Curious which book tracking apps everyone is using currently, and if there are any good ones I’m missing.

Personally, I started out with Goodreads, then moved onto Bookwyrm, then to TheStorygraph.

  • Goodreads is generally pretty good but I’m not a big fan of it being owned by Amazon (especially since I have beef with Amazon for closing BookDepository)

  • Bookwyrm is a Fediverse Goodreads alternative but I found the book catalogue was lacking, many books often didn’t have covers or descriptions or even had many duplicates.

  • Storygraph is what I’m using now, it’s pretty rad. I love how it gives detailed stats on everything in your account, including graphs and charts of your reading habits. That said, its recommendation system is kinda lacking and keeps recommending me the same books again and again, and it’s not as social as Goodreads.

Cheers.

      • Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        The simplicity isn’t a problem itself, I just think it looks kinda dated. It’s probably the fonts and the flatness of everything combined with thin strokes.

        I think changing their typography choices would improve a lot honestly.

        But nothing bad to say about the actual usability, it’s good. I’m just overly critical of visual design.

  • JaymesRS@piefed.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    I mainly use a combination of Hardcover and StoryGraph. I like the interface Of Hardcover better and its business model. They recently just added a bunch of developers and other people To help shore up some of their weakness especially in their book data. StoryGraph handles reading challenges better in fact, we have one therefore our Book Bingo.

  • slartibartfast@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    8 months ago

    Storygraph. I don’t care for social features or recommendations so suits me well. I only like tracking my books and reading reviews.

  • ZDL@lazysoci.al
    31·
    8 months ago

    I tried to use that Fediverse book thing and couldn’t figure it out. It was badly fragmented, not very good at searches, and had a UX that I can comfortably compare to getting my eyes scooped out by a spork.

    I’d love to see a good site for tracking and sharing books.

  • misericordiae@literature.cafe
    8·
    8 months ago

    Storygraph for me. I agree with you about their recommendations.

    One I haven’t seen mentioned yet is Hardcover. My (very limited) impression is their database needs some filling in, but they do have lists and such, and they’re working toward becoming open source.

  • FundMECFS@quokk.auEnglish
    14·
    8 months ago

    I use bookwyrm. Out of principle I won’t use storygraph because it’s closed source.

    I agree with you the duplication on BookWyrm is annoying.

    I’ve been looking into !neodb@lemmy.zip it looks quite promising but I haven’t had the energy to really engage with it and test it.

  • Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip
    8·
    8 months ago

    I use StoryGraph. Because goodreads is owned by Amazon and I won’t use anything Amazon anymore. Even ditched my kindle and got a Kobo e reader

  • dresden@discuss.onlineMEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    I have been using LibraryThing for a long long time. Used Goodreads for a little while in between, cause some of my friends were there, but it didn’t last too long.

    I mainly care about cataloging aspects, instead of social aspects, and LT is great for that.

    I have also tried few desktop only cataloging application, and I was pretty happy with those, except I can’t lookup which books I already have when I am at shop.

  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    I exclusively use Bookwyrm now. The duplicates are annoying so I pick the one with the most reviews and if something is missing details I just add them myself.