What textbooks did you hang on to after finishing school?

Yeah, I regret tossing a few of my course readers (cultural criticism, film theory) because most of what was in them were essays/articles from out of print books or old journals that I wouldn't come across at a bookstore. When I was doing the literature review part of my Master's thesis, I regretted it the most, because I remembered there being a few articles from those undergrad course readers that were pertinent, but I couldn't remember author or title info.

- I kept most of the novels/anthologies/plays/screenplays from my English lit classes
- I kept a lot of theory stuff, especially the art theory and film theory books that had color plates. Film Art: An Introduction is a good reference book
- I kept some books from classes I bought the books for, then dropped.
- I still have a couple of Intro to Latin books that my ex gave me that he said were good for learning the language on your own ... I never attempted this, though I intended to.
- I actually ended up "buying" some books from the library for grad school - I didn't return them, and paid the replacement cost

I'm a big fan of selling back. I'd sell any physical book in my home right now if someone would buy them.

I'm kinda tempted to do this ... we perpetually have stacks of books on the floor.

damn it jaymc beat me. was gonna say:
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i still have an organic chemistry and physical chemistry textbook, they sit under my studio monitors

I didn't know they had textbooks in finishing schools.

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I kept all of my textbooks for about a year after getting my undergrad, but I eventually got sick of moving them (In the past five years I've moved seven times, including a trip from Tampa to Portland, OR).

I regret getting rid of a few books, though. I took many more classes than I needed to graduate, just cause I loved the subjects. And some of those books were very well written.

I'm still clinging to my Norton Anthologies of whatever whatever from undergrad,

^^^^^^

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Mine hasn't got the arrow stuck to the top though.

And I still don't know how to do it.

kept all of mine with the notable exception of the ones from an American Studies class, which was the worst class i ever had. threw those away in an attempt to eradicate them from the earth (mostly because 2 of them were written by the professor, who was a shitbag)

i didn't keep much from undergrad -- i was an english major and most of my books were cheap reprints of the classics, so i figured i could replace those easily if i wanted to.

i've kept pretty much everything from grad school.

I'm still clinging to my Norton Anthologies of whatever whatever from undergrad

me too. i have a norton anthology lurking around my parents' place somewhere.

I kept everyyyy book from undergrad but then left them w/ my roommates while I left the country and they got lost when they moved out. was really annoyed. only book I have left is this, which woulda been my POO anyway:

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