Goodreads Alternatives

Discussions center on Goodreads limitations and recommendations for alternative book tracking, recommendation, and discovery sites like TheStoryGraph, Zeneca, and HN-specific tools. Users seek curated lists from respected sources, better personalization, and faster platforms avoiding mainstream popular books.

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baw-bag Jun 12, 2025 View on HN

There needs to be some kind of hackernews library or goodread. I have enjoyed many books (and some no so much) but always on the look out for books.

j2d2 Jun 17, 2008 View on HN

goodreads.com is doing something similar. it's worth checking them out.

honkycat Sep 23, 2019 View on HN

What I want from a Goodreads alternative:Curated lists of books from people I respect.Lists of books that are not all dominated by Harry Potter and other trash.The ability to follow people and keep track of the books they recommend.A faster website that doesn't constantly error and crashBetter data with fewer duplicated books.Easy to use API

maskboy Apr 4, 2020 View on HN

does anyone know of an existing alternative to goodreads?

ryannevius Apr 6, 2021 View on HN

This article is all over the place. Actually on the topic of Goodreads, there was a recent Show HN for Zeneca, a new place to share/discuss books: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26387444

tbirrell Aug 2, 2017 View on HN

How is this superior to goodreads?

099812477 Feb 25, 2019 View on HN

Is there a HN Goodreads collection, or similar? Lots of lists like this (inc. my own: https://www.productgems.io/library/) but would love to see something centralised when in search of a new book to read (that's not a generic top 10).

DeathArrow Jun 30, 2023 View on HN

Is there a good a website with a good reading recommendation system based on what you and others have read?

bookworm58 Apr 18, 2021 View on HN

For recommendations try https://www.readgeek.com - has a top 30 or so personalized recommendations and gives you an estimate of pretty much any book on how much you will like it.

nairboon Jul 27, 2013 View on HN

how is this different from goodreads.com?