Goodreads Alternatives

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 app in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Goodreads for a variety of platforms, including Online / Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad and Self-Hosted solutions. The best alternative is LibraryThing, which is free. Other great apps like Goodreads are ratehouse, Open Library, StoryGraph and BookWyrm.

Goodreads alternatives are mainly Social Networks but may also be Anime / Manga Tracking Apps or Movie Review Sites. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Goodreads.

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LibraryThing
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Free • Proprietary
Social Network
Online
Android
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57 alternatives to LibraryThing
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.
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LibraryThing Features
1. Ad-freeLibraryThing doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Catalog
Reading list
LibraryThing vs Goodreads
Most users think LibraryThing is a great alternative to Goodreads.
Awfki
Books cataloging, by dorks, for dorks. No mega-corps involved.
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mjoe7
LibraryThing is a fantastic online book cataloging service that will help you keep track of your library and make it available to you at all times. It has a neat and tidy user interface. The only drawback is that I can't seem to get rid of the other "Collections" types that I don't need. GoodReads has a rebound to that.
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neotrino
The interface is even worse than goodreads, if possible.
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vowofnow
Follow what fellow booknerds are reading.
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Guest
Comprehensive collection, with links to all common book sources
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ratehouse
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Free • Proprietary
Movie Review Site
Movie Database
Media Manager
Online
93 alternatives to ratehouse
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.
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ratehouse Features
1. User Ratingratehouse supports user ratings and reviews to help you make up your mind.
Track movies
Ratings
Book Recommendation
Music Recommendation
Wiki-like interface
Community-based
Web-Database
Movie tracker
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ratehouse vs Goodreads
Almost everyone thinks ratehouse is a great alternative to Goodreads.
Guest
Looks better and has more types of things.
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tomhorford
rate.house has books, music, movies, TV, video games, and podcasts. And it looks better.
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Open Library
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Free • Open Source
Online
22 alternatives to Open Library
Editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
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Open Library Features
1. CrowdsourcedOpen Library uses suggestions, information, etc., from a large group of people to improve the quality of the content.
Reading list
Wiki-like interface
Book Manager
Open Library vs Goodreads
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Douze
Clean interface, efficient search engine, open-source.
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LucaFinizio
Nice to look, easy to contribute and open-source.
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StoryGraph
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Freemium • Proprietary
Social Network
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Android
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14 alternatives to StoryGraph
The StoryGraph helps you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes.
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StoryGraph Features
1. Mood TrackingStoryGraph can keep a record of your personal mood or someone else at regular intervals.
Book Recommendation
Reading list
Reading
Book search
Reviews and Recommendations
Book Reviews
StoryGraph vs Goodreads
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mrmbl
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.
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alternativepanda99
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
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angelab
Feels much more directly community-based, and more meaningful than Goodreads' star ratings. I also like that it is not owned by Amazon. They let you import your Goodreads data, making the switch pretty easy.
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Guest
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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BookWyrm
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Free • Open Source
Online
Self-Hosted
16 alternatives to BookWyrm
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...
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BookWyrm Features
1. DecentralizedBookWyrm is based on a decentralized infrastructure with no single entity controlling it.
2. Support for ActivityPubBookWyrm support ActivityPub, a open and decentralized social network protocol.
Reading list
Fediverse
Catalog
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Federated
lib.reviews
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Free • Open Source
Review Website
Online
Self-Hosted
41 alternatives to lib.reviews
We believe that the information we use to make decisions -- about what book to read, what place to stay at or what product to buy -- will be of higher quality if we organize it transparently, through an open community.
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lib.reviews Features
Product Reviews
Reviews and Recommendations
inventaire.io
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Free • Open Source
Social Network
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Self-Hosted
26 alternatives to inventaire.io
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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inventaire.io Features
1. Support for ActivityPubinventaire.io support ActivityPub, a open and decentralized social network protocol.
2. Crowdsourcedinventaire.io uses suggestions, information, etc., from a large group of people to improve the quality of the content.
Share books
Wiki-like interface
Book Manager
Multiple languages
Fediverse
Catalog
inventaire.io vs Goodreads
Most users think inventaire.io is a great alternative to Goodreads.
schmidt_fu
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.
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arndtadler
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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What Should I Read Next?
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Freemium • Proprietary
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Book recommendations from readers like you.
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What Should I Read Next? Features
Book Recommendation
Book search
Worldcat
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Free • Proprietary
Online
46 alternatives to Worldcat
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.
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Tagging
KnowledgePicker
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Online
54 alternatives to KnowledgePicker
Community-driven catalog of learning resources. Links to resources are organized by topics (broad to specific) and rated/reviewed by users so you see which ones are the best. It's free and open for everyone.
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KnowledgePicker Features
1. User RatingKnowledgePicker supports user ratings and reviews to help you make up your mind.
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