How do you store/organise your books? -
Kyng - 05-13-2022
Let's face it: books take up a
lot of space, especially if you have hundreds of them
. And there are plenty of ways to organise them: you could categorise them by subject; put them in order of title; in order of author; or just build a city out of them
. So, what do you do?
Myself, I've just completed a major re-organisation of all of my books. They're now sorted into the following seven groups:
1) Railways
2) Formula One
3) Science
4) Mathematics
5) Chess + puzzles
6) Humour
7) Everything else
However, they are still in multiple places around the house
. The Formula One books are in my bedroom; the chess/puzzles and humour sections are in the living room; and the other four groups are all in the dining room. It's not ideal, but it's far better than what I had before - where they were
all scattered around the house, and not even grouped into categories
!
What about you?
RE: How do you store/organise your books? -
Nilla - 06-21-2022
I don't really organize them. They are all just in my bookcase. I use the bulkier ones for book ends to keep the paperbacks from falling sideways. Does that count?
I have a whole plethora of books but I cannot fit one more on that bookcase.
RE: How do you store/organise your books? -
Cory - 06-22-2022
I have very few actual books. In fact, I probably own more eBooks than actual books, but I have one shelf for my books on one out of three of my bookcases and I have my two The Lord of the Rings books on my desk shelf. Most books I own are coding books.
RE: How do you store/organise your books? -
Kyng - 06-22-2022
(06-21-2022, 05:46 PM)Nilla Wrote: I don't really organize them. They are all just in my bookcase. I use the bulkier ones for book ends to keep the paperbacks from falling sideways. Does that count? I have a whole plethora of books but I cannot fit one more on that bookcase.
I guess so
. I know I've done similar things in the past!
(06-22-2022, 01:31 AM)Cory Wrote: I have very few actual books. In fact, I probably own more eBooks than actual books, but I have one shelf for my books on one out of three of my bookcases and I have my two The Lord of the Rings books on my desk shelf. Most books I own are coding books.
Fair enough, but do you have some way of organising your e-books
?
RE: How do you store/organise your books? -
Cory - 06-22-2022
(06-22-2022, 04:17 PM)Kyng Wrote: Fair enough, but do you have some way of organising your e-books ?
Not really, they kind of organize themself into their own respective categories. I just sort them by alphabetical order myself.
RE: How do you store/organise your books? -
MamaFrankie - 06-22-2022
By category or author.
RE: How do you store/organise your books? -
Pyrite - 06-22-2022
I actually have a really good system for mine. All the rows are arranged by the name of the author. I have four rows: 'murder mysteries', 'fantasy', 'theology' and the more generic 'large books' for the bottom row.
RE: How do you store/organise your books? -
Tiger Eyes - 06-30-2022
I don't normally organize them any sort of way in particular.
RE: How do you store/organise your books? -
Shiny Star - 07-01-2022
Usually just put similar sized ones together. If it’s the same series then it can go next to each other.
RE: How do you store/organise your books? -
Kyng - 07-02-2022
(06-22-2022, 09:11 PM)Pyrite Wrote: I actually have a really good system for mine. All the rows are arranged by the name of the author. I have four rows: 'murder mysteries', 'fantasy', 'theology' and the more generic 'large books' for the bottom row.
That is a good system
. I have mine organised into broad categories (like I explained in my opening post), but I haven't yet bothered to organise each row by author.
Maybe one day, when I'm very bored
.