Open Library Alternatives

Open Library is described as 'Editable online catalog aiming to archive every published book, offering user-contributed entries, metadata, digital lending, and free access to over one million Public Domain titles' and is a popular website in the news & books category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Open Library, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including iPhone, Android, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best Open Library alternative is Goodreads, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Open Library are BookWyrm, Google Play Books, inventaire.io and LibraryThing.

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  1. Goodreads icon

    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!

    103 Goodreads alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    In Open Library you can borrow books to read online, Goodreads is just to organazing your booklist

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    • This alternative is disputed. Goodreads is a legitimate Open Library alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

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

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

    • Goodreads is Free and ProprietaryOpen Library is Free and Open Source
  2. BookWyrm icon

    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...

    33 BookWyrm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • BookWyrm is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Open Library.

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

    • BookWyrm is Free and Open SourceOpen Library is also Free and Open Source
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    Google Play Books

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    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.

    65 Google Play Books alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Android Auto
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  5. inventaire.io icon

    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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. 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.

    84 LibraryThing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    BookBrainz

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Tome icon

    Tome

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    Join a vibrant community of fantasy readers to share memes, fan art, and book recommendations. Rate and organize reads into customizable collections, follow creators, and enjoy an ad-free, spoiler-protected environment with no AI interference.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
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  10. ReadHero icon

    ReadHero

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    ReadHero is the ultimate app for book lovers everywhere. It helps you organize your library and take notes on every book you read.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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  11. Fable: Your Book Community icon

    Fable: Your Book Community

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    Find your book community on Fable, an app designed to find, read, and discuss books together. Connect with fellow bookworms, start or join an online book club, find new books, manage your TBR, and discover a whole new kind of ebook reader.

    72 Fable: Your Book Community alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    BookSurfAI

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    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
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    BookLikes

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    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
     
  14. Bookworm Reads icon

    Bookworm Reads

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    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 (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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