Leaning Bookcase Product Details & Decor Tips

Ranging from the sparse classic ladder styles to modern blocks and simple wood planks, leaning bookcase styles greatly thus satisfying everyone’s design preferences. These favorite bookcases could come with no back, an X-back, or a complete back panel. They may be tall, narrow, squat, solid, minimal or even skinny. So whatever your taste is, whether you are looking for stained wood or brightly colored shelves, finding the perfect leaning bookshelf introduces you to an array of options.

Sloane Leaning Bookcase

The Sloane Leaning Bookcase is sold at Crate and Barrel. It is an open-backed, ladder-style bookshelf, made of wood with five shelves with increasing depth from top to bottom; the bottom being the deepest. The shelves are preset and gallery-style with ledges at the back and side. The backs of the shelves, which are available in white and mahogany finishes, are attached to the wall where it leans against. Eco-friendly designs are also available in light bamboo. The Sloane Bookcase is known for its sparse, minimalist theme. It has crate and barrel that makes the bookshelf double as a desk. In the same leaning style, the desk sits below two shallow gallery shelves where an open space is reserved for a chair.

Sloane-Style and X-Leaning Bookcases

Sloane-style leaning bookcases abound in the market and they look similar to Sloane leaning bookcases. You can find them in Amazon.com, which features bookcases with ladder-style construction and five gallery shelves that become progressively deeper top to bottom. Unlike Sloan leaning bookcases, they come in different finishes, including cappuccino, black and ash, Crate and Barrel’s white, mahogany, and bamboo. Meanwhile, the X-leaning bookcase has two beams crossing over one another in the middle of the piece to make way for a tall, skinny X, Instead of being entirely open-backed. X-Back leaning bookcase boasts of four shelves with the top shelf not high compared to that of a Sloane’s. The shelves have ledges on their fronts and sides instead of being located at the back and sides. It is made of solid ash with a dark wood finish and sold at Overstock.com.

Long and Narrow DIY Leaning Bookshelf

Designer Mark Reigelman made a sample of this long, thin wooden leaning bookcase with oval cutouts. This model is not for sale but you can make on for your own. You will need 2-foot-by-6-foot wooden plank but be sure to get a sturdy and good-looking wood like teak or ash. Consider the available space in your home as well as how you want to space your “shelves,” which will serve as your cutouts. After marking and cutting the plank with a router, sand the rough edges prop it up against the wall.

Modern Block Leaning Bookshelf

This leaning bookshelf created by Piola boasts of rows upon rows of staggered blocks where you can display books either upright or horizontally. It is available in different colors, Piola Pop, which has white back and rainbow blocks; Piola Flesh, which has a white back with flesh-pink-colored blocks; or Piola Kitchen, a wood back with wood blocks. Colors are also customizable and you can even rearrange the colored blocks on the Piola Pop style leaning bookcase.