[jhowell]

I categorize by three things:

Genre (SF, Fantasy, Adventure, Detective, etc.) and put a book into as many as it fits.

Read/Unread (I tend not to re-read books, except for top favorites with a decade or so in-between)

Rating (This reflects my excitement about reading it for unread books and my actual enjoyment for books I have finished.)


I then use calibre to search for books to make up the top of by TBR list and pre-load those on my reading devices. That plus library books, which for new and popular on hold, come whenever they come.

Added: One advantage to using calibre as my book list is that it contains entries that allow me to track books that I do not own. This includes book I have read on paper or library loans as well as books that I want to read and will purchase or borrow when I am ready to do so.