fakefish

The bookshelf is nice, but I'd love to be able to read the titles more easily - maybe rotate by 90 degrees?

The disagreement here is interesting. I'm with OP, icons increase cognitive load for me if overused but can help a lot if there are just a few distinct ones.

I wonder how much variance is driven by zoom level (icons may be more distinct when bigger, text is easier to pattern match vs. read when small).