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The BILLY is IKEA's long-running bookcase: a 31 1/2-inch-wide, 79 1/2-inch-tall unit in white with five shelves, one of them adjustable. It is the benchmark budget bookcase, sold flat-packed for home assembly. Its main draw is depth of shelf space for the footprint and a design that has been refined for decades. Rivals at the same size often cost more or offer fewer shelves; the trade-off is particleboard construction and a back panel that needs care when squaring up.
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Lowest price we've seen: $324.99 on Nov 12 at Amazon. Tracked across 1 store since Nov 12.
Owners treat the BILLY as the default affordable bookcase: plenty of shelf space, easy to assemble and consistent from unit to unit. Complaints center on the thin back panel, particleboard that swells if it gets wet and the need to secure it to the wall.
