Current state of the shelves

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banned books bookshelf at my local store

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My shelves are pretty much filled up.

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State of the shelf

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One of my bookshelves and its sassy keeper

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VHS Bookmarks

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My Bookshelf

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Enjoy....60 years of collecting

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Just built this for my live in gf

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I’m moving soon, so I had to take a photo before my bookshelves are all packed up

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New library shelves in progress. Had to use wide-angle mode to fit them all in. The three nearest the camera are 9 feet tall.

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My apartment is too small, so my library is the hallway

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Moving out of this house and am gonna miss these shelves!

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My family's library.

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Herbert Gold’s bookshelves in his writing room.. RIP (photo credit in comments)

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Finally got my dream shelves!

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No, I haven’t read them all, but I love discovering a gem on my own shelves. (And the majority of unread books were free.)

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Shelf is coming along quite nicely

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Someone told me to post this built-in bookcase that I recently finished here

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New bookshelves means new photos

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My brand new bookshelves I got as a birthday gift!

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I'd sell my very soul for my uncle's bookshelves

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A few pipes, a few boards, and a whole lot of fantasy.

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Bookcase I built last year.

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I turned a corner of my home office into a cozy reading area.

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My synesthesia means that I remember books better by their color than by title or author, so this is what happens when I have enough shelf space!

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Some of my new shelves

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Sorry for the bad crop and paste. This is my library, brought to you by Billy

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Bookcase for scale

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Home library

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No room for a full library sadly, but I've repurposed my airing cupboard into a mini one to house some of my favourites

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Billy Bookshelves with a twist!

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new built-in bookcase

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Wall of books

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after a few years of marriage, we finally combined our books

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My collection of Penguin Modern Classics

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Finally had to admit to myself I can’t afford built-ins.

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Had a fun afternoon making these look nice

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Moving my books to our new house after getting married

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Our bookshelf from 🇫🇷

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The beginning of my home library

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I wish I could go back in time and show 10 year old me my home office :)

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My bedside table made my partner worry. This was completely unintentional...

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Hey look I found a leaked photo of heaven

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Anyone else love reading non-fiction about basically every single topic?

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All the Penguin Classics (minus 3). Found on Twitter - it took him 5 years!

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My rainbow bookshelf 🌈📚

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My most prized possession.

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Some of my books unpacked after a long move

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New Home, new bookshelf.

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I have one in every room, but this one is my favorite!

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Our home library/office ft. My questionable taste in literature and poor cord management.

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New bookshelf day!

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Surreal Bookstore

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I love my little ‘book nook’

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Tried a rainbow shelf. I think I like it.

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All the books I read this year. I’ve never read this much before!

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turned this little closet into a bookshelf

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This gorgeous bookshelf at an antique mall is everything I aspire to have one day

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For those asking for final photo of yesterday’s time lapse

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Had wood worms and needed to throw out some parts. Now it is quite chaotic, but I like it somehow.

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Upgraded my bookcase this weekend and really liking how it turned out.

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22,000 books nestled at home in an ancient English country house [source: dirt.com]

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Flipping around books once you’ve finished reading?

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Made me think of this group.

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The Study with My Buddy

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Just rearranged everything. Thoughts?

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I saw this in a group and it took my breath away.

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My bedroom bookshelf

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Found a second hand store with a bunch of leather books and fell in love. Bought as many as I could, thought you might appreciate.

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My wife finally got to fill a bookshelf with some books she inherited from someone dear. I haven't seen her this happy in too long!

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I’m not moving again!

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Stayed at my mate's place for the night. Solid collection. What do you reckon this shelf says about them?

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Just got new bookshelves at Target. What do you guys think?

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Old Cincinnati public library - torn down in 1955 and later replaced with a parking garage

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I built another 7ft bookshelf for my books

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i had never hung floating shelves before this project.

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Started reading in lockdown at the ripe age of 28. I'm nearly 32 now and this is most of my collection

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My husband always promised to build me a library for my beloved books... he delivered

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I was told you would enjoy my late grandfather’s personal library

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My library is my happy place ❤

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The library at my University

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This belongs here!

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Hit the 500 books milestone today

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Im gonna need a bigger bookshelf..

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Just found this out today, so neat!

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Library in the old hotel i am staying at.

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My grandmothers reading space.

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Stage 4 lockdown here in Melbourne, Australia. It's safe to say being confined to my house bothers me none...

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My dad made me these bookshelves for my many plants and books 🌱📔

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Finally got my dream bookcase, and the reason we bought this house

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After buying our first house, I finally got the reading nook I always wanted

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My great grandfather made this bookshelf for my great grandmother and now it is passed on to me for my books!

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I think I should actually read the books I do have before I keep buying more...

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The history section of my dad's library

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Incredibly lucky to have been gifted these by my grandfather in-law... All in perfect condition, most with their original insert!

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Books!...and a cat

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cozy nook

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My new bookshelf.

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Here is my main collection. I made the bookshelf myself, using pine.

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A panorama of my downstairs reading room.

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Our bookshelf took on a life of its own.

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Sunlight hitting my hanging bookshelf

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My wine case bookshelf

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Got my books moved to the new shelves. Still have some MMPs left over and thinking about putting them on boxes behind. Thoughts?

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My parents refurbished a grandmother clock as a gift for me and it is perfect for my Austen and Austen-related books

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My Brand New bookshelf

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My reading nook!

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I love that shelfies are a thing!

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My Head Librarian dozing off

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Still a bit messy because I’ve moved recently but really liking my new book shelf!

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Would love to have a dusty bookshelf-filled basement similar to this. Original content, from a bookstore I visited in Chicago.

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Long time goal: have my own library when I own a home. Mission accomplished!

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My little library 😊

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Finally housed most of my nonfiction books together

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i can smell this picture

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My collection of (almost all) first editions.

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The Bookworm by Carl Spitzweg

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My 2022 in Books

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My Year of Reading 2022. Most for the first time. By far the best year of books of my adult life.

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Wizard of Oz bookshelf

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Has anyone ever designed their own dust jackets? :)

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One can't ever have too many Folios

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We are listing our house for sale this week. I am really going to miss these shelves.

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My 2022 State of the Shelves

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Moved into a house with built-ins

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Running out of space

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The Goosebumps section is vibingggg.

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the most recent picture of my set-up!

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Finally filled my first bookcase!

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My new setup!

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Just re-rainbowed and did a minor purge

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Love waking up to these beauties everyday

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Happy Place

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Just moved and my apartment had this empty corner in it so I thought some bookshelves would fit perfectly there

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I never knew library beds existed until now. I really, really want one!

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One corner of the book room

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This bookshelf in a small second hand store

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Went to a goodwill and they had their books organized by color

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My wife’s office

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Arranged haphazardly, but very pleased with it.

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My shelf’s!

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My local book store was flooded during Hurricane Ian. Sad sight.

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My living room‘s best feature!

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Just turned 23, here is my bookshelf in my first apartment!

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Finally have an apartment with space for a bookshelf. Been looking forward to this for ages!

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Not the most aesthetically pleasing bookshelf in the world, but it’s mine, and represents my “greatest hits” of the last 30ish years of my life.

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