An interesting website based on the following premise:

In 1909 Dr Eliot, then President of Harvard University, claimed a liberal education could be achieved by reading a collection of books that would total no more than 5ft in width. A local publisher challenged him to name them and he responded with what became known as the Harvard Classics.

http://www.5ftshelf.com/meta/about


I'm off to start building my shelves!

How wide is one of these new fangled Kindle things?