- 76 shelves are devoted to "Self-Improvement."
- 70 additional shelves are devoted to "Psychotherapy and Psychology."
- 23 shelves are devoted to "New Age," with 7 additional shelves on Wicca.
- 97 shelves are devoted to "Christianity and Christian Inspiration."
- 48 shelves are devoted to "Judaica," with 6 of them in the subcategory of "Holocaust Studies."
- 25 shelves for "African-American," compared to only 6 for "Hispanic."
- 17 shelves for Buddhism, compared to only 7 for Islam.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
"ABOUT AS FACT-BASED AS NANNY MCPHEE:" Today's Times features a column (TimesSelect login required) that, in the context of asking exactly where A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard should be shelved--Fiction? Non-fiction? Memoir? "Lives and Letters?" Self-Improvement?--provides some fascinating statistics about shelf space at the Upper West Side Barnes and Noble:
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