Riddle

There once was a book that was only owned by the wealthy, but now everyone can have it. You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from a library. What book is it?

Choose an answer

A.A recipe book
B.An address book
C.A photo album
D.A telephone book.
Hint: It's a 3-word phrase with 14 letters, starting with "A".

Answer

A telephone book.

Why this is the answer

Telephones were once luxuries for the rich, so phone books were once rare, but became common and are given free by phone companies rather than sold.

This riddle is filed under How, What, Why Riddles and rated Medium.