Love in Dark Settings

In case anyone is interested: The subject headings of my personal library, along with the total number of works in each category.

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Fiction Print Books

--Favorite fiction (mainly fantasy, historical fiction, and science fiction, including children's books and braille books: 240 + 46 issues.
--Slash fiction (original slash and fan fiction): 5.
--Books published from 1800 to 1920 (mainly children's fiction): 99.
--Girls' career novels, 1930-1960: 12.
--Dante: 18.
--Doctor Who novelizations: 61.
--General fiction (mainly children's fiction): 587 + 28 issues.
--SF/F anthologies: 20 + 17 issues.
--Children's picture books: 409.
--Baby books: 8.
--Not yet read: 250.

Fiction E-books

This section is for pleasure reading; fiction that I read for research purposes is in the nonfiction e-book sections. Short stories are counted as separate e-books.

ONLINE FICTION (mainly slash fan fiction and original slash)
--Anthropomorfic: 2.
--Chan: 3.
--DS: 15.
--Harry Potter: 10.
--Litfic and historicalfic (miscellaneous): 9.
--Militaryfic: 1.
--Original slash: 4.
--Phantom Menace: 12.
--Stories (mainly original slash) divided by author: 356.
--E-zines (original slash and original yaoi): 19 issues.
PRINT FICTION (fiction that was originally published in print)
--1800-1920: 3.
--Favorite fiction: 236.
--General fiction: 46.
--Picture books: 2.
--Short fiction: 20.
FICTION TO READ
--1880-1920 fiction: 2.
--Contemporary fiction: 2.
--Crime fiction: 3.
--Erotica: 2.
--Fantasy / science fantasy / alternate history: 24.
--Gay fiction (contemporary): 9.
--Historical fiction: 1.
--Leather fiction: 1.
--Military fiction: 13.
--Online fiction (mainly original slash): 190.
--Romance (gay) 6 + 1 issue.
--Romance (heterosexual): 12.
--Science fiction: 15.
--Spy fiction: 1.
--Westerns: 2.

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Literature (study of) Print Books

--Fantasy: 2.
--Science fiction: 29.
--Fantasy and science fiction: 56 issues.
--Media and fandom (mainly science fiction): 26.
--Theater: 5.
--Journalism and photojournalism: 11.
--Library science: 2.
--Historical fiction: 3.
--History: 3.
--General literature: 21.
--Children's literature: 43 + 88 issues.
--Writing and publishing: 28 + 2 issues.
--Writers' markets (general, novelists, SF/F writers, children's writers): 19.
--Printing (including history of printing and history of illustrations): 18 + 5 issues.

Literature E-books

--Fantasy: 1.
--Science fiction: 5.
--Writing: 8.
--General: 11 + 7 issues.

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Language Print Books

--General (including signs, codes, shorthand, and sign language): 9.
--English: 13.
--French: 6.
--Italian: 2.
--Greek (ancient): 9.
--Latin: 14.
--Welsh: 6.
--Catalogues for braille books, talking books, and assistive technology: 50 issues.

Language E-Books

--Braille: 1.

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Education Print Books

--Alternative education: 3.
--College: 7.
--Liberal arts and Great Books: 10.
--St. John's College (my alma mater): 20 (including catalogs) + 36 issues.
--St. John's textbooks: 22.

Education E-Books

--St. John's College: 2.

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Great Books Print Books (fiction and nonfiction)

--Multiperiod anthologies: 13.
--Classical: 80.
--Dark Ages: 9.
--Middle Ages: 30.
--Renaissance: 55.
--18th century: 28.
--19th and 20th centuries (nonfiction only): 14.

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History Print Books

History of art is included in the "By Period" section.

