Forewords

Forewords is a book tracking app for voracious readers, built as an AI-native alternative to Goodreads and StoryGraph.

Import your Goodreads library in seconds, then let Forewords find you the next book you'll rave about. It builds a model of your actual taste from your ratings, notes, and reading patterns, and recommends books that genuinely fit, each with a written explanation of why it was picked.

Key features:

• Track every book you're reading, have read, want to read, or DNF'd
• Rate books with per-trait rating tags (plot, characters, dialogue, pacing) that go deeper than a single star score
• Add notes as you read
• Organise your library with custom shelves and flexible tags
• AI book recommendations rooted in your reading history, not the bestseller list
• Reading stats and insights: themes, tones and narrative styles you keep returning to, and a reader archetype built from your library
• Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or any CSV; scan barcodes to add physical books
• No social feed, no ads, private by default

Forewords is built and maintained solo by Jayson Robinson. It's currently available on Android, with iOS in progress, plus a companion website at forewords.app.