January is National Hobby Month, a month to celebrate your favorite hobbies and find new ones. A hobby can range from arts, music, crafts, writing, and web design to brewing, hiking, and various sports.
Are you planning on learning a new hobby or get better at one you already have? We have books and movies for that! Here are the Dewey numbers of some of the most popular hobbies. The Dewey Decimal Numbers will generally be the same in the children’s, teen, and adult sections, as well as at other libraries that you might venture into! Our oversize section also uses the same Dewey numbers and may have more books about your hobbies of choice as well. If you prefer DVDs, check out our documentary section, which is also organized by Dewey numbers.
Don’t see a hobby you wish to look into listed with a Dewey number below? Contact a librarian by calling (607) 778-6451 or emailing bcplreference@gmail.com and we can help you find books on your hobby of choice!
| Subject | Call Number |
| Acting | 792.028 |
| App Design | 005.1, 005.3 |
| Astronomy | 520s |
| Baking | 641.5636, 641.71 641.81, 641.86 |
| Ballet | 792.8 |
| Ballroom Dancing | 793.33 |
| Beekeeping | 638.1 |
| Beer and Cider Brewing | 641.23, 641.873, 641.874 |
| Birding | 598 |
| Board Games | 794 |
| Carpentry | 684s, 694 |
| Cheesemaking | 637.3, 641.373 |
| Chess | 794.1 |
| Coin Collecting | 737.4 |
| Comics and Cartooning | 741.5, 743.87 |
| Cooking | 641s |
| Cosplay | 793.93 |
| Crocheting | 746.43 |
| Drawing | 741s, 743.6, 743.83 |
| Filmmaking | 777.7, 778.53, 791.433 |
| Fishing | 799.1 |
| Gardening | 635s |
| Gem Collecting | 553.8 |
| Golf | 796.352 |
| Guitar | 787.8719 |
| Hiking | 796.51 |
| Jam and Jelly Making | 641.42, 641.852 |
| Knitting | 746.432 |
| LARPing | 793.93 |
| Leatherworking | 675.2, 745.531 |
| Mah Jongg | 795.3 |
| Martial arts | 613.66, 796.8 |
| Mead Making | 641.873, 663.4 |
| Metalworking | 621.75, 671.35, 684.09 |
| Model Railroading | 625.19 |
| Movies | 791.43 |
| Painting | 751.42, 751.45, 667.9 |
| Photography and Photo Editing | 006.686, 770, 771, 775, 778 |
| Piano | 781.24, 786.2 |
| Pickleball | 796.348 |
| Pilates | 613.71 |
| Podcasting | 006.7876 |
| Reiki | 615.851, 615.852 |
| Rock Collecting | 549.075, 552 |
| Running | 796.42 |
| Scrapbooking | 745.593 |
| Sculpting | 736.4, 736.93 |
| Sewing | 646.2, 746.4 |
| Singing | 781.24, 784.93 |
| Skateboarding | 796.22 |
| Skiing | 796.93 |
| Snowboarding | 796.9, 796.939 |
| Stamp Collecting | 769.56 |
| Swimming | 797.21 |
| Tabletop Games | 793.93 |
| Tai Chi | 613.7148 |
| Television | 791.456 |
| Video game design | 794.8 |
| Walking | 613.71, 796.51 |
| Web Design | 005.1, 005.72, 006.6869, 006.7 |
| Weightlifting | 613.71, 796.41 |
| Wine making | 641.22, 641.872, 663.2 |
| Woodworking | 684.02, 684.08 |
| Writing | 808s |
| Yoga | 613.7, 617.564 |
| Zumba | 613.71 |