BY PERIOD
--Multiperiod: 46 + 26 issues.
--Pre-history (i.e. dinosaurs): 9.
--Ancient (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, British): 17.
--Dark Ages: 18.
--Middle Ages: 15.
--Renaissance: 12.
--18th century: 19.
--1800-1920: 48.
--1920-present: 14.
BY TOPIC
--Memoirs (disabled, 1800-1920, 1920-1960, 1960-present): 76.
--Science and mathematics: 28.
--Disasters: 9.
--Architecture and urban planning: 22 + 8 issues.
--Religious architecture: 36.
--Assorted topics (wildlife, advertising, clocks, maps, clothing, transport, sailing, weapons, etc.): 33.
--Prisons, punishment, and crime: 2.
SEXUALITY AND GENDER
--General, ancient, and medieval: 9.
--1800-1920: 6.
--1970-present: 14.
--Friendship and romantic friendship: 3.
--Sexual ethics: 18.
--Sex crimes: 5.
--Sexual anthropology: 6.

History E-books

Primary sources in this section are mainly books published from 1880-1920. Secondary sources do not include articles.

BOYS' BOOKS
--Primary sources: 15.
FOLK SONGS
--Primary sources: 1.
MEDICINE
--Secondary sources: 1.
MEMOIRS
--1880-1920: 3.
--1960-present: 1.
MILITARY
--Boer War: 65 (primary sources) + 65 (e-zine issues).
--Civil War: 2 (primary sources).
--Guns and military tactics: 26 (primary sources).
World War One: 11 (primary sources).
MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY
--Primary sources: 6.
--Secondary sources: 5.
POVERTY
--Primary sources: 6.
PRISONS, PUNISHMENT, AND CRIME
--Primary sources: 75.
--Secondary sources: 3.
--Modern prisons: 1.
REFERENCE
--Primary sources: 4.
SEXUALITY AND GENDER
--General history: 1.
--Erotic fiction (historical): 7.
--Fan fiction (historical and modern): 5
--Friendship and romantic friendship (historical and modern): 5.
--Heterosexuality (historical): 3.
--Homosexuality (historical and modern): 12.
--Masculinities (historical): 1.
--Prostitution (historical and modern): 2.
--Transgenderism (historical and modern): 9.
TECHNOLOGY AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE
--Communications: 1 (primary sources).
--Food: 3 (primary sources).
--Household living: 3 (primary sources) + 1 (secondary source).
--Technology: 1 (primary source).

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Leather Print Books

--Badboys gay erotica collection: 22.
--Leather fiction: 36 + 28 issues.
--Leather nonfiction: 24.
--Leather fiction and nonfiction: 312 issues.

Leather E-books

FICTION AND NONFICTION
--Leathermen and general gay erotica (mixed fiction and nonfiction): 126.
Leatherdykes (fiction): 4.
PERIODICALS
--Newsletters, e-zines, and print magazines (in PDF format): 226.
NONFICTION
--Bibliographies and collections: 9.
--History: 12 (primary sources) + 9 (secondary sources).
--M/s and DS: 9.
--Other nonfiction: 7.

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Service and Protocol Print books

--Etiquette: 5.

Service and Protocol E-books

Primary sources range from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century.

APPRENTICES
--Primary sources: 13.
ETIQUETTE
--Primary sources: 47.
--Bibliographies: 5.
--Modern: 4.
FEALTY
--Primary sources: 3.
--Secondary sources: 7.
LEATHER PROTOCOL
--Modern: 5.
MENTORS
--Modern: 1.
MILITARY PROTOCOL
--Modern: 9.
RELIGIOUS PROTOCOL
--Primary sources: 6.
--Secondary sources and modern: 17.
SERVANTS
--Primary sources: 3.

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Spirituality and Philosophy Print Books

