How do I organize my books?

Question

I have a bunch of square shelves that my books are on now.
I will be moving them to one continuous 'floating' shelf that goes around 2 walls in my room.
I'm 14, so nothing too complicated.
here's a list of my books, read if you would like, but most of you probably don't have the time.

LIST OF BOOKS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ THIS LIST
Nancy Drew/ antique books
The Lost Files of Nancy Drew – Grosset & Nunlap
Nancy Drew #7, The clue in the Diary – Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew #9, Secret of the Spa- Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew #10, Uncivil Acts - Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew # 11, Riverboat Ruse - Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew #12, Stop the Clock - Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew #13, Trade Wind Danger - Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew # 14, Bad times, Big Crimes - Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew #15, Framed - Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew #16, Dangerous Plays - Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew #173, Danger on the Great Lakes - Carolyn Keene
The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm – Kate Douglas Wiggin
Fun with **** and Jane – William S. Gray
Mad About Madeline (all Madeline stories) – Ludwig Bemelmans

Crafting/ 'Fun' books
1500 best bars cookies muffins cakes & more – Esther Brody
Paige by Paige – Paige Davis
200 Braids – Jacqui Carey
Simply Sewing – Judy Ann Sadler
The Pastel artist’s bible – Claire Waite Brown
Hair Wraps – Anne Akers Johnson
Step by Step Presents – Wendy Boase
The Magic of Salt Dough – Brigitte Casagranda
Origami and Papercraft – Paul Jackson & Vivien Frank
The Philosopher cat - Kwong Kuen Shan

Poetry/ Self Help/ Auto-biography but mostly fiction novels
The giving tree – Shel Silverstein
When the sidewalk ends - Shel Silverstein
Falling up - Shel Silverstein
A light in the attic - Shel Silverstein
Mr Poppers Penguins – Richard and Florence Atwater
When the Nines roll over – David Benioff
Mon Journal Ful Nul – Jim Benton
The Wizard of Oz – L. Frank Baum
The land of Oz – L. Frank Baum
Ramona The Pest – Beverly Cleary
The Adventures of Pinocchio – C. Colidi
Code Orange- Caroline Cooney
The Boy next door – Laura Dower
Tomorrow Code - Brian Falkner
Lush – Natasha Friend
Freshman – Michal Gerber
Paper Towns - John Green
An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
Flush – Carl Hiassin
The Tail of Emily Windsnap – Liz Kesslen
Lily B. On the Brink of Cool - Elizabeth Kimmel
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs – Chuck Klosterman
Side effects – Amy Koss
Sunshine Sketches of a little Town – Stephen Leacock
Rules – Cynthia Lord
Betsy Tacey – Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy, Tacey & Tib – Maud Hart Lovelace
The Doll People – Ann M. Martin & laura Godwin
The accidental Chearleader – Mimi McCoy
Twilight – Stephanie Meyer
New Moon – Stephanie Meyer
Eclipse – Stephanie Meyer
Breaking Dawn – Stephanie Meyer
The Host – Stephanie Meyer
Letters from a Nut – Ted L. Nancy
The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama
My sister’s keeper – Jodi Picoult
Wreck this Journal – Keri Smith
Peak – Roland Smith
Drums, Girls and Dangerous pie – Jordan Sonnenblick
Eggs – Jerry Spinelli
Lost it – Kristen Tracey
Safe as Houses – Eric Walters
The Bvlgari Connection – Fay Welden
The rules of Survival – Nancy Werlin
The Strictest School in the world – Howard Whitehouse
Each little bird that sings – Deborah Wiles
Learning to Float – Lily Wright

Reference/ Information/ Music

Canadian Oxford World Atlas
The Story of English – Robert McCrum, William Cran, & Robert MacNiel
The Great Scientists – John Fardon
Math Tricks, Games and Puzzles – Raymond Blum
Jumbo Book of Number Puzzles
The Giant Book of Games – Will Shortz
The Old Farmers Almanac 2009
A-Z of Lovehearts, friendship and other Slushy stuff – Tracey Turner
A-Z of Ghosts Skeletons and other haunting horrors – Tracey Turner
A-Z of Crackers, mistletoe and other Christmas Turkeys – Tracey Turner
Piano Chords – Jake Jackson
Guitar Chord Bible – Phil Capone
The Songwriters Notebook – Matthew Teacher
The Complete Beatles Volume 1
The Complete Beatles Volume 2
Best of Dave Matthews Volume 1 Guitar
Teach Yourself to play piano
Jack Johnson In Between Dreams – Guitar and Vocal
2007 Greatest Pop and Movie Hits
The Science Book – National Geographic
Innovations in Glass – The corning museum of Glass
Atoms – Chris Oxlade
An Intimate Guide to the Cosmos
Do Penguins Have knees? – David Feldmen
So, Now you Know - Harry Bright and Harlan Briscoe
Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas – Jay Ingram
The David Suzuki Reader – David Suzuki
An inconvenient truth – Al Gore
The Otesha Book: From Junk to funk
The Finger Ratio – John Manning
The Human Body – DK Books
Goldfish 2nd Edition – Gregory Skomal

Unshelved
Bad News (A book about the decline in American News)
The Dictionary of Science and Technology, 2nd edition.
Webster's French English Dictionary
Larousse French English Dictionary
Webster's English Thesaurus

Answer 1

You already have them broken down by categories. I'd break Nancy Drew into a series and shelve them according to order they were published. In fiction and poetry, alphabetize by author. If you have more than one title by an author, alphabetize within that group by title.



Put non-fiction into categories like the library--history together, sociology (Bad News could fit in here).

keep



Reference books should be grouped together. Keep foreign language books together alphabetically.

Answer 2

he hee heeeee...I think you just answered your own question! Your list sounds very well organized as it is now! Speaking of now..now that you have listed all of your books and I might add, in very good order...you have a perfect list to keep on the side, if ever you need to find a book that you have forgotten the location of. You can scan down your list and have a very good idea where about it is on your wrap around shelf.

As far as your unshelved books go, you may want to find a more convenient spot for them, as they are reference books that you may want handy for day to day use, or, if you don't use them at all, they can be tucked away. By the way, I still have many of the books you have listed! Many bring back happy memories. All in all, it is a very good idea to place your books along one continuous floating shelf. You will find it very easy to access what you are looking for. Take it from a person who now has 9 jam-packed bookcases. I only wish I could set up a long wrap around system like you are planning.

Answer 3

There are several ways to organize your books. You can separate them by subject (as you have already done) and alphabetize them by author on the shelves within their subject category -- leaving room on each shelf for new acquisitions, of course. You can also combine them all together and alphabetize them by author or title. Further, you can subdivide your fiction section by "Favorites" or age range.



I recommend putting tall or heavy books on lower shelves and books that you plan to use/read more often -- like reference/information books -- on eye-level shelves for easy access. Older books that you are keeping for antique and/or sentimental value could go on the higher shelves.



Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Put your books are in alphabetical order starting with the title of the book.