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May 1, 2026
I’ve spent the best part of my career writing what other people have asked me to write, so I guess I pine for those kinda mystical fjords sometimes.
Apr 24, 2026
The pages are smudged and stained and torn; the cover is on its last legs; it is, in short, perfect.
Apr 17, 2026
It moved me in a way I couldn’t fully name at the time.
Apr 10, 2026
You could say my bookcase is my pride and joy, and I would probably have to agree with you.
Apr 3, 2026
This shelf is a testament to the chaos of my life, and my library.
Mar 27, 2026
The tattered books that made me an avid reader as a child.
Mar 20, 2026
The shelf evolved from housing fake flowers and a retro lunchbox weed stash bookends to what it is now.
Mar 13, 2026
If there's one thing all these books have in common, it's that they are very well-highlighted.
Mar 6, 2026
He told me to change one word (he was right), and we were friends for more than 25 years.
Feb 27, 2026
It’s a story that brings all this very close to home; everyone’s home.
Feb 20, 2026
This book came with me wherever we went each day: the ocean, on a hike, in the pool, through the rain...
Feb 13, 2026
"For me, it was always going to be about love". And my shelves definitely reflect that.
Feb 6, 2026
London is constantly reinventing itself. There’s no end to its stories, or the books that tell them. And, unfortunately, only so much shelf space...
Jan 30, 2026
If I had to give this shelf a name it would be my Irish Hag shelf. Which, coincidentally, is a name I happily give myself: Irish hag.
Jan 23, 2026
I was in mourning for the books that weren’t on the shelves. The ones I have lost along the way.
Jan 16, 2026
A shelf of somewhat mismatched non-fiction items, shoved together with minimal plan or purpose, ranging across many ages of reading, on an old MFI shelf.
Jan 9, 2026
My fiancée and I were both (a.) hungry for book recommendations and (b.) far too wrapped up in doomscrolling about the rise of populism.
Jan 2, 2026
Somewhere along the way, I realized survival isn’t solitary. It’s communal.
Dec 31, 2025
A complete(-ish) list of all the books that have been featured.
All the shelvers of books who have shared their shelves of books with us.
Dec 26, 2025
Seldom does a writer get the multiple edition treatment in my home.
Dec 19, 2025
After reading it, I switched career paths and started to learn and work in horticulture.
Dec 12, 2025
Somewhere out there is a parallel universe where I never bought that book, and my life probably looks very different. Certainly less fantastical.
Dec 5, 2025
The smallness of the world... makes this book quite precious to me.
Nov 28, 2025
I know others who manage this life transition while still ploughing through books. I haven’t managed that.