WORLD FAITHS
--Opposition to religion: 3.
--General world faiths: 13 + 4 issues.
--Baha'i faith: 1 + 3 issues.
--Islam: 1 + 12 issues.
--Judaism: 6.
--Paganism: 1.
--Unitarian Universalism: 2 + 49 issues.
--Zoroastrianism: 7 issues.
--Prayers (mainly Christian): 14.
FOLKLORE (mainly children's picture books)
--Folk songs: 7.
--Mythology (Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, and assorted): 40.
--Fairy tales and folklore: 30.
--Nursery rhymes: 38.
--Holidays (religious and secular): 49.
BIBLE
--Bibles in translation: 20.
--Illustrated bible stories (mainly children's picture books): 70.
--Bible commentary: 38.
--Biblical history: 14.
CHRISTIANITY
--General: 11 + 7 issues.
--Anglicans/Episcopalians: 29 + 68 issues.
--Catholics: 35 + 20 issues.
--Eastern Orthodox Christians: 6.
--Assorted Protestant denominations: 19.
--Hymnals: 8.
CHRISTIANITY AND LITERATURE (nonfiction books by and about these authors)
--Inklings: 3.
--G. K. Chesterton: 8.
--T. S. Eliot: 8.
--Madeleine L'Engle: 3.
--C. S. Lewis: 24.
--John Henry Newman: 1.
--Dorothy L. Sayers: 13.
--Evelyn Underhill: 2.
--Charles Williams: 11.
MONKS, SOLITARIES, MYSTICS, AND SIMPLICITY
--The Amish, Quakers, and Shakers: 10 + 13 issues.
--Dreams: 3.
--Psychology of religion: 3.
--Solitaries: 4.
--Monks: 4.
--Meditation and mysticism (including books by monks and nuns): 24.

Spirituality and Philosophy E-books

BELIEFS AND WORSHIP PRACTICES
--Anglicans: 12.
--Asian Religions:
----General: 2.
----Buddhists: 32.
----Hindus: 10.
--Christians: 3.
--Epicureans: 24.
--Indigenous: 1.
--Interfaith: 17.
--Jews: 12.
--Pagans: 14.
--Unitarians: 2.
--Zoroastrians: 4.
HOLIDAYS
--Christmas: 9.
--Easter: 12.
--Miscellaneous Christian holidays: 15.
--Pagan holidays: 3.
MONKS, SOLITARIES, MYSTICS, AND SIMPLICITY
--Amish: 6.
--Anabaptists: 2.
--Anglicans (lay): 2.
--Benedictines: 6.
--Buddhists: 28.
--Carthusians: 2.
--Catholics (lay): 3.
--Eastern Orthodox Christians: 2.
--Franciscans: 1.
--General: 4.
--Hermit organizations and e-zines: 2 + 47 issues.
--History of monasticism and eremiticism:
----Primary sources: 6.
----Secondary sources: 2.
--Monastic rules: 4.
--Presbyterians: 1.
--Psychology of spirituality:
----Daimons and angels: 5.
----Dreams and creativity: 9.
----General: 1.
----Jung: 6.
--Quakers: 7.
--Simplicity and discipline: 5.
--Trappists: 6.

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Science Print Books

Dinosaur books and science history books are in the history section.

--General: 10.
--Natural history: 53.
--Time-Life natural history series: 31.
--Physics: 4.
--Math: 6.
--Astronomy: 22.

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Travel Print Books

--Britain: 47.
--Canada and the U.S. (divided by geographical region): 31.
--Local: 34 + 79 issues.
--France: 10.
--Assorted countries: 67 + 12 issues.

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Comics and Humor Print Books

--Peanuts: 64.
--Doonesbury: 49.
--Asterix: 23.
--Tintin: 12.
--Cathy: 11.
--Other comics: 33.
--Humor: 26.

Comics and Humor E-Books

--General: 2.

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Reference Print Books

--General: 24.
--Chamber's Encyclopedia (1884): 10.
--Encyclopedia Britannica (1911 and 1949): 52.
--English dictionaries: 7.
--English usage, thesauruses, and specialized vocabulary: 11.
--Names: 5.
--Book design: 7.
--Turn-of-the-century store catalogues: 4.
--Art: 2.
--Religion: 2.
--Classical history: 1.

Reference E-Books

--General: 2.
--Encyclopedias: 2.
--English dictionary: 1.

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Miscellaneous Nonfiction Print Books

--My father's writings: 25 books + 18 issues.
--My writings: 5 books + 41 issues + far too many newspapers to count.
--Poetry: 30.
--Cookbooks and nutrition books: 40 + 10 issues.
--Sports (mainly baseball): 11.
--Performing arts (mainly music): 17.
--Museums: 4.
--Social sciences: 7.
--Applied sciences: 27.
--General nonfiction: 5 + 176 issues.
--Nonfiction not yet read: 35.

