The Best Goodreads AlternativesTop Social Networks and other similar apps like Goodreads

Goodreads is described as '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!' and is a very popular Social Network in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Goodreads for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, iPhone, Android, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best Goodreads alternative is LibraryThing, which is free. Other great apps like Goodreads are Open Library, BookWyrm, StoryGraph and inventaire.io.

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Goodreads alternatives are mainly Social Networks, but if you're looking for Library Managers or Ebook Libraries you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Goodreads.
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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!

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  1. LibraryThing icon

    LibraryThing

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    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.

    77 LibraryThing alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    LibraryThing Features

    1.  Reading list
    2.  Catalog
    3.  Ad-free

    LibraryThing VS Goodreads

     
    Comments about LibraryThing as an Alternative to Goodreads
    Top Positive Comment
    Awfki
    Dec 30, 2021
    4

    Books cataloging, by dorks, for dorks. No mega-corps involved.

    Top Negative Comment
    Alexandre ZANNI
    Mar 22, 2024
    -2

    There are a lot of import systems but you can't search by ISBN.

    Most Recent Comment
    JonNotJon
    Positive •Jan 5, 2024
    1

    it's janky but the best and most comprehensive of the options available

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    • Most users think LibraryThing is a great Goodreads alternative.

    • LibraryThing is the most popular Web-based, Android & iPhone alternative to Goodreads.

    • LibraryThing is the most popular free alternative to Goodreads.

    • LibraryThing is Free and ProprietaryGoodreads is also Free and Proprietary
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    Open Library

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    Editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.

    28 Open Library alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    Single book view for 1984

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Reading list
    2.  Crowdsourced
    3.  Book Manager
    4.  Wiki-like interface
    5.  User Rating
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Full-Text Search
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  No registration required
    10.  No Tracking
    11.  REST API

    Open Library VS Goodreads

     
    Comments about Open Library as an Alternative to Goodreads
    Most Recent Comment
    N.A. Ferrell
    Positive •Dec 8, 2023
    1

    Open Library lacks some of Goodreads social functionality but it offers the same personal reading tracking, including reading challenges. It is easy to contribute new books or update information about books already in Open Library.

    Douze
    Positive •Sep 27, 2022
    0

    Clean interface, efficient search engine, open-source.

    LucaFinizio
    Positive •Nov 28, 2022
    0

    Nice to look, easy to contribute and open-source.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Open Library is a great Goodreads alternative.

    • Open Library is the most popular Open Source alternative to Goodreads.

    • Open Library is Free and Open SourceGoodreads is Free and Proprietary
    • Open Library is Lightweight and Privacy focusedGoodreads is not according to our users
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    BookWyrm

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    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...

    27 BookWyrm alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    BookWyrm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Reading list
    2.  Fediverse
    3.  Decentralized
    4.  Catalog
    5. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    6.  Federated
    7.  Book Manager
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Book Reviews
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  User Rating

    BookWyrm VS Goodreads

     
    Comments about BookWyrm as an Alternative to Goodreads
    RemovedUser
    Positive •May 7, 2023
    1

    I like BookWyrm as an alternative to many known services because of the ActivityPub-approach and the already great level of maturity in the current code stages. Bringing your own instance online (or joining one) is by far no rocket science and supporting native S3-integration for storing media files is built in. Definitely one of the best ActivityPub-projects, fitting in the footsteps of Mastodon or Pixelfed!

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    • Almost everyone thinks BookWyrm is a great Goodreads alternative.

    • BookWyrm is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Goodreads.

    • BookWyrm is Free and Open SourceGoodreads is Free and Proprietary
    • BookWyrm is Decentralized, Privacy focused and LightweightGoodreads is not according to our users
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    StoryGraph

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    The StoryGraph helps you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes.

    29 StoryGraph alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    StoryGraph screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Book Recommendation
    2.  Reading list
    3.  Mood Tracking
    4.  Reading
    5.  Book search
    6.  Book Reviews
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Reviews and Recommendations
    10.  User Rating
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Personalized Recommendations

    StoryGraph VS Goodreads

     
    Comments about StoryGraph as an Alternative to Goodreads
    Most Recent Comment
    mrmbl
    Positive •Dec 12, 2020
    2

    Great recommendations, much more focused on what a book is like (instead of its star ratings), and not owned by Amazon. I've been looking for a Goodreads alternative for a long time, and for me, this one is it.

