Why do I have so many weird cookbooks?

I have tried to de-clutter, but I still have more than fifteen cookbooks. I know I'm not alone in this -- but I wish mine were great cook books. Sure, I use Joy of Cooking (90s version)  and I also acquired Julia Child's vol I and II after the movie (and I've actually used them. Once each.)

But I've never used "Pioneer Lady's Country Kitchen." My childhood obsession with "Little House on the Prairie" made a big impression on my mom, and she has gifted a few of these books to me. But  I'm not now, nor have I ever been, a Pioneer lady.

And why can't I toss "Feed me, I'm yours"?  It was a popular book for baby showers (early '70s version.) Except mine was a re-gifting situation, so I'm not even guilt-bound to keep it. I have used the play-dough recipes, and once made tuna cakes. That dinner (the tuna, not the play-dough) was a hit with my son -- back when he was about eight years old. Next month he'll turn eighteen. Why do I keep this book?

Joy of cooking, hate of cooking, macrobiotic, Swiss Secret, French, Mexican, Missourian, and Californian. China is represented. And Quebec. So many cookbooks, so little time.

OK, it's been years. YEARS. And these are only the books that have survived my frenzied de-cluttering.

So here's the deal -- I am going to try one new recipe out of each of these books, between now and the end of the year.

I know a lot of people have the same situation. If you have fifty cook books, pick a shelf.

These aren't mine, but a picture I couldn't help taking at our local library when they displayed some antiques. Recognize any of these?