BookFinder's "most sought after" book list

Bookfinder.com has published its report on Out-of-Print Books in the News. To compile the report, BookFinder crunched a year's worth of data to come up its list of "the most sought after out-of-print titles in America."

It's well worth spending some time chewing on this list, it has top 10 lists in Arts & Music, Biography, children's, Craft & Hobbies, Fiction & Literature, Mysteries & Thrillers, Popular Science & Technology, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror, and Society and Culture.

It's also fun to check for these on Marketplace. Many of them are unavailable, and it's hard to understand why some of the more sought-after books can't be reissued. In the meantime, we can keep hoping to stumble onto a copy.

Here's a snippet:

Voices of Moccasin Creek chronicles the story of another Arkansas farming family. William Henry Page and his family moved from Mississippi to Arkansas in 1868, settling in Pope County, Arkansas. Tate Cromwell Page, former dean of education at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, traced the story of his ancestors as one of the first new immigrants to what is now part of the Ozark National Forest.

The American Woman's Cook Book by Ruth Berolzheimer was first published in 1939, and was reprinted in various editions through the 1970s. Recognized by the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame, the work was influential in its time, helping feed hungry families as they economized during the war years. Some collectors are particularly interested in the cookbook's World War II era "Victory edition," dedicated to Douglas MacArthur and featuring tips for cooks contending with limited access to various staples.