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We all have different needs and willingness to organize our books. Here is my "low maintenance" version. I've tried Calibre but I'm always changing my computers around and Calibre is a casualty.

My needs:
1. I want to keep on top of the Author/Series I follow. Have I read all of them? Has a new book or two come out while I wasn't paying attention?

2. I don't want to rebuy a book I've already bought but haven't read. Not as much of a problem anymore since I buy most books from Amazon and it tells me. Still, I've done this MANY times before.

3. I want to know how many books I'm reading in a year.

4. I want to remember to read the books I've bought. This is MORE of a problem than my pbook days. I'm a sucker for $.99 deals and have bought a lot of books, then I forget about them.

So.....my low maintenance organization that meets my personal needs.

1. OneNote - I have a one note page dedicated to "Books to Read". It has two sections. Books to Read and Books I've read. When I buy a book, I put it somewhere in "books to read" list. Or I try to. Probably one of the areas I fail in most.

I also put my list of series and the books to read in the series in this section. When I start a series this isn't as important as you can always google the series list. But if I'm current and a new book comes out, I put a line in the series for when it's time to read a new book I know it's out.

When I finish a book, I post a new line as in:
08/08/19 The Bourne Enigma - Eric Van Lustbader (ePub)

Date, Title, Author, Source/Type (Kindle, Audible, ePub)

I'm pretty faithful in recording books I've read going back ten years.

That's pretty much it. I recently also organized my Kindle list into collections:
- Sci Fi New To Me
- Sci Fi Existing
- Thrillers New To Me
- Thrillers Ongoing
- Women's Interest (originally for my mom, but also for my wife and daughters).

I still have about 100 or so Kindle books I haven't gotten around to categorizing. But I have enough to make it easier to find the next book I want to read.