Actually, I'd put Drew's book next to Ken Kesey.

Prefers to organize "autobiographically":

slayer199: Actually, I'd put Drew's book next to Ken Kesey.

I'd put it next to this book and watch the sparks fly:

I put books by Hitler and Churchill next to each other.

Mine are kind of in order by types of book - classics, nonfiction, sci fi/fantasy, etc, but not alphabetically. All books by any one author go together on a shelf, in order if they are a series and otherwise by height. Some strange form of OCD makes me want all the books either level on the shelf or slanting in one direction or another, not all uneven and jaggedy.

Before I had too many books relative to shelves I did:

Fiction sorted first by hardcover vs. paperback to match shelf height. Author second. Publication date third. Later sorted into "books I already read" (in the other room) and "books I intend to read" (in my bedroom).

Nonfiction by subject matter trying to keep more closely related books together (like the Hitler+Churchill pair).

All of my different bookshelves have a different organizing method.

My Sci-Fi bookshelf is in order (left to right) from author last name and first date published; with the exception of series being kept together even if the author veered and wrote something in between, that stray book will then be put after the series.

My Research bookshelf (and largest book shelf) is in order per each shelf.
Religious Studies on the first and second shelf, starting (left to right) with religious texts: Bible, Apocrypha, The Qur'an, Torah, Ketuvim, Bhagavad Gita, Dhammapada, etc. Followed by various Comparative Religious Studies, from text books to authors such as Campbell, Jung...
Third and forth shelf is Philosophy, organized by period. Earliest to latest.
Fifth shelf is Anthropology, starting with Physical and moving to Cultural and finally Social.
Sixth is Archaeology, organized by location an era, location and era, location and era, etc.
Seventh and eighth are notes.

There're 3 more bookshelves, but you get the idea. (Literary; My writings; then a free for all for cook books, gardening, and such) Each bookshelf also has a placeholder card for people who borrow anything.

Meh, I love my books.

We organize ours by color. Oh you want that cookbook with the banana bread recipe? That's over in "Blue"

PsyLord: I'd put it next to this book and watch the sparks fly:

LMAO. You'd probably start a fire on your bookshelf.

I churn books constantly. That way, they eventually get dusted.

I have to agree with the American socialite who said "I hate dirt so much that when the house gets dirty I have to go live in a hotel."

I can also second the practical notion, from Quintin Crisp, the famous Queen, that "after four years the dust doesn't get any thicker".

Um, keeping your bookshelves organized? Is that the Jim Gaffigan level of white people problems?

Paparbacks first, by height. Hardcovers next, by height. Series by the same author stay together, otherwise there is no particular order.

General books are in the bookshelves in the living room. Cookbooks are in the two bookcases in the dining room. Self help and my favorite "I can't get to sleep so I need something mindless" books are in the bookcase in the bedroom.

Books don't get shelved until I have read them so the unread books are in stacks on top of the living room bookshelves or on top of the bookcase in the bedroom (which is also my nightstand)

ZAZ: I put books by Hitler and Churchill next to each other.

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First off, i divide by fiction and non fiction.

Fiction is alpha by author and chronological order, but no splitting up series

Non-fiction is by topic, then alpha by author (i have no series)

Books? Are they those papery computers we used to have in school?