There are dozens of pet peeves that get on book readers’ nerves. Like Amazon shipping you every single book in its own separate box when order loads of them or when the bottom parts of 2 pages are still connected. Then there are the big no-no’s that will make any book lover mad. Like people burning books or tearing off the pages of the books that they’re reading. One. [Rip.] By. [Tear.] One. [Rip.]
We know that you enjoy books, dear readers, so we here at Bored Panda have collected a list of pictures that will infuriate any book lover and literature enthusiast. Scroll down, upvote your fave pics, and let us know in the comments what other book-related things get your blood boiling.
Bored Panda reached out to The Willoughby Book Club, the UK’s leading personalized book subscription service, and spoke with Director Marianne Chala about the pet peeves that book-lovers have and the things that infuriate them the most. “Our staff are comprised of book obsessives, booksellers, and library assistants—I was a bookseller myself for 20 years before joining The Willoughby Book Club, so we have seen a lot of abominations towards books in our careers!” she said. Scroll down for our full interview with Marianne, as well as our chat with the founders of the Book Box Club.
#1 The Only Book In The Store That’s Wrapped In Plastic Is This One
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#2 No God, Nooooo. God, Please No
Image source: KrystalVittles, Suffolk Libraries
#3 Ordered 27 Books From Amazon On A Single Order. Got 27 Boxes With 1 Book Each Delivered
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#4 This Price Sticker That Ruined The Cover Of This 1908 Book
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#5 Instead Of Putting In A Bookshelf, This Coffee Shop Cut The Spines Of The Books And Glued Them To A Shelf
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#6 This Is The Last Page Of A Book In My School’s Library. This Isn’t The Only Time It Happened Either
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#7 Looking Through An Old Cookery Book I Just Found And There’s A Squashed Frog As A Bookmark
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#8 This Hardcopy Ela Book Is Complete With Useless Hyperlinks And And Unwatchable Videos. Go American Education System
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#9 Got Bumped To First Class (Super Sweet) Only To Witness This Lady Tearing Off The Pages Of The Book She’s Reading
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#10 Burned Down The “Take A Book, Leave A Book”
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#11 This Hotel Doesn’t Allow You To Use Books For Their Intended Purpose
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#12 I Don’t Think I Should Read This Deign Chapter In My Book
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#13 This Store Sells Books Wrapped In Packaging So Readers Can Pick A Book From Just A Sentence. Somebody Opened All Of Them
Only one shelf of the store sells books like these. People usually get these as gifts or when they want to explore new books without judging them by their cover. There are other books in the store so I don’t know why the person felt that it was okay to do this.
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#14 Book Murderer
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#15 Three Books In The Same Series Produced By The Same Company
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#16 Folding A Page In A Library Book When It Has A Built-In Bookmark
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#17 About Finishing The Book Only To Discover That 10 Pages Are Missing
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#18 Polish Catholic Priest And Kids Burning Stuff Such As Harry Potter Books, Lord Of The Rings, Buddhist Figurines
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#19 Books That Have This Much Paper Before Chapter 1 Even Starts
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#20 Dammit USPS. Go Ahead And Stuff A Hardcover Book In My Mailbox
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#21 The Downside To Checking Out Books From The Public Library
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#22 The Perfect Book For A Price Sticker That Won’t Come Off
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#23 This Harry Potter Box Set Doesn’t Fit All Of The Books If Any Of Them Have Actually Been Read Or Taken Out
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#24 What A Kid At My School Did To A Library Book
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#25 This Bookshelf Containing Books Placed With Their Spines Facing The Wall. Why?
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#26 Every Book Was Blocked Like This
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#27 Occasionally A Book Will Arrive Damaged – Never Had One That Looks Like It Was Run Over
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#28 It’s A Library Book. Don’t Be That Person
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#29 This Bookshelf
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#30 Opened The Wrapping On A Fancy New Book With A Pen. I Hate Myself
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#31 When You Borrow A Library Book And Someone Else Has Annotated All Over It In Pen
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#32 Lent My Friend This Book In Perfect Condition And Get It Back Like This
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#33 Really, Used Book Distributor? Was This Really Necessary?
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#34 Found In A Dumpster Behind NYC High School. Donating Books Is So Over Rated
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#35 Paperback Books
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#36 Who The Frigg Wrote This Book?
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#37 My Friend Found This Inside A Math Book
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#38 These Book Covers
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#39 Paid $18 For This From A Used Book Seller On Amazon. They Left Their Price Tag On It
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#40 The Bottom Of These Two Pages In My Book Were Connected
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