On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 08:20:03 -0600
Bill Gill wrote:

Probably not a good idea for books. The mesh would impress itself
into the bottom edge of the books. Mesh would be fine for hard stuff,
but not for softer stuff, such as books.

turns out i have a metal decorative shelf that has books on it
and the books are fine

maybe depends on the mesh size

there are a lot of choices in ss meshes

there is a hoenycomb pattern that is completely flat