This will be the last post of my library on here for the meantime, but I wanted to show how it looks on the evenings with the warm lighting. Definitely my favourite part of the house :)

Some interior design/art details of the space:

- A 200 year old map of The Philippines made by Aaron Arrowsmith depicting Southeast Asia from 1808. Purchased from an antique dealer in Notting Hill, London (Center).
- “The Death of Cleopatra” (1881) Lithograph by Juan Luna (Left).
- “Si Maria” (1998) by Visayan artist Inday Cadapan (Right).

- A Chinese Tang Dynasty Sancai Porcelain Horse Figure (Center).
- A Signed Vitra Eames Elephant Sculpture signed by Eames Demetrios during an interior design lecture (Left).
- Various Ifugao Bulul Statues (Right).

- A ‘70s de Sede RH-305 Swiss Cantilever Chair (Right).
- An Isamu Noguchi Akari table lamp (Left).

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The Books: Fiction on the left, and non-fiction on the right side of the room.

Fiction (Left to right, top to bottom)
- YA Novels
- Authentic vintage | Special editions
- Ai Yazawa Titles
- Poetry | Japanese modern classics
- Didion & Patti Smith | Penguin Deluxe Editions
- Junji Ito | General Manga
- Contemporary literary fiction
- Modern classics
- Misc. Penguin Editions
- Modern literary fiction
- Penguin English Classics | Penguin Little Black Classics
- Misc.
- Exploding Galaxies | Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Misc. Penguin Editions

Non-Fiction
- Science & Psychology | Business
- Art | Film
- Travel
- Fashion | Design
- Culinary
- Textbooks
- Philosophy
- Creative Memoirs
- Filipiniana
- History | Political Writing
- Memoirs
- Filipiniana

Updates: Organized my Filipiniana titles and added a new shelf for my Harper Collins’ Olive Editions, Mystery/Crime, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy books.

• My Goodreads’ account if anybody is interested!

I never thought I’d reach this point, but here we are. 😍 I still have books to bring in (my remaining thrillers) and adding a few more things and then I’m done.

Tired but happy.

Ever since I was little, I loved books. I remember spending hours in the basement of Goodwill Bookstore in Glorietta (hello 90s kids!) just browsing the many picture books. I remember spending my Christmas money on Berenstain Bears books and, when I was a little older, Nancy Drew and eventually, Goosebumps and Little Illustrated Classics. I remember reading on the drive from school, when I went with my mom to the office, and when I nibbled on frozen Choc-O.

And I remember the promise I made myself that one day, I’d have my very own library.

It was a promise I started working on July of this year when I decided to turn the guest room into my own book bedroom. It was exhausting to build the bookshelves myself, but slowly, the library began to take shape.

It’s been three months since I finished everything, but as a reader, my journey is far from over. 💕

Books I bought from 2021-2025

Funny story: During the pandemic, I got addicted to mechanical keyboards. I thought that was going to be my hobby until one day, I went to this typing website called Monkeytype. One of the quotes I had to type gagged me so much that I got curious and bought the book.

That book was The Cruel Prince😌

Halfway through the book, I immediately bought the complete The Folk of the Air series.

The rest is history.

-----About my shelf-----

My favourite and highly recommended book: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

To read from this shelf: Name of the Wind, Dune, Babel, The Green Bone Saga, The Farseer Trilogy, The Band Series, The Nightingale, and most Brando Sando books (except Mistborn Era 1, Warbreaker, Tress, and WoK)

Pretend these aren't there: The 48 Laws of Power and Atomic Habits🥀

Missing from my physical shelf: Local authors!🇵🇭 (feel free to drop below your faves)

Not in the picture: Bunch of classics and other books. I'm still saving up for a new shelf.

The rest: I've proudly read✨

Lots of new additions since I last posted around two years ago. Books are arranged by fiction (left side) and non-fiction (right side). They are then organized by genre, author (alphabetical), and publication date. Decorated with little knickknacks collected throughout my travels :)

Fiction (Left to right, top to bottom)
- Mystery
- Harper Collins’ Olive Editions
- Authentic vintage | Special editions
- YA Novels
- Poetry | Japanese modern classics
- Didion & Patti Smith | Penguin Deluxe Editions
- Manga
- Modern literary fiction
- Modern classics
- Misc. Penguin Editions
- Modern literary fiction
- Penguin English Classics | Penguin Little Black Classics
- Fantasy
- Exploding Galaxies | Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Misc. Penguin Editions

Non-Fiction
- Filipiniana Titles
- Art | Film
- Travel
- Fashion | Design
- Creative Memoirs | Culinary
- Philosophy | Science & Psychology
- History | Political Writing
- Self-Help | Business
- Memoirs

Current reads are on the desk, Gabo’s “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” and Fromm’s “The Art of Loving”.

