Worst Smelling Book That You've Read

[Evastio]

In your experience, what's the worst smelling book that you've encountered? When I say worst smelling I don't mean that the book and it's story was bad, but the odor that the book gives off is stinky.

Personally, I remember the worst smelling book for me being Journey to the Center of the Earth from quite a lot of years ago. Great story, bad smell.

[Renmiri]

Moldy old books ? Brand new chemical smelling books ?

On terms of subject it has to be the potty training book I bought to train my kids, titled "Everyone Poops"

[Jowy]

The Necronomicon smelled like it was bound in human flesh and inked in blood.

[Psychotic]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (hardback) The glue binding the pages together smelled so bad I sprayed it with deodorant. That managed to hold back the tide for all of 10 minutes. Now that I think about it, that probably wasn't a good idea, but hey, I was 12, and spraying stuff with deodorant was the solution to all my problems back then.

[Araciel]

The Necronomicon smelled like it was bound in human flesh and inked in blood.

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[SnoopyG]

I remember a bible from a hotel room that didnt have a pleasant smell.

[Zeromus_X]

One of the older paperback editions of the Stand that I own smells pretty funky. Other than that, I can't say I've ever sniffed many bad smelling books...I only enjoy sniffing good smelling books.

[Absconditus_Oraculum]

Old history book I bought at a sale at our library. Has a copright date of 1960 and I don't think any one has touched it for half has long has its exsisted...

[Cz]

I don't think I've ever read a book that smelled truly repugnant, but there are some philosophy textbooks on my bookshelves that are so dusty they make me sneeze.

[Rocket Edge]

All of my schoolbooks.

[Meat Puppet]

I also had trouble with the stench of a Harry Potter book’s (I can’t remember which installment, but it definitely was one of them) pages, although mine was a paperback; I don’t know exactly what was causing the smell, but it reminded me of when I was poisoned with campylobacter a few years prior to reading the book (I can’t remember which installment, but it definitely was one of them.) I felt so sick while reading the book that I can’t even remember finishing it... or if I finished it.
 Oh yeah, and the sex education books at school. :barf:

[Rye]

I loooove new book smell.

The Martian Chronicles was super old though and falling apart, so it didn't have a nice smell.

[Bunny]

The Necronomicon smelled like it was bound in human flesh and inked in blood.

Jowy stop winning threads before they have a chance to start. You're making everyone look bad.

[Roto13]

The Tome of Eternal Darkness smelled like Canada.

[Bunny]

The Tome of Eternal Darkness smelled like Canada.

Maple Syrup and ...

What else does Canada do?

I don't really smell my books, by the way. You guys are kinda freaky.

[Jowy]

The Necronomicon smelled like it was bound in human flesh and inked in blood.

Jowy stop winning threads before they have a chance to start. You're making everyone look bad.

I'm sorry, but opportunity only knocks once every so often!

[yanis]

The really old (from 1985) English-Russian dictionary...It's nice that I don't use it!!!:D

[Evastio]

Hope this thread isn't considered too old to post in.

Usually I find that the thicker books are the more worse smelling ones.

[kikimm]

Haha, all the bigger books I have were the better-smelling ones!

I've never smelled my books before. I picked up some right now, and none of them smelled that bad, but out of them all, this one (http://www.amazon.com/Riddlemaster-Hed-Patricia-Mckillip/dp/0345331044/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-3800272-5404908?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176248917&sr=1-2) turned out to be the rankiest. Not surprising though, since it's way old.

[Momiji]

We're reading King Lear by William Shakespeare in AP English right now. Brand new book, has a funny smell when I fall asleep reading it. Kind of a chemical smell that makes me drowsy and sick, but in a good way.

[oddler]

I remember a bible from a hotel room that didnt have a pleasant smell.

Yeah. There's something about Bibles and their super thin pages that smell bad in my opinion.

[Reles]

Weird topic. Uhm...I like the smells of all books, it's a very nice smell to me. Although I'd probably have to say my old copy of To Kill a Mockingbird. It was just really really old and had been rotting in my closet. :(

[Disco Potato]

My copy of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano spells like fish and crab :O_O: