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Forty books, one shelf

The shelf behind the desk, book by book, with the abandoned ones left in.

Enova Studio

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A shelf of books photographed close up
“Bookshelf Tour Part #1: Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, David Attenborough & More! [47 BOOKS]” by Dane Cobain on YouTube, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Video: “Bookshelf Tour Part #1: Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, David Attenborough & More! [47 BOOKS]” by Dane Cobain on YouTube, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

A shelf is a more honest record than a reading list, because it includes the ones you did not finish. I go along it in order and do not skip the embarrassing part.

What is in it

  1. 00:30 The four I reread every year.
  2. 03:20 The nineteen I abandoned, and the page-sixty rule.
  3. 06:45 The one I have started five times.
  4. 09:10 What the shelf says that the spreadsheet does not.

Made with

  • A slider, used once and regretted
  • One 35mm lens
  • Two lamps

The barn conversion book is on there three times. I have no explanation.

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