We file fiction alphabetically by author; that's kept downstairs, with separate sections for drama and poetry. Travel is also downstairs, alphabetical by author. Recipe books and most writing about food that includes recipes are between the dining area and the kitchen, filed with the most useful/frequently used most readily to hand and otherwise by cuisine.
We file history and current affairs chronologically (although with separate mini-sections at the end for military history and for the sort of alternate history that is not fiction and thus probably calls itself counterfactual); that's in the smaller study.
We file literary criticism and other writing-about-writing alphabetically by author, although with a separate section for sf criticism; that's in the larger study along with the sf magazines. Also in the larger study is the other non-fiction (sciences and arts), which we file by sub-genre and haven't yet properly organised it within those sections.
Reference (organised in a way I can't quite describe) is on the landing between the two studies. Humour and collections of journalism (also sufficiently few that they are arranged by brain pattern and general connectivity) are in the spare bedroom along with the children's books (alphabetical by author) that aren't swept up by general fiction; the fanzine library (alphabetical by title) is off that.
The unread books that we really want to read next are kept in the main bedroom. The book catalogue includes information about what we have read, but not where things are stored. This occasionally leads to hunting and swearing, but mostly works.
We only just have more shelves than books, but still have a few places in the house where we can fit more shelves. Eventually it may become a problem. I hope that's all quite clear...
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Date: 2007-07-15 12:09 am (UTC)We file history and current affairs chronologically (although with separate mini-sections at the end for military history and for the sort of alternate history that is not fiction and thus probably calls itself counterfactual); that's in the smaller study.
We file literary criticism and other writing-about-writing alphabetically by author, although with a separate section for sf criticism; that's in the larger study along with the sf magazines. Also in the larger study is the other non-fiction (sciences and arts), which we file by sub-genre and haven't yet properly organised it within those sections.
Reference (organised in a way I can't quite describe) is on the landing between the two studies. Humour and collections of journalism (also sufficiently few that they are arranged by brain pattern and general connectivity) are in the spare bedroom along with the children's books (alphabetical by author) that aren't swept up by general fiction; the fanzine library (alphabetical by title) is off that.
The unread books that we really want to read next are kept in the main bedroom. The book catalogue includes information about what we have read, but not where things are stored. This occasionally leads to hunting and swearing, but mostly works.
We only just have more shelves than books, but still have a few places in the house where we can fit more shelves. Eventually it may become a problem. I hope that's all quite clear...