Who all sorts their books on their bookshelf? What do you sort them by?
Who all sorts their books on their bookshelf? What do you sort them by?
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Who all sorts their books on their bookshelf? What do you sort them by?
Genre, then alphabetical by author, then alphabetical within an authors work unless they are a series or books connected through a common thread – then I do publishing date.
Thus far my hard copies are sorted in stacks and stacks of boxes in no particular order. “Cept, I do like to keep my reference books in one box. 😉
Genre. If i feel up to it ill sort alphabetically by author
Mostly by author, not necessarily alphabetically though.
Author, in order if a series.
By author but if it’s like self help books they go by themselves then once done by author I do it either alphabetical or by series order
Color….. not kidding
I always change it. Somedays I want it sorted by size, somedays author. It ends up being arranged in a way that allows me to get more on the shelf.
Genre
My system is too complex. Fiction is sorted alphabetically by author, except that some favorite authors are in a different set of cases in another room. Biography is sorted by the subject, books about books alphabetically by author, as are religion and philosophy. Reference works are in a bookcase behind my desk within easy reach. Science and math have their own bookcase ordered by topic. French books are separate and sorted by author. Books in sets have their own case. Travel is sorted by subject —London, Paris, Venice, other places.
Mine is whichever Shelf has space on them. Gets the new books. Working on that system right now too organizer them
Author
alphabetical by author, then series order by publication
Last read
genre and author
Author and genre.
Alphabetized by authors last name. If I have more than one by the author, then series books go in order first, then alphabetized by title.
size and author
I sort them by order of how I want to read them it is an ever changing ever flowing process but I like seeing the next book I want to read first
Cosmetic ?
By height.
Author, series
Series and size of the book
Genre and height
Series
Author, subject.
Genres
Author
Genre then author. I’d love to do color but I can split up a series.
I do same!!
Non fiction and fiction, and then by author.
Genre/ author
Author
I sort them by feeling
Shape and favorite author. I love having a shelf of all my perfect hardcovers.
I have a female only shelf and a biography shelf and a latin american shelf and a mid.east shelf and a true crime shelf
Some by genre. Mostly chronological order of when I read them.
Being a librarian, Alphabetical on last name of author ???
Alphabet
Series and keep the author together? I have a shelf just for my signed copies??
Author
Authors or series
Size and by author
I never sort books on the shelves – there are (far) too many of them – only (so far as I can) inside my head.
When I had a used bookstore, I also shelved haphazardly (on purpose); some customers appreciated this, most (I have to say) were irritated.
More generally, I like @Lieselotte‘s attitude (above). She sorts them by feeling
By size ?
By author and series
Alphabetical arrangements and/or according to genre / author / title / colour / size and so forth always strikes me as much too law-abiding and ‘prudent’ (not a quality I rate highly)
Size. And language. Also foreign and domestic. Then there is one shelf just for books on writing that includes dictionaries, Elements of Style and Stephen Kiing´s on Writing.
Authors last name
Author
Favorites on top row working down in liked most to last.
Size, to keep the bindings in good support of each other.
Alphabetical author last name, and then in order of copyright date. I do separate paperbacks and hardcover, my fiction from my non, separate my inspirational titles from mainstream.
3 bookshelves are for series and arranged alphabetical and the other 3 bookshelves are stand alone and also arranged by author.
Alphabetical order by author’s last name then true crime, other non-fiction & fiction. Then I start with paperbacks, over-sized soft cover & hard cover. Yes I am a little OCD when it comes to my library. ?
I like to call it random. But if it’s a book ive read it goes on the bottom shelf with other books ive read.
I have a bookshelf just for my classics and religious books the other shelf for the rest of my library
By author- Series reading order then stand alones by year/alphabetically depending how many there are on my shelf.
I donate mine after I read them. I figured someone else could enjoy them when they could not afford to buy a book themselves.
Feel free to donate em to me anytime! I’ll give em a good home and pass along the ones i may already have!
Right now they are unsorted. ? But I prefer alphabetical by author, then by series if there are any, and stand alones by the same author are alphabetical by title. ? I love sorting my books! ?
usually by author but my book shelves need sorting right now
Genre, then alpha by author
By author
Authors
Genre, usually. But if I’m in a hurry, or too busy to choose, I just put them in an open bookshelf…if I have one. Otherwise, they go in a stack by my reading chair.
Authors, then by title.
I sort them by whatever book is closest to me XD
Genre by author
Alphabetically by author, then by date published
I forgot to say all fiction are together, all True Crime is together, all of my non-fiction is together. Then how my husband sorts his is by subject matter as his are all non-fiction.
Small bookshelf. So I sort by height.
genre
Genre? Authors, series
Authors
Author
Alphabetical order by title
By author