Controversial Bookish Topic: Book Storage and Organization

I spent roughly 11 post talking about all the different organization methods you can use for your bookshelf (or bookshelves if you have more than one). But I know that certain organization methods are "controversial" within the bookish community, which is why I'm doing this post.

I think the biggest "controversial" organization method is organizing your books by color. Many of the arguments around it is that organizing by color separates book series, authors, etc.

As I said in most (if not all) of my posts here on bookshelf organization, it's really up to you and your preferences how your books are organized. If you're not sure what your preferences are, most of my posts on bookshelf organization have some pros, cons, and benefits to the different organization methods.

Here's what I'll say for the last time: there's no "right" or "wrong" way in organizing your books. They're just books, and it's okay for another person to prefer a bookshelf organization method that's different from the one(s) you prefer.

My personal preference is that I like to have my books alphabetized to some degree. Sometimes, I'll have an overarching organization method like genre, and then I'll organize alphabetically within each genre. But that's my personal preference, and I know not everyone's going to like or use it.

Should it bother you if someone doesn't like your preferred organization method(s) for your books? No. Why? It's their bookshelves, their books. Not yours. And vice versa - it shouldn't bother them if you don't like their preferred organization method(s) for their books.