Why isn't "My special way that I understand and nobody else needs to" an option? - ThreadSky

markharris.bsky.social • 9 days ago

Why isn't "My special way that I understand and nobody else needs to" an option?

How do you organise your books? Most book owners... don't

Not organised: 45%
By size: 19%
By genre: 17%
Alphabetically, by author: 11%
By whether I've read them: 10%
By colour: 4%
Alphabetically, by title: 2%
Other: 6%

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Comments

jehscribbler.bsky.social•9 days ago

Where is ‘made an effort, but ran out of room and now just piles them in front of others and any place they fit’?

dayenu.bsky.social•8 days ago

that's so British. Half of Americans read 4 or fewer books annually.

freakanatcha.bsky.social•9 days ago

By height because my shelves are all different heights

jeffinblue.bsky.social•9 days ago

By date of purchase (new ones on top of the pile)

mrsbettybowers.bsky.social•9 days ago

I have difficulty taking people who organize their books by color seriously.

enaidh.bsky.social•8 days ago

As a retired bookseller, it makes me feel bitter and mean when I see those shelves of books organized by color.

tetsukaba.bsky.social•9 days ago

And then there's this: https://www.jasmine-roth.com/blogs/design-build/hgtv-secret-revealed-why-books-are-always-backwards

conmachiavel.bsky.social•9 days ago

Pfft. So 2018.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-great-bookshelf-debate-of-2018-spine-in-or-out-1517167114

bcdreyer.social•9 days ago

Much less by colour.

nellscovell.bsky.social•9 days ago

You said "colour" so now we all have to watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtJRJVdUFx4

kirmley.bsky.social•9 days ago

there are twee canadians, no point in denying it

wendella.bsky.social•9 days ago

I see what u did...

rmwhittaker.bsky.social•9 days ago

Personally, I organize by U and Non-U.

bcdreyer.social•9 days ago

Dayum.

rmwhittaker.bsky.social•9 days ago

This joke goes out to the non-Nazi Mitford sisters.

deflatenate.bsky.social•9 days ago

My special way (for fiction) is by author’s home country

psipi.bsky.social•7 days ago

Why isn't "My special way that I understand and nobody else needs to" an option?

Not organised: 46%

mariaaragon64.bsky.social•9 days ago

Generally, my art books are organized by time period and type of book or type of art, ex. Sculpture. The fiction is alphabetized by author.

simplysusan.bsky.social•9 days ago

The only special shelf I have is for books signed by the author - if they were actually signed for me by the author.

lynneofbayarea.bsky.social•9 days ago

Also missing: "Emotionally"

americanwoman54.bsky.social•9 days ago

Oh my gosh, that's how I do mine, but never really thought about until I read your comment. Thanks!! However, within those "emotional sections", I then go according to size.

bluefrommagioh.bsky.social•9 days ago

I organize by shelf size.

whatsforlynch.bsky.social•9 days ago

I once organized my book collection by ISBN, just to see what happened. It was kinda neat!

nathandunbar.bsky.social•9 days ago

That would be "other."

petewillis.bsky.social•9 days ago

"in the place I put them and now expect them to be" is indeed a system of organization

erickole.bsky.social•9 days ago

In good company

billiecassin.bsky.social•9 days ago

The people who say “not organized at all” stress me out. Even my to-be-read piles have a system.

williambyoung.bsky.social•9 days ago

And how about “all of the above?”

derek.bsky.social•9 days ago

The load bearing weight of the shelf holding them.

wendypeds.bsky.social•9 days ago

Those 11%ers are librarians...

nlh2.bsky.social•9 days ago

Exactly - I was going to say "intuitively in a way only my intuition understands!"

nyc118.bsky.social•9 days ago

Shelves for: late husband’s WWII books, travel books, history books. Shelf for cook and art books. My books are loosely grouped by author, somewhat alphabetically.