r/rarebooks
75k members
r/rarebooks is a subreddit with 75k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses book, rare book, rare books, rare, and first edition.
Have a question about whether your book is rare? Find a cool story about a recently discovered masterpiece? Share and discuss!
**NOTE**: please do your own basic research before asking questions about the value of your book. Google the publisher.
**NOTE 2**: This subreddit is for *discussion* of rare books only, not for advertising book listings. Any links to offsite listings, such as Amazon, eBay, etsy, will result in the post being removed and repeated offenses will result in a ban.
Popular Themes in r/rarebooks
#1
Advice Requests
: "Anybody know anything about old/rare books?"
3 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How to find a buyer for a very old copy of Frankenstein?"
1 post
#3
Pain & Anger
: "A 200yo book just ruined my week, now i am obsessed with finding its origin."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/rarebooks
#1
Book
: "The Book of Fishes"
112 posts
#2
Rare Book
: "The 1540 Aldine edition of the Prince by Machiavelli sold for $46,875 at PBA Galleries on April 16. The selling price was more than 9x the presale high estimate of $5,000. Reported by Rare Book Hub"
68 posts
#3
Rare Books
: "the discoverie of witchcraft 1584 written by my ancestor! one of the most important and Rare Books in the world!"
62 posts
#4
Rare
: "Rare cookbook?"
47 posts
#5
First Edition
: "Spurinna. Just wondering if anyone knows anything about this book? It’s a First Edition, 1813, small print run out of Brighton. I found only 3 copies mentioned, Bodleian library, Toronto, and Yale (missing) Just wondering how desirable it might be amongst scholars and book collectors?"
36 posts
#6
Edition
: "The Shining by Stephen King 1st Edition"
30 posts
#7
Auction
: "Auction News: JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit or There and Back Again (1937) sold for $450,000 on May 13 at the Heritage Auction sale of books from the Aronovitz Collection of Important Science Fiction Part I . Presale high estimate was $180,000. Reported by Rare Book Hub."
25 posts
#8
Find
: "Morte Darthur only 300 copies!"
24 posts
#9
History
: "Found while cleaning out parents home from 1543"
23 posts
#10
Books
: "Beautiful Books from an estate sale. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 1837 the real winner"
21 posts
Flair Used in r/rarebooks
#1
It's just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book.
: "My favorite set of “The Book of the Dead” yet [1913]"
1 post
#2
Book Fair
: "Capital Rare Book Fair in DC starts tomorrow, runs through Sunday"
1 post
Member Growth in r/rarebooks
Yearly
+34k members(83.6%)
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Last updated: June 23, 2026