalk, and this one caught my eye. No, nobody was reading it, but it at least looked like it had been read at some point. Not willing to risk picking it up to take home (I've seen too many dogs do their business in spots like this), I snapped a picture with my Blackberry.

Anybody else own a copy?

 

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Comments

[phxazlaura]

03:53 AM on 05/31/2010

Are you familiar with http://www.bookcrossing.com? Like wheresgeorge.com - but for books. Get a code, write it in your book, and leave it somewhere public ... like the train, a bus station, the post office, etc. Then track where it goes. Neat idea. Haven't tried it yet, though.

[rodjsr]

05:28 PM on 06/01/2010

I tried bookcrossigns a few years ago and released a couple of books (under the banner of heaven and the unbearable lightness of being) into the wild (subway) and have yet to hear from anyone who might have found them. No one ever logged in to update the info in bookcrossings. For all I know, they ended up at the MTA lost and found office...I lost all hope on the system and decided to either give my books away for charity or just keep them. Of course, I might be to blame for leaving them on a moving train...

[Lifencompass]

02:31 PM on 05/30/2010

"The Last Bookstore" in Downtown Los Angeles. That's my favorite stop. :) http://www.lastbookstorela.com/

[Lisanne Anderson]

11:56 AM on 05/30/2010

I find boxes of books in southern Brooklyn. Used to be a more common occurrence but I find enough interesting stuff that it saves me from making too many trips to bookstores.

[Nathaniel Mills]

11:09 PM on 05/29/2010

You know, I have to say that Aspirin got me through many a hangover and migraine-headache, well into my 40s, until alternative pain-releivers intruded. It's a sentimental-favorite: who uses it now?
Well?

[liarsclub75]

11:11 PM on 05/30/2010

I started using it again (after 20 years) for the occasional headache. I like Excedrin, but it has caffeine, which makes me jittery.

[LeaLoo]

07:50 PM on 05/28/2010

Hey man, maybe you should have picked it up...looks like it's worth a pretty penny on Amazon.

[cs74]

10:42 AM on 05/31/2010

I saw that, too! They just left 100 bucks on the sidewalk- dog pee or not....

[TrueSmallCaps]

07:33 PM on 05/28/2010

Neat. I regret to say that I do not own a copy of this intriguing volume.