A full bookshelf is a happy bookshelf.
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@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
Defuniak Springs, Florida
April 6, 2017 7:49am CST
This picture is one I took of two of the built in shelves that hold my books. Ive bought two hardcover books since taking this picture but otherwise this is what it looks like currently.
My question to you is how do you organize your home bookshelf? By author? By genre? Or by book size? I want to organize mine a little better.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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6 Apr 17
Mine is extremely disorganized, I have hundreds of books overflowing the shelf spaces I have available...there are three crates/boxes of books besides all these
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@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Apr 17
@JolietJake sweet! Favorite genre?
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@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Apr 17
@JolietJake , wow. What a collection there. Have you read all of them yet?
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@JohnRoberts (109845)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Apr 17
Basically genre and size.
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@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Apr 17
@johnroberts Do you have Hallmark books too?
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@JohnRoberts (109845)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Apr 17
@thislittlepennyearns You are quite the comedian!
@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Apr 17
@JohnRoberts Hey, what is life without picking on old men who watch movies made for old women?
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
6 Apr 17
I do not really organize according to authors or genre, though I have a few more books than that.
I stopped buying books years ago, and had given away the bulk of my collection.
Right now I have about 100 to 150 books left.
These are in 2 languages. I put all books of the same height together, then I can stack up a few books on top.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
6 Apr 17
The only big supply of books I have are my cookbooks, which I don't use often, but glad I have them.
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@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Apr 17
@abbygreenhill , that's one thing i need to get more of. cook books!
@diosabella (4789)
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6 Apr 17
I just organize it the way I want it. If any one will look at my shelves probably they won't catch on and get lost. 
But I expect they will have a book or two in their hands before they move on to another shelf.
But I expect they will have a book or two in their hands before they move on to another shelf. 1 person likes this
@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Apr 17
@diosabella no such thing as too many books
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@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Apr 17
@diosabella how many books do you have?
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@diosabella (4789)
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6 Apr 17
@thislittlepennyearns Maybe 500? I'm not sure. I have too many. Ive been buying books since high school and I've got into binge to it when in College. Too many I guess.
@EMuhungi (1712)
• Nairobi, Kenya
6 Apr 17
@thislittlepennyearns I arrange them by book genre.
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@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
6 Apr 17
I have always organized my book shelf by book size. Seems the practical way to do.
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@prinzcy (32300)
• Malaysia
7 Apr 17
@thislittlepennyearns just two, English and Malay. I have a comic book written in Chinese but I don't think that count. There's only one after all.
@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
7 Apr 17
How many different languages do you have?
@Shavkat (140681)
• Philippines
6 Apr 17
@thislittlepennyearns That's great job.
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@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Apr 17
@shavkat I am working on building one, the other half made me a library sign to put above the shelves.
@Marilynda1225 (85782)
• United States
6 Apr 17
Mine is organized by size so I can fit them better. Have fun filling up those bookshelves
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@connierebel (1557)
• United States
7 Apr 17
I love books, real books, not those digital things they call books, LOL. I organize my bookcases by subject usually. All my craft books together, and my music books, Confederate history, Photoshop, etc.
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
7 Apr 17
Mine aren't too well organized right now, but I usually organize them by size and subject. At this house, I have four very large cases and one with only four shelves. The other house has four bookcases that go over my head full of our personal library and several more cases full of book inventory, not counting the room full of boxes of book inventory. We won't even discuss the 16 x 16 ft warehouse shed full of books on shelves and in boxes. I'm trying to get the inventory cleared out so I can get my house back. Currently, my living room here is full of book boxes that need to go. Since I have to keep track of the value of every inventory book I'm donating, it takes a lot of clerical work to get rid of them. I'm still thinking I might sell a few of the more valuable ones.
@JudyEv (360486)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Apr 17
Mostly mine are organised by genre although some books are too tall for some shelves.
@thislittlepennyearns (65695)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Apr 17
@happy2bme agreed.
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@dramagirl26 (3259)
• Ringgold, Virginia
6 Apr 17
I usually do my book organization either by size or by category.
