If you ever come to my house and see this piece first hand, you will notice that each book was made INDIVIDUALLY and glued into place. There are EXACTLY 169 books and one scroll. MAN DID THAT TAKE A LONG TIME. I was soo happy when I glued the last one in place. I am also happy with how it turned out. Initally, I planned to fill the shelves with books, however with the fourth quarter almost up and that being an estimated 500 books a wall, I just made as many as I could.