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I know what my favorites are, of course. j-whitt987 Send a noteboard - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM
This is important stuff. At least to some of us. I mean me.

My bookshelf is organised not according to genre or the alphabeth or chronology, but according to how it makes sense in my head. Books that feel the same belong together. This is not only based on content, but also on how the book looks. I can have books by one author in several different locations.

Because most of my books are in Norway, and I have limited space for my books here, I find it increasingly difficult to organise my bookshelf in a way that makes me happy. Which means I keep reorganising it.

Oddly, all my school theory books are in alphabetical order according to author.

Am I mad?
How do you organise your bookshelf?


I keep my favorite series near the top left hand and work from there. For some series (i.e. Star Wars and Star Trek) I organize them according to my favorite series within the series. As an example: William Shatner's Captain Kirk series are in a different location from the DS9 Millennium series which is in a different from the Invasion! series that span the TOS through Voyager series. After my favorite series the rest go up in random order by author.


How do you find them?


The rest I just give a few minutes of looking to find them.
Kirk: Spock, you want to know something? Everybody’s human.
Spock: I find that remark…insulting.
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How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:57:57 AM 1810 Views
Alphabetically. Easier to find what I'm looking for. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:11:22 AM 1236 Views
I always know where my books are in the system. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:13:34 AM 1515 Views
I'm sure you do. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:15:14 AM 1605 Views
Re: I'm sure you do. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:17:00 AM 1438 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:27:09 AM 1545 Views
Re: Yeah. Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:03:49 PM 1463 Views
K is law, KD is UK law, and KDC is Scots law. That's all you need to know . *NM* Tim - 27/11/2009 02:35:34 PM 846 Views
Bookshelfs are an outdated concept. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 01:34:07 PM 1599 Views
This has occurred to me Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:42:01 PM 1615 Views
I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:41:33 PM 1478 Views
Re: I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:48 PM 1485 Views
With the added bonus of... Kaldric - 24/11/2009 02:57:50 PM 1358 Views
Good point snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:42:28 PM 1481 Views
Re: Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:18:21 PM 1433 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 03:20:33 PM 1589 Views
Re: LOL! Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:47:05 PM 1460 Views
Yeah... rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 07:27:03 PM 1532 Views
horizontaly Yunalesca - 24/11/2009 03:45:34 PM 1579 Views
Hmmm. I mix horisontal and vertical. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:14 PM 1430 Views
You make it sound like I only have one Tom - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM 1618 Views
Yes. I meant it as an encompassing word, not to restrict numbers. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:30:38 PM 1471 Views
In answer to your questions: Tom - 24/11/2009 05:07:07 PM 1535 Views
Re: In answer to your questions: Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:23:51 PM 1530 Views
I do have some forms of synesthesia. Tom - 24/11/2009 05:29:30 PM 1515 Views
Aha! Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:36:20 PM 1500 Views
Which Arabic dictionaries do you have, exactly? Legolas - 24/11/2009 08:50:16 PM 1242 Views
I am not fluent in every language I have a dictionary for, no. Tom - 24/11/2009 11:10:22 PM 1431 Views
Well, I'd hate you more if I spoke Russian. Legolas - 24/11/2009 11:43:56 PM 1489 Views
Re: I don't. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 04:13:44 PM 1450 Views
Re: I don't. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:31:56 PM 1553 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:17:25 PM 1409 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:26:16 PM 1653 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:38:15 PM 1512 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:44:34 PM 1478 Views
Re: why should they not be? Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:50:16 PM 1444 Views
Re: why should they not be? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:52:52 PM 1478 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 06:09:28 PM 1473 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:12:15 PM 1438 Views
Well, they should fit together. jh - 24/11/2009 04:28:20 PM 1493 Views
Re: Well, they should fit together. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:32:48 PM 1438 Views
Hmmm. jh - 24/11/2009 08:29:40 PM 1526 Views
Re: Hmmm. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:17:36 PM 1506 Views
I don't... anymore. Kaldric - 24/11/2009 04:53:04 PM 1595 Views