    Paulina Ruiz
    Positive •Feb 12, 2023
    0

    It's more straightforward and less biased. Also less reliant on star ratings and reviews are hidden more towards the end. The content warnings are also very useful

    Guest
    Positive •Nov 20, 2020
    0

    Easy to use interface, better personalized recommendations with adjustable preferences, easy synchronization with challenges like BookRiot Read Harder, ability to filter read and to-read piles

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    • Almost everyone thinks StoryGraph is a great Goodreads alternative.

    • StoryGraph is the most popular iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Goodreads.

    • StoryGraph is Freemium and ProprietaryGoodreads is Free and Proprietary
    • StoryGraph is Privacy focused and LightweightGoodreads is not according to our users
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    inventaire.io

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    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).

    33 inventaire.io alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    inventaire.io screenshot 1

    inventaire.io Features

    1.  Share books
    2.  Crowdsourced
    3. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    4.  Book Manager
    5.  Decentralized
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Multiple languages
    8.  Fediverse
    9.  Wiki-like interface
    10.  Catalog

    inventaire.io VS Goodreads

     
    Comments about inventaire.io as an Alternative to Goodreads
    Florian Schmidt
    Positive •Feb 2, 2022
    0

    It is not owned by Amazon, and book data is linked openly with the Wikidata project for everyone, not closed down for the owner alone.

    arndtadler
    Negative •Jun 8, 2018
    0

    inventaire.io is a good Idea but does not have the Community functions of goodreads. If you just Want to store you're book lists it is an interesting alternative and it is even possible to import from goodreads.

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    • Most users think inventaire.io is a great Goodreads alternative.

    • inventaire.io is Free and Open SourceGoodreads is Free and Proprietary
    • inventaire.io is DecentralizedGoodreads is not according to our users
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    Openreads

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    An Android app for keeping track of books you have read and want to read.

    24 Openreads alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Reading list
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Bookmarks
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Progress tracking

    Openreads VS Goodreads

     
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    Hardcover

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    Track every book, share them with the world (or don't) and find new life-changing reads.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    The book page

    Hardcover Features

    1.  Reviews and Recommendations
    2.  Book Recommendation
    3.  Book Reviews
    4.  Book search

    Hardcover VS Goodreads

     
    Comments about Hardcover as an Alternative to Goodreads
    neotrino
    Positive •Oct 3, 2023
    2

    Very fully featured, and in active development

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    • Hardcover is Freemium and ProprietaryGoodreads is Free and Proprietary
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    ratehouse

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    Ratings, reviews, discussions, recommendations, lists for all media genres: music, movies, tv shows, books, video games, and podcasts. Like IMDb or Goodreads, but with more media types. Join ratehouse to consolidate your entertainment and art interests.

    115 ratehouse alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    rate.house is a media database to rate, track, and discover music, movies, TV, books, games, and podcasts.

    Top ratehouse Features

    1.  User Rating
    2.  Track movies
    3.  Ratings
    4.  Book Recommendation
    5.  Wiki-like interface
    6.  Music Recommendation
    7.  Community-based
    8.  Web-Database
    9.  Movie tracker
    10.  Book search
    11.  Tv tracker
    12.  Game tracking

    ratehouse VS Goodreads

     
    Comments about ratehouse as an Alternative to Goodreads
    Most Recent Comment
    neotrino
    Negative •Oct 3, 2023
    0

    For like movies and stuff, not a proper alternative

    Guest
    Positive •Jan 16, 2020
    1

    Looks better and has more types of things.

    tomhorford
    Positive •Jan 14, 2020
    0

    rate.house has books, music, movies, TV, video games, and podcasts. And it looks better.

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    • Most users think ratehouse is a great Goodreads alternative.

    • ratehouse is Free and ProprietaryGoodreads is also Free and Proprietary
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