If you're staying at a condo or service apartment with a reading room, maybe place it there. Alternatively, have you searched for public libraries near your area?

Hahaha not really. Probably the books you're giving away is something they've already read or not something they'd read.

I'm very selective in my reading materials too

Same here. I'm very tempted to buy books when I go into a bookstore so I've stopped going for the past few years. Good thing my college has a good selection of books from different genres/non-fict topics so I'm utilising this while I'm here.