Good news! You can organize your books so that they are easier to find. Not so good news: you will likely need to sell or donate a few of them if you’re running low on shelf space.
Back to the good news… It’s helpful to use categories to locate specific books. Add labels so that it’s easier to put them back in the right spot.
So, you can organize by…
- Category
- Fiction
- Alphabetically by author
- Alphabetically by author
- Non-Fiction
- Option #1: Subject (e.g., business, travel, crafts, etc.)
- Option #2: Alphabetically by author within a particular subject
- Option #1: Subject (e.g., business, travel, crafts, etc.)
- Genre
- Children
- Fiction
- Color…get a little creative…

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