Grasping for the Wind: Bookshelf or Art?

April 17, 2008

Bookshelf or Art?

Won't remain empty long!
Originally uploaded by graspingforthewind.

Well, why not both?

I've been watching this blog for some time now, and I have to say, I am ga-ga for some of these shelves. My one an only disappointment is that I have yet to find a bookshelf that is designed to hold Mass Market Paperbacks.

I'm looking for a specially designed Mass Market Paperback bookshelf because I am a collector of the Forgotten Realms novels, and the majority of those are published only in mass market format. But no matter how I lay them out, they never really fit well on standard bookshelves, or they are stacked one on top of the other.

I would like to see a bookshelf where I can set my mass market paperbacks upright and next to each other so that the titles on the spines can be read clearly, I can put series together, and still looks classy. Anybody out there ever come across such an animal? What do you do with your mass market paperbacks? How do you stack them if you keep them?

PS: The photo is from when my wife and I first moved into our house about two years ago. Non of these shelves are empty now, and their are more books both on top and on the floor. And these are only the bookshelves in one room of our 2,300 square feet! We have shelves of comparable size in every other room but the two bathrooms. The books on these shelves are my wife's.
Posted by John on April 17, 2008 10:05 AM | Posted to Literature and Language
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That blog is AWESOME. I want some of those shelves!!!!

Posted by: The Wife on April 17, 2008 10:34 AM

I was given a bookcase that fortunately can take mass market paperbacks very well. There's always about an inch from the top of the book to the top of the shelf. Sadly, that one ran out of room, and the same with my second bookcase! I'm not forced to lay books sideways or on top of one another!

Posted by: Chris (The Book Swede) on April 18, 2008 05:45 AM

Chris- Where did you find it?

Posted by: John on April 18, 2008 12:08 PM

I buy predominantly mass market paperbacks. Since our standard is not as high as in your country (and I'm still an unemployed student) the book prices don't really differ (if anything...they are higher due to the shipping cost etc.) thus hardcovers are pretty much out of the question. Besides, I'm a big fan of mmpb's, the format and the soft covers really suit me better :)

Posted by: thrinidir on April 21, 2008 02:45 AM