QuiltnLady1, I have 8 full-sized bookshelves in my house. Two of them hold cookbooks. Two are filled with nursing related textbooks. I have tons of sewing, quilting, knitting, gardening, music, writing, and painting books. Most of my books are non-fiction. I usually get my fiction from the library, and the Kindle is very helpful with that. I really need to downsize. My husband complains every time we move. He is an engineer and we have moved ten times during our marriage for the sake of his career. He reads too, but his book collection pales in comparison to mine.