‘Grandma Won’t Be Able to Pay for It Anymore’: Book Returned to Library After 82 Years

Library book returned 82 years overdue - escapes R280 000 fine

If you’ve ever sheepishly returned a book a few days past its due date, take heart – you’re nowhere near the world record. The San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) in Texas recently received a copy of Your Child, His Family, and Friends – a parenting guide published in 1943 – that had been checked out 82 years ago and only returned in May 2025. Book Resurfaces in Oregon The book, borrowed in July 1943, made its way back to Texas after the borrower’…

‘Grandma won’t be able to pay for it anymore’: Book returned to library after 82 years

A book checked out last century has been returned to a Texas library. Thank goodness the library has done away with late fees.

82 years later, Texas library gets its book back

A book borrowed from the San Antonio Public Library in July 1943 has been returned, astonishingly, almost 82 years past its due date.