/Nowbrary

1. Starting Your Nowbrary
2. Understanding Your Nowbrary's Architecture
3. Notes on What a Nowbrary Isn't
4. Sharing your Nowbrary

Begin with what's already there:

Clear a shelf. Any shelf. This space will be your nowbrary. If you happen to work remotely, consider making it the shelf visible during your video calls. It happens on every video meeting without a blurred background, someone's talking and your eyes drift to their bookshelf, trying to make out those titles in the background. Have your nowbrary live there, in that visible slice of your world. Not as performance, but as presence.

Walk through your home collecting books that:

• You've quoted recently

• You keep within arm's reach

• You've reread in the past year

• You find yourself recommending

• You're actively wrestling with

Place these books on your shelf. Don't organize them yet. Just gather them.

Sit with this collection for a day. Notice which books naturally group together, which ones feel essential, which ones don't quite belong yet, where the gaps are.

Now consider each book's role:

• What grounds you? (Foundation stones)

• What's changing your thinking? (Current catalysts)

• What's showing you new possibilities? (Horizon markers)

Your first nowbrary doesn't need to be perfect. It needs to be honest.

Let physical space guide your curation. Each book should earn its place not just in your thinking, but on your shelf. When you reach for another book, ask yourself which current one might need to make space for it.

This isn't about building the perfect collection. It's about recognizing the conversation that's already happening between you and your books.

Start small. Be honest. Let it evolve.