We went to Detroit's John King to look for weird books - here's what we found

By Metro Times editorial staff on Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 3:46 pm

We know that reading from an actual book isn't exactly en vogue, but sometimes we just feel a little nostalgic and want to crack open a hardcover. When that feeling strikes, there's no better place to go than John K. King Used & Rare books, which is one of the world's largest used book retailers.

With over a million books to choose from, we went digging to see what weird books we could discover.

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Through Wooden Eyes
Jan Bussell
Puppets aren’t creepy in the slightest, no sir. It's not peering into the depths of our soul or anything..

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Celebrity Meltdowns Pop-Up Book
Now you can forever memorialize a piece of pop-culture history with this cover story about Wacko Jacko

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Silver Screen
In today's society, this cover is an absolute minefield.

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Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006-07
Peter Phillips and Andrew Roth
'Twas a more simple time.

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Romeo y Julieta
Merce Lopez
Why read about star-crossed lovers when you could just look at teenagers with a death wish instead?

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The Flying Saucer Reader
Jay David
This is just what we've been looking for, to be honest.

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Women’s Home Remedies
Michelle Harrison, M.D. and John H. Renner, M.D.
Did you know that mayo is usable as a hair moisturizer? You would if you cracked this book open.

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American Space Law: International and Domestic
Nathan C. Goldman
Yeah, you think it's funny now but just wait until Trump rolls out Space Force.

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Astounding Averages
Dean D. Dauphinais and Kathleen D. Droste
Math is rarely fun, but this collection of factorial factoids is anything but average.

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Pre-Industrial Societies
Patricia Crone
I’m sure your history class covered this topic, but I doubt they had anything to say about the dudes using an old man like a tandem bike.

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