article_snippet: The name conjures up images of row upon row of dusty leather-bound books in some darkened corner of a stately home.
article_snippet: the top-end property market follows a trend for ‘shelfies’ – photographs of one’s bookshelves – which have become popular on social media websites.
article_snippet: More than 160,000 images have been posted on the website Instagram using the hashtag ‘shelfie’, with thousands more on Twitter.
article_snippet: ‘The books you put on the shelves are intended to reflect a lifestyle.
article_snippet: The books you put on the shelves is filled with the books you want people to think you are reading.
article_snippet: The name may evoke images of leather bound books and mahogany but libraries are increasingly common .
highlights_snippet: Follows shelfie trend, pictures of books people own on pictures of books people shelves .