---
title: "Shelves"
description: "Group books into custom, per-profile shelves."
---

> Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bookhoarder.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Shelves

1. **Start with the defaults**

   Every profile gets five shelves the first time it's used: Fiction,
   Non-Fiction, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Biography, and To Read. Rename, recolor,
   or delete any of them.
2. **Add books to a shelf**

   From a book's menu, toggle it onto one or more shelves.
3. **Browse a shelf**

   Open it from the sidebar to see just the books on it.

## How shelves work

- Shelves are per-profile — two profiles on the same install never share
  a shelf, even if they name one the same thing
- A book can be on any number of shelves at once
- Adding a book to a shelf it's already on is a no-op, so there's no need
  to check before toggling it
- Create as many additional shelves as you want, each with its own name
  and color

Shelves only organize books you've already uploaded — see
[Library & Reading](/features/library) for adding books, and
[Metadata & Discovery](/features/metadata-and-discovery) for finding new
ones.

Source: https://docs.bookhoarder.dev/features/shelves/index.mdx