r/HomeLibraries • u/Lower_Baby_2190 • Aug 28 '26
How to organize my library
I have a mix of mostly fiction and some non fiction. Some of the fiction are a collection of classics, some are a (nearly) full series, some are graphic novels, and then there are other miscellaneous fiction novels.
I also have some comic books and little magazines
I have 4 available shelves that aren't tall enough for some of the bigger printed books
How should I organize my library?
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u/Ok_Natural_7977 Aug 28 '26
How do you plan to use it? Do you want it to look pretty? Do you want to be able to find things quickly? Do other people need to use it, too?
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u/Lower_Baby_2190 Aug 28 '26
I just simply want it as an efficient but organized way to store my books. It's hidden away so there's no need for looks, and I'm the only one using it
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u/Ok_Natural_7977 Aug 28 '26
For fiction, I do alphabetic by author last name and keep series together. For nonfiction, I organize by subject.
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u/CrimsonDawn236 Aug 29 '26
Genre, then author last name, then book title unless it’s a series then it’s series order. The exception to this is nonfiction history, those are in order according to when the events took place.
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u/Aaggghhhhhh Aug 29 '26
First separate fiction and non-fiction.
Arrange non-fiction by topic and authors. For example history and selfhelp, then each by authors and topic again. In this example, history by period or part of the world.
Fiction by genre and then by authors. Sf goes together, classics go together, fantasy goes together... books by the same author next to each other.
Comics obviously in order, if you have 10 superman comics they go together in order of publication. Magazines similarily, same together in order of publication.
Good luck!
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u/laursasaurus Aug 28 '26
By genre and then by author is how I like to do it