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10 Awesome Bookends

Amanda Nelson

Staff Writer

Amanda Nelson is an Executive Director of Book Riot. She lives in Richmond, VA.

To celebrate Book Riot’s second birthday on Monday, we’re running some of our favorite posts from our first two years.

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When your bookshelves are packed to the gills and you have to start using the open top shelf, it’s time for bookends. When you get a new bookshelf that perfectly matches your decor, but has open sides, it’s time for bookends. Or, when you see some of these nifty items and have to have one, even though you have no need: it’s time for bookends.

 

UFO Abduction- for the sci-fi lover?

 

ufo bookends

Vintage Cats

cat bookends

 

Quartz Bookends

 

quartz bookends

Owls

owl bookends

Bookends of the Earth

bookends of the earth

 

Tentacle Attack!

tentacle bookends

AT-AT Bookends

at at bookends

 

Cookbook Bookends

kitchen_bookends

 

Bendy Bookends

Bendit-bookends

Mermaid

mermaid bookends

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