Re: I don't... anymore. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:59:44 PM 1530 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 04:55:12 PM 1558 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:03:20 PM 1570 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 05:06:46 PM 1390 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:18:57 PM 1396 Views
Incidentally... MonCul - 24/11/2009 06:22:28 PM 1558 Views
Re: Incidentally... Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:23:31 PM 1641 Views
Re: Better real estate MonCul - 24/11/2009 07:54:03 PM 1475 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? vandevere - 24/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 1359 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 08:47:38 PM 1546 Views
Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 01:43:54 AM 1322 Views
Re: Actually... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:16:06 AM 1472 Views
Re: Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 05:25:09 PM 1455 Views
Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 24/11/2009 09:28:08 PM 1463 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:18:54 PM 1515 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 25/11/2009 03:28:10 AM 1403 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:17:08 AM 1430 Views
Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Mats imaginary friend - 24/11/2009 10:30:26 PM 1457 Views
Re: Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:06:12 AM 1451 Views
Mainly by topic/genre Floffe - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM 1678 Views
Re: Mainly by topic/genre Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM 1448 Views
Neither, actually Floffe - 25/11/2009 08:28:33 PM 1632 Views
The Pratchetts are in chronolgical order, and everything else is just fitted in wherever i will it *NM* Stephen - 24/11/2009 11:16:14 PM 828 Views
I can never agree with myself how to organise Pratchett Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:09:31 AM 1560 Views
The better booksn on one shelf then the worse it gets..... Murtach74 - 24/11/2009 11:28:20 PM 1481 Views
How do you decide which books go where on the good shelf? *NM* Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:10:00 AM 801 Views
i have 4 different bookshelf areas... temeraire - 25/11/2009 02:33:35 AM 1289 Views
Re: i have 4 different bookshelf areas... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:13:11 AM 1534 Views
My bookshelves are a mess. It started out alphabetical/author, then favorites, and now .... Bookwyrm - 25/11/2009 04:55:20 AM 1588 Views
Re: See, I don't know what my favourites are. Danae al'Thor - 25/11/2009 05:35:50 AM 1495 Views
Are your books happy with this? Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:14:13 AM 1440 Views
Obsessively Elaine - 25/11/2009 01:38:08 PM 1364 Views
Re: Obsessively Camilla - 25/11/2009 07:31:06 PM 1535 Views
Hmmm. Elaine - 09/12/2009 02:02:44 PM 1369 Views
Hmm.... Great Lord of Chaos - 25/11/2009 10:32:28 PM 1472 Views
Re: Hmm.... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:22:23 PM 1464 Views
Mainly by series. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 02:31:52 AM 1334 Views
Re: Mainly by series. Camilla - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM 1385 Views
I know what my favorites are, of course. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM 1456 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 02:13:10 PM 1331 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 26/11/2009 04:47:45 PM 1441 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 06:59:12 PM 1521 Views
right now they're in stacks on the floor as i don't have enough shelf space moondog - 26/11/2009 11:57:44 PM 1413 Views
Re: right now they're in stacks on the floor as i don't have enough shelf space Camilla - 27/11/2009 08:34:52 AM 1414 Views
Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Tim - 27/11/2009 02:39:38 PM 1472 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Camilla - 27/11/2009 04:36:56 PM 1491 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. jh - 27/11/2009 07:59:26 PM 1572 Views
It is an A. Rebekah - 29/11/2009 10:19:50 AM 1496 Views
No it is not. Sushi might look like pickled herring but it is not the same thing. *NM* jh - 01/12/2009 06:01:07 PM 927 Views
By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 09:26:36 AM 1408 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically Camilla - 29/11/2009 10:10:25 AM 1412 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 11:43:01 AM 1615 Views
Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away random thoughts - 30/11/2009 03:27:07 PM 1307 Views
Re: Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away Camilla - 30/11/2009 03:29:03 PM 1418 Views
Perfectly. nossy - 30/11/2009 04:47:34 PM 1564 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 30/11/2009 05:08:43 PM 1430 Views
Re: Perfectly. nossy - 01/12/2009 04:51:17 PM 1482 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 01/12/2009 04:55:58 PM 1579 Views
I do not believe so. nossy - 01/12/2009 05:02:30 PM 1432 Views
just checking. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2009 05:03:49 PM 777 Views
Like this Larry - 03/12/2009 05:38:07 AM 1576 Views
Re: Like this Camilla - 03/12/2009 09:08:27 AM 1541 Views
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