What kind of books are in your book shelf?

i don't own a lot of books... i'm a student and i've been moving from one place to another the past few years so i decided to keep my load light. i usually give away books after reading them. and most of the time i borrow books instead of buying them because i know that i won't be keeping them anyway. i have on my shelf...hmm...let's see...textbooks. hahaXD other than that, i have a novel (1964 by orwell, it's old but i suddenly felt like reading it when i saw it in a secondhand bookshop) and a thin poem book. and that makes up my bookshelf. if ever you encounter scarcity of space at your place, i'll lend you mine.XD i accept book donations~ hahaXD

I definitely play favorites. The vast majority of the books in my home collection are fantasy/ high fantasy. I have a few science fiction book, some thrillers, and a few non-fiction books about faith, marriage, and giraffes (Yeah, I know that last one sounds totally non-sequitur). I don't really keep my school textbooks in my home collection of book. I usually keep them out by my backpack where they're under foot. My bookshelf is full so I've got books on my desk, on top of my desk, on my nightstand, under my bed... I really need a new bookshelf but I don't really have anywhere to put it. So right now I'm just going to be surrounded by book! (And I love it!)

for me they are non fiction books as well as antique books that i have collected over the years along with antique Bibles.

I've always enjoyed reading. It's always been something I had fun doing. There are various types of books on my bookshelves. Some of them are mine, others are my husband's books. I have some non-fiction, some murder mystery novels, some of our textbooks, some biographies, just to name a few. We have so many books that sometimes I forget what books we have.

I have always loved to read but mylot has taken away of alot of my reading time, lol. I have reference books on antiwues, some old hardback books that belonged to my mother, an old photo album that belonged to my step-father & some paperbacks that i will hopefully get around to reading one of these days. mysteries are my fave.

Hi Jen, I am a reader too though I read what is relevant and needed for my work. I am a computer programmer or more specifically a web developer who works with PHP and those stuff. I have my bookshelf piled with books related to computers- from basic C programming to Artificial Intelligence. I read most of them... Yes, one more thing that I think I should let out here - I have a bad habit of collecting books. So there are many books in that shelf that I have hardly read. I also collect books related to Quizzes, Puzzles, Crosswords and similar topics. I spend my free time solving out some pages from these too. Cheers, theSids.

I also have a lot of different kind of books..romance, poetry, adventure, mystery, horticulture books, journalism books(these are for school classes, kids books(since when I was a little girl, encilopedias, some kind of "DIY" books.Horror i don't think i have..but my favorites are the one by Alexandre Dumas, Michel Zevaco, Xavier de Montepin, Paul Feval and recently Clive Cussler

most of my books are packed away, but they are probably 50% science fiction/fantasy, 20% craft, 20% mysteries and then horse books. Might be a few stray romances in there...

I have a crazy amount of books. I love having my own little library and I'm always picking up more cheap books in charity shops. It drives my partner nuts at times, but he loves reading too. I have a lot of old university books (I can never part with books!) on critical and cultural theory and literature theory, but also horror, burlesque, historical, sewing, biography, crafts, spiritual, classical... I'll try pretty much anything! I wish I could hire someone to organise all my books for me! They could alphabetize my DVDs while they were at it too!

Due to lack of space I keep only reference books on my shelves. Of course with the Internet at my finger tips I could get rid of most of those.

I do have a lots of books, history,fiction,novels including Readers Digest collection of condensed books...I just love them I clean my shelf a few days ago and found 3 old encyclopedias which I don't need any more I wanted to give them away but sadly no one wants it[what with the internet and new technology]so I put them away...I guess at the end I will have to destroy them!...what a shame!

I am a witch so I have a lot of books about my religion. I'm also a college student so I have a lot of college textbooks. My boyfriend and I laugh because when we get our own place together we will have 2 of almost every textbook... all my witchcraft books and his collection of Bibles passed on to him by his dad. We are an odd couple but we love each other very much.

