So what can we do? Read on for some easy ways to organise our favourite books for that practical yet Pinterest-worthy aesthetic. How many of us, like this writer, have found the perfect trick to organise our books before finding, distressed and dismayed, that no amount of logic will keep the precious books in place for more than two weeks. “I tidily separated the fiction from the nonfiction, dutifully arranging the fiction alphabetically by author…. In a recent article in the Washington Post, Mark Athitakis gave a heartfelt shout-out, “Why bother organising your books? A messy personal library is proof of life.” The journalist writes, “It’s hard for me to remember now the exact moment when my ambition for order died.” He explains how he set out, when his family moved into a new house, to meticulously tidy up his library in the new shelving. Such makes a therapeutically stimulating yet peaceful vacation for the mind. Alphabetically, by collection, by genre or theme, even by colour - it’s time to take advantage of a calm and quiet summer break to organise your books.

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