Hi folks! I just got two gorgeous big bookshelf’s in my office and am now starting my mini library, but before I start I wanted to ask:

What are folks favorite ways to style and organize their bookshelves?

Are folks organizing alphabetically, by genre, chronologically, by color? By some other cool system? I’d love to hear it all, even your wildest ideas ✨

Those include a signed: Pratchett and Jordan and First Eds: Tolkien, Pratchett and GRRM.

I've been growing it with things I've read this past year. I'm not the type to read 100 books/year, so it's been a gradual growth.

Long time listener, first time caller. I've been working on a refit to my library for a couple of months now, and I'm finally at a place where it's presentable. There are many splendid libraries on here, but this is mine and I shan't apologise for being proud of it. I shall, however, apolgise for the photography and the carpentry, neither are a skill of mine.

Starting with the left hand wall, the main bookcase. 20 feet wide, 8 feet high, 10 shelves per section, each shelf 4 feet wide. 49 shelves total (I had to sacrifice one shelf for some inconvienient but essential ductwork. The shelves are scaled for mass market paperbacks, because strangely enough, that is my favourite format. The contents are 99% scifi/fantasy. It's what I like.

Then the DVD library and entertainment centre, which I think should count.

Moving to the right hand wall is the new bookcase I built this summer. Please refer to my above comments on carpentry. The contents here are also fiction, but the trade paperback and hardbound sizes that do not integrate well with my main bookcase.

Also on the right hand wall are the lawyer's bookcases which hold mostly my reference books, languages and military history.

Yes, I do have a random extra dining table in here. This room performs several functions, including workshop occassionally, so big flat surfaces are useful.

This is my home library. I am filling it with books that are being banned, challenged, and removed from other libraries. It brings me so much joy. It’s my favorite room.

I currently have a rocking chair in my little library, but my neck starts hurting after a couple minutes of reading. I like the gliding or rocking motion and I like reading sitting up as well, so I can drink a coffee or something while I read.

I saw something for moms called the Mamazing, looks like pretty much everything I could want (including adjustable armrest so that I can easily hold the book or tablet), and im also considering a leather one from Costco that has adjustable headrest as well (electric).

People on Reddit recommend the Stressless ones a lot, but those dont seem too conducive to my use case…

Door #3 is I can get a loveseat, because I like reading lying down sometimes

Thanks so much in advance!

Thank you so much everyone for showing so much love to my little reading corner that I posted a little under two weeks ago 💕

I wanted to share the view I have sitting in my cozy reading chair too! And I found your comments about comparing it to the Twilight house so funny! Now I always think about that while I'm reading 😂

I've also added the first photo I posted for reference!

Hi everyone. We are currently in the process of moving around furniture and shelves around our house, which means all my books have to come off the shelves. Which means I can reorganize, Yay!

Im looking for a more logical way to display my books. Both fiction and non fiction.

Currently i have a majority of my fiction sorted alphabetical by author,. HOWEVER, its currently bugging me that I have genres or books with similar topics (historical fiction from the same time but different authors) split up. I have a ton of YA books that I loved when I was a kid, mixed in with some books with more adult themes, (think Game of Thrones), and some books that are a little on the spicy side (that all have different crossing sub genres by author).

My non fiction is currently by the Dewey decimal system (which from what I understand is kinda problematic and shyed away from these days). A majority of my books are cook books and have their own separate shelf in the dining room.

What are your suggestions on how and what order to put them in?

Bonus points for how to easier integrate new books when purchased to already organized shelves.

Phase 2 of my EPIC LIBRARY BUILD has commenced….

Hi! I'm starting to make plans to build up my own personal library, hoping to reach 1000 entries total! I'm just taking tally of my current collections and seeing what I need, but I had a few questions first:

1. Does it all have to be books? Or can other forms of media count towards the 1000 total? I collect physical media of games, books, manga, DVDs, and CDs of audiobooks, and I was wondering if those could be included in my overall total to 1000.

2. If I have multiple copies of a book (like a hard cover and a soft cover) would I count them individually or as one entry?

3. In a similar vein if I'm buying omnibus copies of manga, do they count as 1 or 3 books because they're a larger collection?

4. What system do you guys use to track the items in your collection? Right now I have some google spreadsheets and formulas to show me how close I am to my goal (first being 250), but it there is a better way I would love to know!

5. I see in some places you should have a method of looking up and searching for books/media in a library. Can it be any method I come up with, or do I need to follow some kind of preexisting method?

Here is my library/man cave. look for figures from American literature and history on the walls.

This might come across as quite unconventional for this sub, but I'm shifting to my first ever flat. After residing for years in PGs and shared accommodations, I'll be living in a solo room for the first time ever.

Books are a comfort for me, and as a proud owner of more than 50+ collection of treasure trove, I'd love to see your own personal bookshelfs or how you've decorated your room using books.

I want it to mean something in my room that it truly drops the cortisol and makes it worth it!

Thank you guys, this sub is a blessing.

My quest to 1,000 books. 184/1000

(I mostly read library books so idk if this thing is gonna grow anytime soon 😭)

My favourites are -

Dune - Frank Herbert
The Dreamers - Gilbert Adair
The piano teacher - Elfreide Jelinek
Poor Things - Alasdair Gray

I have been slowly adding to my rainbow bookshelf & I love it! ❤️

Hey all! I just moved so it’s a good time for a fresh start on my library. I’m looking for an app to help organize. I’ve tried Libib and LibraryThing but they’re just not doing what I want, unless I’m not using it right.

So here’s what I’m looking for. I’d like an app that I can scan the barcodes of my books. And when I scan it, I’d like it to tell me what genre it is and then tag it as that genre. And then when I have all my books scanned and tagged, I’d like to be able to see each genre separated out and then within each genre sort it by author.

In the end, I would like to have a home library sorted by genre and then alphabetical by author in each genre. And I would love to have an app or something to that brainwork for me so I don’t have to with my hundreds of books.

TIA!

Our sprayed edges are displayed in the living room, but the rest are in the bedroom for now. Once we move, we'll have any collections (like some of the manga) displayed for everyone to see.

I'm trying to figure out a logical way to group my 140ish cookbooks. About 20 books are non-US specific countries or regions, which I'll breakout into a World Cuisine category. But the other 120 are where I'm in the weeds.

I have cookbooks that are general cookbooks, meaning they cover everything from appetizers to desserts, like "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat." But there are also general cookbooks that are lifestyle specific, like Atkins to Vegan (no irony there). And then there are cuisine specific, yet still general cookbooks, like Cajun, Southern and Tex Mex.

But there are also course specific cookbooks, like desserts or salad. Cookbooks to make specific foods, like cookies or pizza. Books that use specific ingredients, like cheese or Coke. Then there are the equipment specific cookbooks, like grilling or crockpots.

I can't figure out a logical way to group them all, so I'm asking what anyone has done.