At some point, during the search in libraries, we run into a book that is not, a brand that does not continue the numbering and that is a mark of some loan that was not returned. Some specimens never return, others do it long later, but the funny thing is that there are some that have been the most stolen around the world that have certain coincidences of the most striking.
The most stolen book in libraries: the Guinness book of records
It looks like a joke, but it is not. The Guinness book of the records It has precisely the record of being the book that has been stolen most times in public libraries, especially in the United States, leading the list with its different editions, when published every year with the update of the brands achieved worldwide.
A more achieved milestone for The Guinness book of the recordswhich is also the best -selling book series with copyright of all time, especially if we take into account that a new edition is published every year with the most relevant figures and facts that occurred and certified by the brand.

After The Guinness book of the recordsthe next most stolen book of a library is the Bible, Another specimen that is worldwide and that in different languages is among those that are less returned in a library loan. Among the list of specimens that have been extracted from public libraries are those that help exam preparation, as well as erotic, sports or photography magazines, as well as art manuals, of different themes, and also works that speak of the supernatural or paranormal sciences.
The most stolen authors in public libraries
What the most stolen books in public libraries have in common is that they are collective or anonymous authors. If we look at writers whose works have been stolen are JD Salinger with The guardian between the ryeas well as others like Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Ernest Hemingway, David Sedaris and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
By zones, while in the United States theft of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, in the United Kingdom, the saga of Harry Potter is among the most stolen, where there is also another work with curiosity about it, being Steal this book of Abbie Hoffman.
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