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For People Who Own Too Many Books
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items Owning a lot of books is a storage problem disguised as a personality trait. This is what actually helped. Somewhere to put them, something to read with at night without waking the person next to you, and a way to hold a hardback open that does not b...
I resisted for years on principle, then travelled with forty books in one hand and shut up about it. The warm light is the reason to take this over the base model, it stops the screen feeling clinical at midnight. Physical books are still better. Thi...
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature 32GB
Narrow footprint, holds far more than it looks like it should, and the shelves do not sag in the middle after a year the way the cheap flat pack ones do. I have two. Get the taller version, you will fill it faster than you think.
Theo Bookcases, Ladder Shelves and Desks
Clips to the cover, bends where you want it, and does not wake up whoever is next to you. Three brightness levels and a warm setting so you are not staring into a torch at midnight. Charges over USB and lasts about a fortnight of normal reading.
Vekkia Rechargeable Book Light for Reading (Blue)
Holds a hardback open at a readable angle so you can eat, take notes, or simply stop cramping your wrist. Adjustable, folds flat, and it takes a genuinely heavy book without collapsing. It doubles as a cookbook and laptop stand, which is how it earns...
Actto book holder Archives
Reading in bed propped against three collapsing pillows never gave me consistent support and position I needed when I read. This one has arms, real back support and a pocket for your phone. It is enormous and faintly ridiculous and I would not give i...
Husband Pillow® Official Site – Backrest & Arm Pillows
Thin metal arrows that mark the exact line rather than the page, and they do not damage the paper. If you underline in library books, stop, and buy these instead.
Book Darts Line Markers - 125 Count Tin
The alternative to the Kindle if you would rather not be locked into one shop. Page turn buttons, and it borrows library books directly, which the Kindle makes far harder.
Kobo Libra Colour | Rakuten Kobo eReader Store United States
For the notes you take while reading and then never find again. Numbered pages and an index at the front, which is the entire reason to pick this over anything else.
Leuchtturm1917 Hardcover Notebook
It hides behind the bottom book so the stack appears to float. Slightly silly, genuinely useful when you have run out of floor and wall space at the same time.
Conceal Shelf Set of 3 - Invisible Floating Bookshelves
I often bought the same book home and ended up have to donate them again. Sometimes I also couldn't remember who I lent my books to. This app helps alot especially when I'm in a local bookstore or in overseas!
Home LMS - Book Management App (Android only)
The one you write on. If you annotate heavily and have been keeping notes in a separate notebook, this collapses two objects into one.
New Kindle Scribe: Write in Books & Notes
The budget option next to the Nathan James. Not as pretty, holds a serious weight of books, and it is what I would put in a spare room.
All Bookcases + Shelving - Sauder Woodworking
Stuck under a shelf edge they light the spines so you can actually read titles at night. Warm setting only, the color changing modes make a shelf look like a bar.
Govee LED Strip Lights
The auto wake and sleep is the reason to buy the official one. Third party cases get the magnet position slightly wrong and it will irritate you daily.
Kindle Paperwhite Fabric Cover
Small sculptural things that stick out of the top of the book. The kind of present you give a reader who already owns everything practical.
Peleg Design Bookmarks
Sits on your lap or a table and holds the book open at an angle. Fills the gap between the rigid book stand and propping it against a mug.
Reading Rest Bean Bag Book Holder