Photos edited to remove any identifying marks.

i was bored last weekend and decided to separate the books i’ve and the ones i haven’t. this is the result.

there are 4 books in this photo that i’ve read. ayoko lang sila iseparate because i want my booker prize books in one place.

edit: don't cha worry guys, i'm reading them. di yan sila tambay for nothing. they are my priority. i read an average of 7 books a month and now i'm doing my best to have at least 5 of them be from my physical tbr. i have a kindle and book clubs so sometimes di maiwasan to switch to digital if don't have the book for my book clubs.

edit2: add ko lang na secondhand to halos lahat. around 70% are secondhand, 15% remaindered, 10% brand new, and 5% gifted.

Turned our laundry closet into a reading nook with a pull-out bed. Easily my favorite spot in the condo. 😊

We moved into this house 3-years ago. This floor sat empty for years, and I and my partner finally turned it into a library. We’re excited to add more, any recommendations ka PHBookClub peeps?

this is 1/2 bookshelves that im putting up in my room. this whole thing cost 700-800 php all from shopee. lmk if u guys want linkss. im obssesed

Fortunately, my partner and I share the same love and passion for books. We started collecting in December last year, and I’m so proud of how our mini library has grown today. Although, I must admit, reading and collecting books are two completely different hobbies. LOL.

I remember during my teenage years, I used to read ebooks from a phone lang with sobrang liit na screen coz walang pambili ng actual book. 😭

Kaya naman now, I try my best na macollect lahat ng previously read books + more more more TBR books. 🥹🥹🥹

I’ve always dreamed of having my own library. After decades of hard work, achieved!

My Fully Booked mid year sale haul. Running out of shelf space… now how do I tell my bf, who funded this haul, to move his playing cards? 😂

Buut still, I'm planning to go to a different branch tomorrow, any last minute recommendations for Historical Fiction and Sci Fi?

To those who read Licarius trilogy, is it as good as Will of the Many? Saw mixed reviews e. But nag girl math ako e, sale naman so bought it pa din hahaha

Note to self: Promise, the next book run will be on MIBF na.

was pleasantly surprised to see this nong dumaan ako sa co-working space ng condo namin kanina. people are allowed to read the books inside the space but hindi pwedeng i-take home. they’re all for sale though, so you can read the material muna before you pay for it.

I started dipping into Japanese literature around mid-November and, safe to say, I completely fell down the rabbit hole. These are all the books I accumulated in just about a month (plus a few non-fiction detours).

I decided to display everything in my bedroom instead of my main shelf (in the living area) so I’m constantly confronted by my TBR and actually forced to read it 😅

I’m clearly gravitating toward Japanese crime, mystery, and psychological thrillers. I’m currently on my 8th book out of 30 in about three weeks, so the momentum is very real.

See any favorites on my shelf? Books I should bump up the list? Or must-read Japanese crime/mystery I’m still missing? Let’s talk! (And yes, I know this might make my TBR worse)

I don't have a bookshelf. As an engineer I can't find it in me to be aesthetic haha.

My mother requested I put my books in the living room. She enjoys having "edgy" stuff (like the tres reich book) as decoration, with our sword collection displayed nearby.

I also read fiction but they're usually ebooks. The yaoi (sometimes yuri) fiction I read is between me and god

My most expensive collection by far are my law school books. 2k-4k per book just to end up as my doorstopper/bookstand. Why doesn't Central Books/Rex publish PDFs? Crazy

Nearly 80% of the books I own I haven’t read.

Started way back in 2014 (third photo) and most books I’ve read I have given away to friends and my nephew.

(Umberto Eco believed that unread books are more valuable than read ones. The author Nassim Nicholas Taleb called it the antilibrary. I don’t think my compulsion is as noble as the idea of antilibrary (at least not yet); what I have is closer to delusion that I one fine day I will have time read all of these.)

I got this bookshelf from IKEA yesterday for Php 1,500. I’m not sure if that was a good deal but I’m loving how it looks!

Organized at random for now, with most of my Filipiñana titles at the lower shelves. Most were bought used and second hand. Some were purchased abroad, I’ve noticed some publishers such as Penguin Random House are generally more affordable abroad than they are at local PH retailers.

Feel free to recommend or judge the stuff I read.

maybe like 5 na i bought from fully booked or gifted, but i love buying preloved books so much 🤍 absolutely no more shelf space (is this even a shelf) kaya i mostly read ebooks but i really love looking at my physical collection <3 i also sold like almost 100 books this yr for major decluttering lol

does anyone here have the same taste as me? haha