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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not consider the books that are in storage to be part of an intact "library."  If your husband's parents can't keep all the books together, why should you?

That said, if it were me, I would want to keep history books, biographies and atlases, and I would fill my basement with built-ins to keep the ones I wanted.  That is me, though -- I am a book afficionado and collector.  You and your husband should decide if there are any particular books that you would want.  Hopefully they are well organized, because otherwise it will be impossible to sort them out.  There are too many.

30,000 books is more than anyone would read in a lifetime.  Even if you read one book a day, it would take 82 years to read them all.

If no one else in your family wants the books, and if it would truly cause your in-laws angst or pain to think of the family "library" coming to an end (again, I don't see how books in storage are part of a library, but whatever) -- I would not feel bad about not telling them about your plans to dispose of the unwanted books after they are gone.  I actually think that would be a kind thing to do.  [/quote]

OP here.  By "storage" I didn't mean storage units, they have some books (unknown number to me) in their attic.  I agree if they (who have big house) can't even accommodate the books, my small dc suburb home sure can't![/quote]

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