Cheap Reads Worth Having

Many of our customers want to have a library of worthwhile books that look good too. If you're on a strict budget and a literature reader, we would suggest to you the Reader's Digest -insert a very loud scream here - "The World's Best Reading" series. These are serious literature, not abridged, have credible translations of foreign literature, and extremely high production values - colorful, excellent bindings and illustrations - plus they include a four page biographical insert on the author. They're built to last, and considering the books' quality, could even become heirlooms. And, they're quite reasonably priced on the used market.


The Modern Library is another series of books that are worth adding to your library. They come in two sizes: the "Giant" and what I call the "midget". The advantage of the Modern Library books is that the series contains both fiction - mostly the midgets - and classic non-fiction in the larger format. They aren't as pretty as the Reader's Digest books, but usually have good to excellent cover art on the dustjackets.

Many collectors don't have room for our specialty - hardbound first editions of books of worth - and for them, we suggest "3-in-1" s, that is three, four, or five novels by the same author in one book. Again, the cover art on many of these is excellent, and if you want to collect a particular author, they're a great value and quite convenient to have, read and re-read. Happy Hunting !