Web-based Open Library Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Open Library as a web app if you are looking for a replacement. The best Online alternative is BookWyrm, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Open Library and many of them are available as a web app so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Online alternatives to Open Library are Goodreads, Google Play Books, LibraryThing and inventaire.io.

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  1. BookWyrm icon
     47 likes

    BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. Federation allows BookWyrm users to join small, trusted communities that can connect with one another, and with other ActivityPub services like...

    46 BookWyrm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Goodreads icon
     200 likes

    See what your friends are reading. Keep track of what you've read and organize your books into virtual bookshelves. Join a book club to discuss your favorite books. A better way to find good books to read!

    117 Goodreads alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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  3. Discover a vast library of books to search, preview, and buy, read free public domain books, sync page positions, and back up purchases online for a seamless reading experience across multiple devices.

    78 Google Play Books alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Android Auto
     
  4. LibraryThing icon
     57 likes

    LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for people who love to read. It allows users to easily create their own catalogs of books that they have read, own, or would like to read.

    95 LibraryThing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  5. inventaire.io icon
     35 likes

    Inventaire is a book sharing webapp, inviting everyone to make the inventory of their books, define what they want to do with it (giving, sharing, selling), as well as who should be able to see it (shared publicly, or only visible to your friends and groups).

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. BookBrainz icon
     10 likes

    BookBrainz is a project to create an online database of information about every single book, magazine, journal and other publication ever written. We make all the data that we collect available to the whole world to consume and use as they see fit.

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    • Online
     
  7. BookSurfAI icon
     2 likes

    BookSurfAI analyzes your preferences and recommends books you’ll love! Find the books you want as quickly as possible with BookSurfAi's search engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Zenòdot icon
     1 like

    Find if a book has been translated into your language. Zenòdot cross-references Open Library, Wikidata, Google Books, and ISBN databases to discover existing translations — not translate books, but find translations that already exist.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. BookLikes icon
     18 likes

    BookLikes is a free blog platform for book lovers. 100% independent and free. BookLikes offers every book lover a personal webpage with Blog to publish book reviews, virtual Bookshelf to shelve your books and reading Timeline to organize your reading life.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Shelvable icon
     3 likes

    Shelvable is a reading list management tool that helps users keep track of books they want to read, and discover similar books.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Bookworm is the most inclusive community for readers. Bookworm lets you track your books, create your own bookshelves to categorize them, see what your friends are reading, recommend books to friends, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  12. Find your next romance — filtered by trope, spice level, and hard boundaries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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