"Yes, just the one bookcase. Five shelves"

Your problem is minor. I have three of those in the bedroom alone, plus piles on the floor that'd fill one or two more. Then there are sort of lairs of further to-be-read books elsewhere in the house . . .

"And as such my wife is starting to limit me"

Fortunately Pam has to-be-read problems of her own, so her tongue is perforce tied, heh heh.

On this subject, anyway . . .