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jackI've been cataloguing my books. I'm about half way through, and have shelved:
~100 very good books, on bookcase #1.
~150 good books, temporarily boxed while waiting for a final count.
~75 books I don't really care about, but found interesting enough to keep.
~25 books I haven't read.
3 books I don't want at all. (1 Jenny Colgan, blame Jane, 1 random horror, 1 random thriller.)
4 books I don't own. (Same Jenny Colgan, 1 Umberto Eco long-term loaned from Grandfather, Tristan Shandy from Katherine, Mathematics of Financial Derivatives from Justin.)
10 not fiction and poetry, not including textbooks which are packed with notes.
Doubling gives about 700 total, about 500 which it would be nice to display. I have just about that much space if I set up the new bookcase and empty the oldest one.
I've been sorting books into very good and good, in my opinion, and within that shelved by author. I've kept some authors together, when I've generally liked or not been too bothered about them, but split up some's books when some I've really liked and some I really haven't.
Fortunately, I've no co-authored books where I can't decide where to put it. I've never liked an Pournelle or Barnes, so all those go under Niven. Good Omens goes under Pratchett because I've only got Neverwhere of Gaimen's.
I'm slightly scared there's so many, though nothing to how many some friends have. And pleased by how few I don't want.
I should have done more cleaning instead, but I'm pleased I did this. Maybe next I'll sort through the drawers of useless tat and get everything labeled up! :)
How does everyone else sort?
~100 very good books, on bookcase #1.
~150 good books, temporarily boxed while waiting for a final count.
~75 books I don't really care about, but found interesting enough to keep.
~25 books I haven't read.
3 books I don't want at all. (1 Jenny Colgan, blame Jane, 1 random horror, 1 random thriller.)
4 books I don't own. (Same Jenny Colgan, 1 Umberto Eco long-term loaned from Grandfather, Tristan Shandy from Katherine, Mathematics of Financial Derivatives from Justin.)
10 not fiction and poetry, not including textbooks which are packed with notes.
Doubling gives about 700 total, about 500 which it would be nice to display. I have just about that much space if I set up the new bookcase and empty the oldest one.
I've been sorting books into very good and good, in my opinion, and within that shelved by author. I've kept some authors together, when I've generally liked or not been too bothered about them, but split up some's books when some I've really liked and some I really haven't.
Fortunately, I've no co-authored books where I can't decide where to put it. I've never liked an Pournelle or Barnes, so all those go under Niven. Good Omens goes under Pratchett because I've only got Neverwhere of Gaimen's.
I'm slightly scared there's so many, though nothing to how many some friends have. And pleased by how few I don't want.
I should have done more cleaning instead, but I'm pleased I did this. Maybe next I'll sort through the drawers of useless tat and get everything labeled up! :)
How does everyone else sort?
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Date: 2006-04-11 11:04 am (UTC)We currently have 4 double bookcases.
Bookcase 1 contains around 200 language and linguistics books associated with my work and study since I came to Cambridge. These are organised into language-specific subsections (within each of which language texts like grammars and dictionaries are separated from literary works in the relevant languages) and a substantial general linguistics section, organised alphabetically.
Bookcase 2 contains over 200 SF books, combining my and G's collections. They are sorted alphabetically, and within the more prolific authors' sections, by date of publication.
Bookcase 3 contains about 100 non-SF fiction books (from my and G's collections) and non-fiction works such as popular science and programming manuals. (It also contains lots of old files.) These are sorted by subject, and then alphabetically.
Bookcase 4 contains part of my ever-growing collection of OU course textbooks, which also occupies much of the space in the bedroom not already occupied by bookcases 1-3. These are sorted by course.