Books to Sell

Don't ask.

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Totals and Top Subjects

TOTAL

4217 print books + 1894 e-books (includes short fiction in separate files) + 1160 magazines + 366 e-zines

= 6111 books + 1526 periodicals

= 7637 works.

ORDERED BY TOPIC SIZE

Fiction: 1692 print books + 1002 e-books (includes short fiction) + 45 magazines + 20 e-zines = 2759.

Spirituality and Philosophy: 583 print books + 282 e-books + 168 magazines + 47 e-zines = 1080.

History: 471 print books + 279 e-books + 34 magazines + 64 e-zines = 848.

Leather: 82 print books + 176 e-books + 340 magazines + 226 e-zines = 824.

Miscellaneous Nonfiction: 206 print books + 245 magazines = 451.

Literature (study of): 210 print books + 25 e-books + 151 magazines + 7 e-zines = 393.

Travel: 149 print books + 91 magazines = 240.

Great Books: 229 print books = 229.

Comics and Humor: 218 print books + 2 e-books = 220.

Reference: 125 print books + 5 e-books = 130.

Education: 62 print books + 2 e-books + 36 magazines = 100.

Science: 126 print books = 126.

Service and Protocol: 5 print books + 120 e-books = 125.

Language: 59 print books + 1 e-book + 50 magazines = 110.

ELECTRONIC WORKS ORDERED BY TOPIC SIZE

This gives a better sense of my recent reading pattern, since I've been collecting more e-books and e-zines in recent years than print books and magazines - though certain image-intensive categories, such as Travel and Art History, are so much easier to peruse in print form that I don't bother to collect them in e-book form. I haven't listed categories with less than ten electronic works.

Fiction: 1002 e-books (includes short fiction) + 20 e-zines = 1022.

Leather: 176 e-books + 226 e-zines = 402.

History: 279 e-books + 64 e-zines = 343.

Spirituality and Philosophy: 282 e-books + 47 e-zines = 329.

Service and Protocol: 120 e-books = 120.

Literature (study of): 25 e-books + 7 e-zines = 32.

TOP 15 PRINT CATEGORIES (in order of size)

--General fiction (mainly children's fiction): 587 + 28 issues.
--Favorite fiction (mainly fantasy, historical fiction, and science fiction, including children's books and braille books: 240 + 46 issues.
--Children's picture books: 409.
--Leather fiction and nonfiction: 312 issues.
--Fiction not yet read: 250.
--General nonfiction: 5 + 176 issues.
--Children's literature (study of): 43 + 88 issues.
--Local travel: 34 + 79 issues.
--Fiction books published from 1800 to 1920 (mainly children's fiction): 99.
--Anglicans/Episcopalians: 29 + 68 issues.
--Fantasy and science fiction (study of): 31 + 56 issues.
--Classical Great Books: 80.
--Assorted countries: 67 + 12 issues.
--Memoirs (disabled, 1800-1920, 1920-1960, 1960-present): 76.
--Multiperiod history: 46 + 26 issues.

TOP 10 ELECTRONIC CATEGORIES (in order of size)

--Online stories (mainly original slash) divided by author: 356.
--Favorite fiction: 236.
--Leather newsletters, e-zines, and print magazines (in PDF format): 226.
--Online fiction to read (mainly original slash): 190.
--Boer War: 65 (primary sources) + 65 (e-zine issues).
--Leathermen and general gay erotica (mixed fiction and nonfiction): 126.
--Prison, punishment, and crime (history of): 79.
--Etiquette (history of): 53.
--Hermit organizations and e-zines: 2 + 47 issues.
--General fiction: 46.

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Lest it sound as though I'm rich, I hastily add that virtually all of the e-books I got for free (hurrah for online writers, public domain e-text archives, and Bookshare.org), while most of the print books were either library cast-offs or were bought for cheap - we're talking five cents per paperback - at the now-sadly-demised local used bookstore or at the still-happily-alive annual PTA booksale.

But still. That's a lot of books.