30 Gorgeous and Innovative Bookshelves

This week, we read a short article over at NPR about Bookshelf, a blog-turned-book by Alex Johnson about — you guessed it — the bookshelf in all its glory. It’s no secret that we’re suckers for a little book-related design here at Flavorpill, so we took the occasion of the book’s publication as an excuse to round up thirty gorgeous, innovative, and otherwise amazing bookshelves and bookcases for all your book display needs. Some of them are even available to purchase, but even if the one you like best isn’t for sale, we daresay you’ll get some decorating ideas — or at least a yen to pick up your favorite novel. Click through to check out our gallery, and let us know which bookshelf you’re dying to cram all your paperbacks onto in the comments.

Baroque bookshelves by Graham & Greene. Buy them here.

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i love all of the bookcases! Books are art in and of themselves, add artistic bookcases for them and you have an incredible coversation piece in your home. If you have the room to display cases like thes (and I do), they are magnificent!

Surely the Book Bookshelf is all about the books and not just design? Love them all actually, an ode to books.

I cannot fathom how any of these bookshelves can actually be "offensive". It is an article about bookSHELVES, not books, so yeah, it is more about the shelves. Readers who read have no room in their lives for something interesting looking? How "intellectual" of you.

Wow - I'd like every single one of them! Have tons of books in "ordinary" bookshelves, just need more wall space...

The next time you call something "idiotic," think about who it's targeted to. Just because these don't necessarily cater to your personal needs doesn't mean that they're stupid designs. These are meant for people who appreciate design.

Wow, really? These are offensive? They are works of art displaying other works of art. Why not display a cool book case like one of these in a living room or den and put your favorite books in there? Keep your other books somewhere else in a "proper" bookshelf. Seriously, lighten up people.

sorry but almost all of them are just plain idiotic, except the endless one and two more. really offensive, offensive to the design profession and to books too. if you don't like books don't keep books, there are so many inherently useless things to decorate your life with.

I like #1. It's nice looking and seems sturdy enough.

All very interesting, I suppose, if you only own 10 books. They seem to be more about the bookshelves than about the books. Hmmmm. Except for the infinity bookshelf, which holds a lot of books but is bigger than my whole apartment. Ho hum. Interesting to interior designers, who are making a "statement" but not to readers, who read.

Although I like these, none is big enough!

Anyone who doesn't like #8 is obviously a terrorist.

All absurd (except maybe #12) and clearly designed by people who don't anything care about books and their upcoming demise.

I'd also recommend adding the Sapien bookshelf. Its a classic!

Great artistic designs. However, they're not practical for people who actually read.

Complete idiocy. Perhaps suitable for people who don't own many books...

Lost in Sofa has the final say! Haha! That's the perfect combo of style and comfort.