We purchased two of these sling bookshelves for our living room.  Each shelf shows the faces of eight books, but we ARE able to fit many more than just those books because we pile them in behind the front books.  Our boys (17 months) love to grab books, and as they see more books behind the front ones, they keep grabbing.  They are also able to help me clean up the books by putting them back in the bookshelves.  These shelves were super easy to put together, then are sturdy, and they created a natural reading area in our living room that the boys love to quietly sit in.  My husband and I LOVE them.