Nonsense. We have probably 1500 books+ in our house and maybe 20 of them haven’t been read by one or both of us. We don’t keep anything crappy, just stuff we would be likely to pick up again. They range from murder mysteries to academic monographs and everything in between. We display some of them color-coded, because…

It definitely gets cumbersome to have loads of books, but I keep mine because I like to reread them. I actually don’t lend them out anymore because they usually don’t get returned and it makes me irrationally angry.

A friend came over and saw my beautiful books, and then went home and organized his by color as well. This friend is a LIBRARIAN. So there.

Our main bookshelf is floor to ceiling, occupies about 1/3 of our living room wall space & is a huge focal point in our apartment. It’s currently semi-color coded. I also chose to separate certain genera and stack larger reference & art books by category. The organization isn’t totally reliant on a perfect gradient…

I am confused why people are upset about this. While I have always had a pretty robust collection of books I don’t think I have ever organized them in a particular way (outside of textbooks together because they are heavy and need to be on a bottom shelf).  I put books on the shelf where I find space.  Maybe it is…

I don’t bother organizing them- they’re literally just all over my house in random bookshelves.

I agree. It looks beautiful, I know what my books look like and rarely have trouble finding one, and 99% of the time the title is written on the spine. Plus, if I can’t find a book, I’m likely to stumble across another one I’d forgotten about. Then I will find the one I was originally looking for, and I get to read…

I think if the organization of bookshelf that does not belong to you bugs you so much you need to work on your own identity.

If you can remember your books based on the color of their covers, you do not have enough books.

I feel like Cassie just needs to work on her self-esteem and then she will be fine.

As a person with an interior design degree and an unashamed love for Harry Potter, I put white covers on all my Harry Potter books. I think it looks great, and I literally don’t give a fuck what people think.

You read the books before you organize it on the bookcase...

I only organize by genre. Granted, I only have ... oh... 300 books? Give or take 50? So, not a lot compared to people who have whole walls dedicated to shelves. But I think that people who have that kind of space should find other ways to make their shelves “attractive,” like adding plants or objets d’art or…

Agree completely. I have some book collections with beautiful covers and I love a good hard-bound leather book. I think taking care to display your books actually shows pride in your book collection, especially when you love certain books or series.

Just to add to my previous comment, I think a lot of people forget that a bookcase is a big focal point in a room, and as such, should be deserving of being treated as home decor. I also have a lot of pieces on my bookshelf (not books) and I place them between books and organize some shelves in different ways (like…

Yeah, the number of books I own digitally and have hard copies of is frankly way more ridiculous than anyone organizing their books by color. And yet, to quote Marie Kondo, it “sparks joy” in me to have books everywhere.

I just organized mine by color over the weekend and did have to break up a couple of series, didn’t really bother me much since I can still find them very easily if needed.  I could see it being a problem if you’ve got a few hundred + books though.

No, sorry. If it makes you happy, go for it, but I will always think you don’t read and keep books just for show. The only exception to this rule is if you have a collection of 50 Penguin editions of (for example) P.G. Wodehouse, and they’re all orange, but that’s coincidental color coding, and not color coding for…

No, they have books and they’re organizing them by color.

I am a voracious reader and I love a color-coded bookshelf. I’m a visual person and I remember the covers of books even faster than an author’s name. They’re much easier to find when they’re ordered by color. People who look down on this method are not only snobs, but they’re lazy snobs, not taking a moment to reflect…