I had read about the Little Free Library, but had never seen an installation until Basil and I rode by one in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
The idea is that you are welcome to take any book you wish — and to donate as well. The LFL is kind of a literary community-building effort.
This one had quite an eclectic collection of reading material on offer, ranging from Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Orwell reader, and Krugman’s The Return of Depression Economics, to Cooking the Vietnamese Way and Making the Most of College — along with a bit of history and some more frivolous works. There’s also a copy of Lance Armstrong’s War — presumably without the final chapter, since written.
It’s a college town — can you tell?