What sort of bookshelf organiser are you?

[Bec]

when i moved into my current house my bookshelves were organized by genre then author but that was about 6 bookshelves ago - now they are just wherever i can find space for them (which really bugs me as a librarian) I also have a spreadsheet on my phone (in alphabetical order by Author) so i know what books i have (except i haven't updated that since April 2018 so any i brought since then are just in a list in Notes on my phone but at least i can search them so that helps.

[Anna]

I was just scrolling through on this sunny Sunday afternoon and I came across this sleeping thread.

I tried organizing them alphabetically and then often found that it didn't work because I couldn't remember the exact name of the book. I have decided that there are the two types: fiction and non-fiction. So that's the first sort. Then within that, I sort them according to genre for novels, and subject matter for non-fiction.

I'm not doing too well with the non-fiction - I'm looking forward to reading some books I've had for many, many years. One day...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's often where our challenges help out Anna. Reading books that have lingered way too long on our TBRs, find their way into an obscure position in said challenge ;)

[Kaitlyn J]

Although I haven't started yet, I'm planning on categorising by genre and sub-categorising by alphabetical author name. I want to be published in the gothic horror genre so I'm starting a genre shrine to ensure that I'm well read in my genre of choice.