Photographic Evidence of the TBR

I love seeing the TBR shelves of other bloggers and so, even though I could tell you to look at my LibraryThing TBR list (which currently claims to contain 196 unread books), I decided to take some photos and share my shelves with you.

I keep the majority of my TBR books on a three-shelf bookcase by my bed, on (and in and under) my nightstand and in teetering stacks in that same area. There are a few others scattered around the house and a separate, more visible place for review copies and library books.

So, without further ado, here is most of my folly revealed --

top shelf, one side

I tend to use the top shelf for books that I plan on reading the soonest. I don't know why the middle stack ended up red and orange. I didn't plan it that way and just noticed when I was taking photos.

top shelf, other side

middle shelf, one side

The middle shelf is where I keep most of my Oxford and Penguin editions. As you can see, I have enough Dickens and Collins to keep me busy for years!

middle shelf, other side

bottom shelf, one side

The bottom shelf is pretty full and it shows how behind I am in the Captain Alatriste series (three books).

bottom shelf, other side

bottom of first stack

The books in this stack are ones that have been recently bumped from the shelves, ones that are in series that I have to read another book first and books that I have recently acquired. I could probably take that copy of Alice in Wonderland out since it's not really a TBR. I've decided to collect my favorite editions of that book. But, I haven't really looked at it yet so there it is. The Nick Hornby books below are ones that I am dying to read but, as I know they will inspire me to buy even more books, they are also the two that I can't open any time soon.

top of first stack

bottom of second stack

This final stack are ones that I will probably have to be in just the right mood for -- except the Fowler books which are just later ones in a series that I need to start. I'm finishing up a few other series first and then that one and the Laurie R. King Holmes books are next. I don't own all of either one of those so obviously it means more acquisitions at some point!

top of second stack

under the nightstand

These ones are hiding under the nightstand only because they are all of the same size and they fit. I want to pull out the Canongate Myths series sooner than later.

on the nightstand shelf

This is the home of some of the books I have owned the longest and have either not read or have partially read. Mason & Dixon was going along okay and I'm not sure why I stopped reading it. I also have a few Poirot books here but they are ones that I could still remember from the television episodes so I had to set them aside for a while.

on the top of the nightstand

I started the James book for last year's RIP Challenge but didn't finish it and started a re-read of A Tale of Two Cities for the Chance Challenge last year but didn't get through it either. Hopefully I will pick these ones back up soon so that they can move off of the TBR!

And that is it for this region of the house. My goal for the year is to read at least 50 books from my stacks and I've gotten through 7 so far which is almost on track. Unfortunately, I haven't stopped buying books. Two of these (a Heyer mystery and a Heyer romance) joined the shelves on Friday and I have two books (the next Thursday Next and the new Louis Bayard) on pre-order. Oh well!

Which titles do I own that you also want to read? Are any of these on your favorites list? Are any of them awful?

Still far short of being a hoarder (thankfully),
K