Favorite Author Shelves

A few of our favorite authors have earned their own shelves in our built-in buffet cabinet, based both on number of books and attractiveness. When I love a book, like Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, or Hamlet, I buy a lot of copies–for the illustrations, the footnotes, a cool cover, the introduction, portability, durability, whatever.

Jane Austen and Patrick O’Brian
Austen shelf Patrick O'Brian shelf

Anne, Emily and Charlotte Bronte
Bronte shelf, left Bronte shelf, right

Shakespeare
Shakespeare shelf, left Shakespeare shelf, right

2 Responses to “Favorite Author Shelves”

  1. Steph Says:

    Very cool. I dream of having sufficient shelf space one day in order to display my books rather than to merely store them.

  2. girldetective Says:

    One of my hopes was to create extra space on the bookshelves upstairs. Funny–the brief vacuum left by creating these author shelves closed up immediately! I must not be reading enough, or fast enough. Heh.