When my book collection only occupied a couple of shelves I arranged them by size. The various sizes bothered me so that was one way to keep my tiny collection visually organized. When my collection took up a full bookcase I started organizing alphabetically and have been ever since.
It may seem stupid, but the visual chaos of seeing rows of books in different heights and widths continues to bother me. Surely I am not the only one? I don’t understand the point of making books all these different sizes. They should all be uniform (like CD cases and vinyl records as an example). I understand thickness because some books are longer or shorter than others. But I wish height and width would be standardized.
Of course there are exceptions, like coffee table books, technical manuals, textbooks, map books, etc. But our everyday reading material should be the same standard size. Please, publishers, reduce the visual clutter. My slightly OCD brain can’t take it. And I know I’m not the only one.
by StrugFug