Desktop bookshelf for the row of books that currently leans against a wall or collapses sideways every time one is taken out. It stands on the desk itself rather than needing a wall, which makes it the obvious answer in a rented room or a dorm where drilling is not an option. Students, anyone working from a bedroom desk, and people who keep reference books within arm's reach are who this is for.
The base is finished with a non-slip contact surface, so the shelf stays where it is put when a book is pulled out quickly rather than skating forward across a smooth desktop. The frame is deliberately plain, with nothing decorative added to the uprights, which is what lets it disappear behind the books instead of competing with them. Used with only a few books on it, the uprights do the job of a pair of bookends.
On a study desk it holds textbooks, folders and a notepad at the back edge, leaving the front of the desk clear for actual work. In an office it suits manuals and binders that are consulted often enough to be worth keeping off the shelf across the room. Everstock made it for desks that never had a shelf above them, where everything vertical has to stand on the desk itself.
