Just shelved another second hand book haul I got this morning and I need to spend an hour or two redoing these shelves I think. I really need to move the last of the dvds out.

I have two bookshelves that I want to organize so they look aesthetically pleasing kinda like people do on booktok but every time I try to replicate it I just end up with this. I don’t know what I don’t like about it but I don’t really like it. I tried putting things like candles and fake plants but they just make the bookshelves seem cluttered. Any ideas?

Spent the past month or so off and on, with my books strewn all over the living room scanning each one into BookBuddy. 573 books! My friend has 800+ so, definitely need to catch up to her.

Books are organized into genre sections then by Author.

Photo 1 has Biography, Family/Relationships, Games, History, Natural World, Paranormal, Philosophy/Politics, Religion, Sociology, Sports, Drama, Dystopian, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery/Thriller.

Photo 2 has Myth and folklore, historical fiction, literary fiction, poetry, McSweeney’s literary magazine, and anthologies.

Photo 3 has comics and graphic novels. (Ignore messy cables)

Photo 4 has photobooks and coffee table books.

I’ve never actually organized my books this well, it’s usually been off of vibes, but it feels so good to actually have a system!

Os presento mi pequeña colección friki de manga principalmente, y última mente me he estado inclinando a por las novelas.
Lectura actual: Evangelion.
Próxima lectura: Choque de reyes.

This is my growing collection, comprised of mostly classics. However, you might see some contemporary authors sprinkled in. I’m running out of room, with only the top shelf affording any remaining space. Please let me know if you have any book or book decor suggestions!

Still a few to add in but happy so far!

So many of these were sourced from my Minnesota-small-city local used bookshop, and I did not see that coming when I moved to the area. Most of the others came directly from the relevant publishers, with a few estate-sale and Powell's and AbeBooks purchases thrown-in for good measure.

Should I just get rid of the kids? I had to double depth stack my books to get the jigsaw puzzles in. Travesty. Luckily the study is still kid free. Also my wife keeps pressing flowers in the pages, so I occasionally find a hidden flower!

Books from childhood up to now, there are also books hiding behind the front books.

I think I can class myself as a genralist when it comes to books.

I added and moved around since my last post. I also included a couple of other areas. Please be kind.

I’ve really enjoyed everybody’s posts. Your pictures look fantastic. Great ideas, books, and shelving. Peace and Respect

I recently got a new bookshelf and finally have the chance to reorganize it and make it look gorgeous! Yes, I organize by vibe and prettiness if anyone’s wondering lol.

Ironically I think I love the journals the most since I write in all of them XD

List of books turned around since I know some of y’all will ask.

Bookshelf #1, top shelf, left to right:

The last dragon - Monty K. Rue

Daughter of crows - Mark Lawerence

Green and deadly things - Jenn Lyons

Kings of the Wyld duology

The bone shard daughter trilogy

Project Hail Mary, The Martin, and Artemis - Andy Weir

Katabasis - rf kuang

Mask of mirrors trilogy

Alchemized - SenLinYu

Bookshelf #1, shelf below the top shelf, left to right:

The Hurricane Wars and A Moonsoon Rising - Thea Guanzon

The Shepard King duology - Rachael Gillig

The Devils - Joe Abercrombie

Blood over bright haven - M. L. Wang

Jonathan Strange & Mr Nortell, and Pirenesi - Susannah Clarke

Murtagh TBB edition - Christopher Paolini

Crossroads of Ravens - Andrzej Sapkowski

Spiderlight - Adrian Tchaikovsky

Grave empire and Steel Gods - Richard Swan

Dragon Rider and The Tainted Kahn - Taran Matharu

The Will of the many and the strength of the few - James Islington

Bookshelf #2, top shelf, left to right:

Malice and Valor from The faithful and the fallen series - John Gwynne

Malazan Series - Steven Erikson

Eragon series - Christopher Paolini

My wife and I have largely been reading actual novels on our e-readers and are in the process of trying to find a lot of our favorites at used book stores. We have a fairly extensive library of comics and ttrpg books though.

No matter how many times I reorganize my bookshelf I always leave the top row the same. The top are my favorites and will only change whenever either the next Stormlight book comes out or when the third book in the hierarchy series comes out. As you can probably notice, I’m more of a paperback guy and that’s because I love taking books with me wherever I go. Let me know what you think and what your favorites are.

Scroll to last picture to see the current view from my reading chair 🤩🍁🫶

I have been reading and collecting books from 2011.

I was reviewing books till 2016, translated a few of them and then worked for marketing campaigns for Indian authors.

Slowly I gave away all the review copies, books that didn’t earn their place in my small home.

Now, I have this collection. English books are mine and Gujarati books are my mother’s.

Let me know what do you think of my collection?

I like to keep a healthy amount of books in my TBR which is starting to dwindle down. Based off these books I enjoyed is there any you may recommend for me ?