Physically small books

[NickM]

I want some that I can carry around in a pocket. Classic literature and the like. For reading in the bog at work.

I'm sure there used to be lots available, but can't seem to find any contemporary miniature editions. Does anybody know of any?

 

[johnnyh]

hmmmmm surely a small mp3 player and talking books would suit... then you can sit back in the bog and have some shut eye too!

 

[ColinJ]

You can download classic novels as eBooks which you could read on a suitable mobile phone (e.g. an iPhone). (Yes, I know it isn't the same as reading a proper book!)

 

[NickM]

Ah, that would work if I had a mobile phone

I'm one of those odd people who doesn't like them

 

[ColinJ]

Ah, that would work if I had a mobile phone

I'm one of those odd people who doesn't like them

I knew that you'd say that Nick!

Actually, I'm the same. I do have a mobile phone but I only carry it on long bike rides. Some people get annoyed that I am not reachable 24 hours a day, but that's the way I like it.

It's a radical idea, but why not buy a cheap mobile just to use as an eBook reader and don't use it as a phone?

 

[Globalti]

The Across the Nightingale Floor books were published in a small size and given away free in bookshops, if you can find them. Even if you can't find them in the small giveaway format they are worth buying as they are excellent, much better than they sound.

Another handy book is The Escape Artist by Matt Seaton, which every cyclist ought to read and which comes in a small hardback size.

 

[swee'pea99]

I can't imagine anything worse than trying to read a book on a mobile screen while taking a dump!

Why don't you visit a second hand bookshop and just see what you can find? I'm sure half an hour's browsing would give you plenty for many a happy crap.

 

[Amanda P]

I find I can fit a paperback in an inside jacket pocket. Failing that, the book can be concealed by tucking it into the waistband of the trousers. Not very comfortable, but then it's not a long walk to the loo.

 

[Amanda P]

The following are physically small and reccommended bathroom reading:

Link 1

Link 2

 

[Mr Pig]

Bible. Classic best seller that you get in all sizes.

 

[NickM]

Best seller because lots of people are easily told what to think. Next!

 

[NickM]

I find I can fit a paperback in an inside jacket pocket. Failing that, the book can be concealed by tucking it into the waistband of the trousers. Not very comfortable, but then it's not a long walk to the loo.

This is true, but I don't do jackets. I want a book that lives in my (reasonably capacious, but not up to standard paperbacks) trouser pocket and is always there when I arrive at the, er, facility.

And I would like Walden in that format, for starters.

I'm asking too much, aren't I?

What about reading on a PDA? I haven't got one of those (yet), but they seem less objectionable than mobile phones to me.

 

[palinurus]

I've got a mobile. It sits next to my bed, been there since my alarm clock broke. Apart from that I only use it if I need to meet someone at an airport or to take photos of the cat.

As for paperbacks: you need bigger pockets.

I'm lucky, there's lockers in our bogs.

 

[Mr Pig]

To be honest, I think that reading in the toilet is disgusting anyway. Next?

 

[Globalti]

My bog has a library of Singletrack, Private Eye, Auto Express and sometimes other magazines. These are essential for keeping the mind occupied; what's the point of sitting there staring into space?