In just a week, I will start packing up my books for a long-distance move. While struggling with the decision of which books might be okay to leave behind at my parent’s, I decided that I should take some photos of the way my bookcase looks today. (I have a number of photos of my bookcase over the years…I’m nostalgic for that sort of thing.) I loved Kate’s tour of her bookshelves and thought now would be perfect timing for me to do the same.
The whole shebang! This is the only fullsize bookcase I have in my room. I have one small compartment above my desk that holds books by John Green and Jaclyn Moriarty, but otherwise my most beloved books can be found on this shelf. It’s a Billy Bookcase from IKEA.
These are the top two shelves. I keep adult fiction and non-fiction on the top. (I have actually just got rid of a few books on that top shelf, so the stack on the right is shorter now). The top part of the shelf is an extension piece that I bought.
This shelf contains books by my favourite adult authors: Neil Gaiman, Helen Oyeyemi, Jose Saramago, and Haruki Murakami.
The middle of my bookshelf features books by and about Tolkien.
My growing collection of The Hobbit + related books
Mostly non-fiction by or about Tolkien. I need to make more room on this shelf!
A few books about the movies, as well as The Lord of the Rings movies themselves.
I always buy mugs when I travel. I picked this one up in New Zealand.
The bottom three shelves of bookcase, home to mostly middle grade and young adult fiction.
Some of my most favourite MG/YA books.
This space was empty until last fall. Since the rest of my bookcase is so full, any new books mostly end up here – hence the variety.
V.E. Schwab and my fairy tale collections
One more mug! This one with my initial.
And that’s my bookcase! I do store some books on a shelf out in the hallway. They are books that I don’t love as much as these 😛 But the majority of my books are featured in these photos. I try to only buy books that I know will be lasting favourites, or books that I want to support financially.
Do you have a bookcase or two or seven? Do you have a particular system for organizing your shelves?
You shelves look awesome! I’m especially loving that Tolkien shelf! I feel like I really need to get some nicer editions of all my Tolkien books. My copy of the Lord of The Rings is a movie tie-in set (which goes to show how old they are!), and I just have this really old edition of The Hobbit from when I was a kid, and a battered second-hand copy of The Silmarillion.
I love the ‘book lover’ bookends too! Great post! 🙂
Thank-you!! I do put a little more care into buying Tolkien books than I do other books, haha. I also have a movie tie in set, that I use for taking notes. I still love my childhood edition of The Hobbit (the blue paperback)! I feel like it holds lots of great memories, from when I first read and reread the book. 🙂
I love how much Tolkien you have haha.
Thank-you! My book buying rules don’t really apply to Tolkien books. 😛
Your shelves are a true eye candy!
Thank-you! ^^ I am packing them up right now…it’s a bit sad, even though I know I’ll be putting them back together once I move.
You shelves look awesome! I’m especially loving that Tolkien shelf! I feel like I really need to get some nicer editions of all my Tolkien books. My copy of the Lord of The Rings is a movie tie-in set (which goes to show how old they are!), and I just have this really old edition of The Hobbit from when I was a kid, and a battered second-hand copy of The Silmarillion.
I love the ‘book lover’ bookends too! Great post! 🙂
Thank-you!! I do put a little more care into buying Tolkien books than I do other books, haha. I also have a movie tie in set, that I use for taking notes. I still love my childhood edition of The Hobbit (the blue paperback)! I feel like it holds lots of great memories, from when I first read and reread the book. 🙂