Love your Bible dictionaries and commentaries. That’s exactly what I have to store too

You could wrap the board in home made printed cover so it resembles a book and the title could be something like "how to stop a bookshelf bowing" 😂

I just place my heavier book on the bottom 2 shelves. Then place smaller lighter books on the other shelves.

Great piece Patrick (from another Patrick).

Confirming what I was thinking of doing. Great minds think alike lol cheers buddy 👍

Did exactly this about 5 years ago. Works a treat.

Yep, I plan to upgrade to the Ikea Billy cases. Slight upgrade from the cheaper Walmart pressboard shelves.

I'm not a collector per se, just a readaholic with many books. Been thinking on this more than I should. I'd like to find an inexpensive way to disguise vertical weight relief boards (like yours here) as books. Then they can be in the midst of the rest, not detracting, and giving some measure of relief to each shelf in my floor-to-ceiling shelves. Suggestions?