Bookend failure

 My reading list from the library occupies the top of a bookshelf next to my chair. It is easy to reach over and pull out the next book to read.  But that leaves a gap and I need to push the bookend men together to close the gap.  That is impossible with a left arm that will not reach at all, a left hand that won't open.  The problem prior to that is putting a new book in the stack, normally you hold the books apart with the opposite hand creating a gap to slide the book in. The left hand fingers have no ability to do that so I have to create a much wider gap and lean the books in opposite directions, which then creates the previous problem of having to slide the bookmen together again. Currently reading 'Breath' and 'Cleaning up Your Mental Mess'.

WHAT STROKE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL HAS A GUARANTEED SOLUTION FOR THAT?