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r/OldBooks

75.9K members. The best post we have captured here reached 4.5K upvotes, which works out to 60 per 1,000 members.

60peak upvotes per 1,000 members
75.9Kmembers
4.5Kbest post
140most comments
100posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

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Gallery 85% Image 13% Link 1% Question 1%

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

Handwritten book of folk spells from rural France (mid-1800s)

↑ 4.5K 💬 124 gallery 2026

Found this book in my grandma's bookshelf

↑ 2K 💬 47 gallery 2026

Hit the jackpot today at my grandmas house

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Why do people paint books (particularly bibles) red?

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One of my parent's book shelves. These were some of my Great great Grandad's books.

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Pretty but Poison

↑ 1.2K 💬 73 gallery 2026

Found in Grandma's house (USA)

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I stumbled across these books today.

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My GF found this in here old family house. What can I do with that ?

↑ 1.2K 💬 36 gallery 2025

Some of my gilt bound books 1870’s -1890’s

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