How I Organize My Bookshelves

During the summer of 2019 my husband and I went through the process of replacing all the flooring in our house.

Long before that I’d been contemplating rearranging the books on my bookshelves in some way that would allow me to find books a bit easier. Originally, my bookshelves were organized only by READ and TBR – otherwise I just put books together that I felt looked good together.

Needless to say it was really difficult to find books!

I knew I needed more organization, but I didn’t was the sacrifice aesthetics.

So, knowing that I would have to remove all the books and furniture from my library anyway, I came up with a reorganization plan.

Because similar genres tend to have similar cover styles and sizes, I decided to organize my shelves in this way:
1. Two categories: YA and Adult
2. Within those categories: Contemporary and Everything else (fantasy, sci-fi, historical, etc.)
3. Within those genres: alphabetical by author last name

Want to see the entire process, before photos, and after? Check out my video: