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Who runs Goodreads, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest social book cataloging alternatives.

Who’s behind it
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Online since
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Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Goodreads

Goodreads goodreads.com

Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads.

Wikidata: social book catalog website (2006-)

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience

02 · Privacy

What Goodreads tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 11 alternatives below has fewer; 7 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found

We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Goodreads’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Goodreads

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Goodreads, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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  1. 01

    social cataloging web application

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  2. 02
    SensCritique senscritique.com French 1 tracker

    Avis de musiques, films, jeux vidéo, BD, livres et séries TV à découvrir sur SensCritique

    Donnez votre avis sur la culture et découvrez les avis de vos amis. Votre collection en ligne accessible à tout moment sur Senscritique.

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  3. 03
    BookBub bookbub.com

    book discovery service

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  4. 04
    Letterboxd letterboxd.com Top 10K English

    social network service for films

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  5. 05
    Douban douban.com Top 10K Chinese 2 trackers

    豆瓣

    提供图书、电影、音乐唱片的推荐、评论和价格比较,以及城市独特的文化生活。

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    AniList anilist.co English No trackers

    AniList: Track, Discover, Share Anime & Manga

    Track, discover, and share anime and manga with AniList. Discover top-rated and popular shows through reviews and recommendations. Sign up for free!

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  7. 07

    Anime and manga database

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  8. 08
    MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community

    Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!

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    Wattpad wattpad.com Top 1K English 3 trackers

    Wattpad - Stories to obsess over

    Wattpad connects a global community of millions of readers and writers through the power of story

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    Open Library openlibrary.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Welcome to Open Library | Open Library

    Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.

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    Facebook facebook.com Top 100

    American online social media and social networking service

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    Instagram instagram.com Top 100 English No trackers

    Instagram

    Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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  13. 13
    ResearchGate researchgate.net Top 1K

    commercial scientific social network

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  14. 14
    Reddit reddit.com Top 1K

    American social news aggregation website and discussion portal

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  15. 15
    Rate Your Music rateyourmusic.com

    social music and film cataloging, rating and reviewing website

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  16. 16
    LinkedIn linkedin.com Top 100 English No trackers

    LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up

    1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.

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  17. 17
    Hatena hatena.ne.jp Top 10K Japanese 2 trackers

    はてな

    はてなが運営するポータルサイト。ブログもウェブアルバムもニュースも、はてながあればネットがさらに便利になります。

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    Quora quora.com Top 1K English

    American question-and-answer website

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    Comick comick.io English No trackers

    Comick has a new home — comick.dev

    Comick.io is now Comick.dev: your manga and anime tracker, database, and community. Discover our next chapter.

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    Tumblr tumblr.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Tumblr

    Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Goodreads adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

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Query
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