Hide & Find Books

Click on the markers below to see books that are currently hidden! Note that the markers do not show specific locations, just the city where the book can be found. You can find clues and photos on the Latest Activity page.

Click here to HIDE A BOOK  | Click here if you have FOUND A BOOK

I Want to Hide a Book

 

Register your book for a tracking number if it doesn’t have one. Click here to get a tracking number! 

Download and print a game plate to secure inside/on the book. Make sure you write your tracking number on the game plate.

Fill out and submit the hide-a-book form. Please allow up to 48 hours for your post to be approved and appear on the website.

Now go hide your book!

Tip: Put your book in a sealable plastic bag if it will be hidden somewhere exposed to the elements.

Example:

Title: Book Scavenger
Author: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Tracking Number: 6215
Location: Cuesta Park
City: Mountain View
State: California
Clue: struoc sinnet
Sample Photo:

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*Please don’t hide library books. Libraries are palaces of discovery all on their own!

Download a Gameplate

Print out this gameplate and attach it to the book you are hiding. This will identify a hidden book as part of the Book Scavenger game. If someone happens across your hidden book, this will help them understand the book is free for them to take, and explain how they can participate in the game so the game can continue.

Remember to register the book for a tracking number and write the number on this game plate before you hide the book.

  • If your book doesn't have one, click the link under "I Want to Hide a Book" to have one generated.
  • (example: Central Park, or Twin Oaks Shopping Mall, or the Greenfield neighborhood)
  • If state/province/region is not applicable for your country, please just type a blank space in that field.
  • If you are under 13, please have your parent or guardian subscribe.

I Found a Book

Let us know that you found a book so that we can let other scavengers know it is not hidden right now. Just fill out the form on the right, and we will make sure to mark it Found. Allow up to 48 hours for your post to be updated.

Enjoy reading the book, then scout out a new hiding place! We prefer that you hide the book in the same state where you found it, but would love it to travel to another city. Make sure you come back and fill out the Hide a Book form above to leave its location and clue for future scavengers!

  • If the book you found doesn't have a tracking number, you can generate on by clicking the link under "I Want to Hide a Book."
  • If state/province/region is not applicable for your country, please just type a blank space in that field.
    If you are under 13, please have your parent or guardian subscribe.

#BookScavenger

Share your Book Scavenger reading, finding, and hiding experience with friends on social media! Post a link to this website and use the hashtag #BookScavenger to spread the news!  You can even click the handy social icons below to share—they are on every page of this site!

Let’s see how far this book can travel!

Follow where copies have been hidden and found here.