Hi Jen! I have quite a collection of books in my house, too. Like you, though, I never meant to collect them. My daddy really liked to read and so do I, btw, and I have several shelves full of a variety of books in my den. There are bibles, medical books, encyclopedias, books of short stories and poetry, religious books, books about Abraham Lincoln, horse books. There are just so many that I can't begin to name them all. My parents belonged to the Reader's Digest Club a long time ago and I have several books in there that came from the club. These books have a lot of good stories in them. I also have some cookbooks but most of them are in the kitchen. I ran a bookstore from 1984 to 1986 and I have a few I bought from there. We had to go out of business because we didn't do any good, I hate to say. We also rented movies and vcrs. I like mysteries, self-help books, biographies, Grace Livingston Hill books, and it seems like I'm always reading the medical books, lol! My parents used to kid me about reading the medical books so much. They said I ought to be a doctor the way I'm always reading them! I was mainly reading about problems I had, though. As you can see, I grew up with a variety of books, too.

hi jen.... i have all novels and novel related criticisms.. perhaps u know that i am doing doctorate degree on indian novels. take care. i have a new dis.

What a question! I've got four large freestanding bookcases, a small one, about 30 - odd feet of wall shelving and more books shelved on top of the chest of drawers and cupboards. As for subjects, there's a lot of SF and fantasy which I began reading back in the 60's and am still buying and reading, though not as much as I used to. The wall shelving is mostly filled with paperbacks dating back to the 60's and 70's - many of them are now collectors items. Other subjects are historical novels - Lindsey Davis being a big favorite, and naval historical fiction of any kind (Hornblower as so on) I was in archaeology for nearly 20 years and so there are a lot of books and journals on that subject. There's an old, (printed in 1901) encyclopedia, Books on history especially military history and especially Napoleonic wars, a small collection of occult and Wiccan books, another small collection of cat books, and a whole load of miscellaneous books and novels of all sorts filling an entire bookcase.

I used to have quite a collection of books when I had the house with my ex. I had one room that was just lined with bookshelves and had a huge huge variety of books. It was basically my little getaway room. I miss it. Anyway when I moved, I downsized...had to and I donated most of my books. Now all I have is a couple of natural health books, a dictionary, a thesaurasus, a couple of spare novels just in case I run out of reading material and my Alice in wonderland set which is very old as well as my Andersons fairy tale book from when I was a kid. I find I visit the library a lot more often now than I used to. I always have a book going. If I don't get them from the library, I will buy some 2nd hand. I don't hold them any longer but instead I pass them on.

When I was younger I had a lot of books, but I have lived at many different places and when I moved I often gave away some of my books, because I couldn't bring everything. I often borrow books at the library instead of buying them, and I sometimes donate books to charity if I know that I am not going to read them again, so I don't have a huge collection of books. I have some guidebooks, dictionaries and phrasebooks from different countries, some books about psychology, psychiatry and nursing, some new age books and a few novels and some collections of poems.

OK, now you've found a subject close to my heart. I love books. I have a very large library and if I ever get to retirement, I'll have enough reading to keep me busy for a long, long time. I only wish I had more time to read now. I have a wide variety of subjects on my bookshelves. I like fiction and presently have a penchant for David Baldacci novels. I also like Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy and well, I could go on and on. I also like non-fiction. I read about subjects that I get interested in for whatever reason at the moment. I watch the TV show Deadliest Catch so I found books by my favorite captains on the show. I read "Time Bandit" by the Hillstrand brothers of the boat by the same name and I'm presently reading "North by Northwestern" by Sig Hansen of the Northwestern boat. There's a pretty good selection of information and reference books on my shelves too. If I get interested in doing or building anything, I'll usually get a book or two on the subject. I just got a nice one on how to design and build a pole barn. I've got books on aviation, hot rods, motorcycles, tractors, woodworking, nature and the outdoors, animals, gardening, history, business, politics, mostly "guy stuff" I guess you would say. Oh and lets not forget science fiction. I really enjoy reading GOOD science fiction. Not just the "Star Wars" type, but the kind that really makes you think about things. Some of the volumes of sci-fi short stories are really good. I always liked Robert Heinlein too. (that's dating me a bit I know...) You never want to go to the bookstore or library with me because I can be there for hours just browsing, although I never leave empty handed. I always find something I have to have. I never seem to get rid of them either. The library just grows. I love it though. When I build my house, I'm going to have to have lots of bookshelves in my den!

When I worked, I never had time to read books. Now that I'm retired, I have no interest, but I've been thinking about it. I'm glad you love to read...it really is a good "hobby".

I have all kinds of books, really. I have several hundred books, so it is not so strange I guess. I prefer non fiction though, so a large part of the collection is non fiction, even though not all.