For what it's worth, shelf 1: fiction and poetry(mostly Irish) in the living room; shelf 2-3-4:Irish Art (1600AD+), history & politics, gardening-cooking-crafts and some misc. CDs, between the livingroom and diningroom; shelf 5: music and books waiting to be read in my bedroom where I keep my guitar on a stand; shelf 6-7-8: more cookbooks, Irish language, mysteries and leftovers from college in the spare bedroom. Most everything that I didn't care about went to the used bookstore when I moved. Now I keep a box for the friends of the library and I take that in about twice a year.