▲Books are usually stashed in bird boxes, and given to communities for some free reading. There are a reported 12,000 libraries around the world.

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The Little Free Library movement has spread around the world, with tiny pop-up libraries appearing in towns and cities across the globe.

▲Who doesn't love a read on the beach? There are beachside libraries located around the world, like in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Albena.

▲Lemesoff crafted the Weapon of Mass Instruction, a Ford Falcon tank converted into a mobile library. Instead of bullets and shells, there are around 900 books carried by this moving library in Buenos Aires.

▲From a distance, it looks like just another phone box, but there are actually phone booth libraries located across the UK. More than 350, in fact.

▲Argentina's coup d'état saw disarray and military violence across the country. That history inspired artist Raul Lemesoff to create something positive out of something destructive.

▲In Marton and Grafton, the parish council bought a phone booth for £1 (about US$1.25) and turned it into a little local library.

▲Vending machines aren't just for soda and chips. In places like Beijing, machinated libraries are popping up.

▲The Black Sea Beach Library can house up to 2,500 books in 10 different languages. No cost, of course.

▲In countries like Kenya, traveling camel libraries are all the craze with budding readers.

▲A reported 32% of books borrowed in Beijing are taken from vending machines.

▲The Kenya National Library Service sends out library caravans to nomadic communities around the country. The program reaches around 5,000 to 6,000 people.

▲The Green Bookmobile is powered by four solar panels and biodiesel. All you need is a San Francisco library card for access to the collection.

▲In San Francisco, a traveling biodiesel bookmobile is pleasing green-minded readers. It's actually something that stretches back to the early '90s.

▲The light-filled library holds 70,000 volumes, while the abbey hosts 200,000 books.

▲The building also hosts arts events, talks, workshops, and guided tours as well.

▲Located in the Austrian town of Admont, the Admont Abbey is home to the world's biggest monastery library. It's a Baroque building from the 18th century, which hosts thousands of important works of literature.

▲The Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan isn't your average airport. It comes complete with a wooden, cocoon-like library.

▲Stony Island Arts Bank is a library like no other. With a storied history, the building in Chicago is a bank, an archive, a library, and a community center too.

▲The library is a perfect place to kill time while waiting for a delayed flight. Other airports: take note!

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In Jerusalem, there are a few bus stops that have been converted into libraries. They're a great way to keep people occupied while waiting for their bus, or while actually commuting.

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Over in Ukraine, there are mobile libraries that store digital books. Here's a woman using her phone to download one book from the collection.

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Liyuan Library in Beijing is a small library built from nearly 50,000 firewood sticks. There's no electrical supply, and the place closes when the natural light disappears.

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Afghanistan has a few mobile libraries that breeze through cities like Kabul. Here are some young readers digging into a story on the library bus.

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Luckenwalde is an unassuming city in east Germany, home to the avant-garde Bibliothek im Bahnhof. It's a towering, copper-covered wonder. The slanted building is home to 20,000 books, sat on its glass-fronted shelves. Take a walk through Luckenwalde and you won't miss it.

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No matter what happens, books will never go out of style. To prove that, there are hundreds of incredible libraries that need to be explored. There are libraries in the craziest places, from converted tanks to traveling camels in Kenya. Click on to explore the weird and wonderful ways that people get their books.