My book and magazine collection

The messy bookcase downstairs mostly has kids' books and books in Italian. Roget's Thesaurus is there, and a few reference books.

My literary collection is upstairs, hidden away in a fitted wardrobe. I've just sorted it out - long overdue. I don't keep all the things I've ever read, though I try to keep an issue of each periodical, and I don't give away anything I'm in. The sections are

• Annual story anthologies (35)
• Story anthologies (25)
• Poetry anthologies (25)
• Flash monographs (15)
• Story monographs (75)
• Poetry monographs (160)
• Novels (10)
• Craft/theory books (20)
• Short story periodicals (35)
• Periodicals (70)
• Things I'm in (225)

I don't keep novels. I sometimes re-read books. More often I use the books for reference. Now that I've put the books in order I'll be able to find what I'm looking for without being waylaid by discoveries.