How do I shelve thee?
How do I shelve thee? Let me count the ways.
She might order her books according to genre: mystery, horror (vampire novels alone would would need an entire shelf), etc. Or fiction and non-. Or something more esoteric, such as the color spectrum noted by RikkiDonovan's The Bookkeeper blog, and pictured on Flickr.
My shelves are loosely ordered by topic, including baseball, Judaica and biographies. I also have sub-groups with books from trips I've taken.
What's on your shelves?
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Permalink Reply by Book Calendar on
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Break them up first by use. Separate those book which you use regularly and put them in a place that is easy to reach. Arrange them alphabetically by Title. I don't actually keep a lot of books. Use is first for me. Then it is by type of media, art books go in in one section, graphic novels in another. I basically have four types of books-- art books, ready reference and professional, childrens books, and graphic novels. I can get most books at my job. I try to only keep books which have a very specific value.
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BloggerPermalink Reply by drey on -
I used to group them together. 1 bookshelf for all fantasy/sci-fi, 1 for "other"... Then the one overran the other. And kept going. So now I just arrange them alpha by author. This way I don't neglect any of my books, or forget they're on a shelf. Except for the ones wayyyyy at the bottom. =P
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Permalink Reply by Harvee Lau on -
How about sorting paperbacks from hardbacks, alphabetically. That's what I plan to do with the jumble of books I have in the basement library. Cookbooks will be separate, as will my collection of Asian books. Otherwise, alphabetically.
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Permalink Reply by Miriam Parker on -
Mine are divided into Fiction (with short stories all being shelved together), Non-Fiction (with memoir all being shelved together) and then there's the shelf of things I mean to read. But they are not organized by author.
Plus, I have one shelf of my favorite authors: Haven Kimmel and Paul Auster.
And then there's the closet of classics that is at my parents' house...
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Permalink Reply by islandhopper on -
Ahaha, I have some books at home too. Mostly, my whole set of Nancy Drew books that I just will never ever part with, but thus far, I've never had a house big enough to house it.
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Permalink Reply by Anne with an E on -
I don't organize my books at all. They are in a jumble on the shelves. Some are vertical and some horizontal laying wherever I can fit them. I enjoy getting to look through my books and handle them every time I need to find a specific book.
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Permalink Reply by Anastasia on -
Mine are divided into Read and Not Yet Read, and from there roughly ordered by date (read or purchased, depending on the group). Unfortunately I've run out of room on my Read bookshelves (even though I've set them horizontally rather than vertically!), so I have to reorganize them again. Gah!
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Permalink Reply by Meredith "Riot" Nudo on -
By size, typically. My top shelf of books is smaller paperbacks, then they wind down to the bulky, heavy hardcovers. I found it an aesthetically pleasing and practical way to organize.
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Permalink Reply by Deborah on -
i tried doing alphabetical by author but then i would get new books and had to keep rearranging the shelf so i gave up lol. everything not on the shelves is in piles up against the wall
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Permalink Reply by islandhopper on
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I arrange my books alphabetically by author's surname. But I try to leave some breathing space in between letters, and insert decorative stuff like boxes and frames and knick knacks so that when I have to add to a particular letter, there is still some space.
Right now, I can still buy books by authors with surnames that start with D, I, Q. I can't buy any more of M, S, and T. hehe.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa on -
My books are all sorted by size. Harbacks are all together, and paperbacks are seperate. If there are size differences between the paperbacks they are sorted by decending size too.
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