I built this tool a year ago but I feel like Mastodon folks would like it

The "Weird Old Book Finder"

Type in a search query, and it'll find one randomly-chosen public-domain book that matches the query -- and present it for immediate reading: https://www.weirdoldbookfinder.net/

Why only one book? To prevent the paradox of choice! Just *start readin'*

Can't promise every book will be weird, but most are

A longer essay on how/why I developed it: https://debugger.medium.com/a-search-engine-that-finds-you-weird-old-books-3a74fbb5f3d4

This was a search for "mastodon"

If anyone finds something cool, screenshot it and share it (with alt-text describing what it is!)
@clive Fun! 🐸 🐸
'Frogs and their Contributions to Science' by John V. Lansing M.D., 1869
#frog #frogs #WeirdOldBook

@ClaireFromClare

Great find!!