Goodreads - Book reviews & recommendations

Discover, acquire, and exchange your favorite books on Goodreads, the biggest platform worldwide for book enthusiasts and recommendations. Over 75 million users have incorporated more than 2.2 billion books into their collections. Goodreads is a complimentary service.

EXPLORE & ACQUIRE BOOKS

• Utilize the book cover scan feature to promptly peruse reviews and save titles to your Want to Read list.

• Receive customized suggestions according to your preferences.

• Explore highlighted books and genres to find more titles you'll adore.

• Stay updated on your friends' reading choices.

• Purchase or borrow books effortlessly via provided links.

MONITOR & SHARE BOOKS

• Look up, rate, and critique any book in our vast database.

• Monitor books you intend to read and have already read.

• Share current reading progress through status updates.

• Engage in the Reading Challenge to boost your reading activity.

• Engage in book discussions using messages, reviews, and groups.

• Recommend books to your acquaintances.

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Connecting with Other Users

Join a book club or group. When looking for groups, it's best to join an active group to find and connect with other readers who share similar interests.

You can search for groups by topic or title or use Goodreads' suggestions with Featured groups and Popular groups.

A group has plenty of discussion boards about a variety of tropics. Reply and add to the conversation after joining the group. You'll be able to subscribe to conversations to avoid missing anything important.

Browse user-created lists in Listopia. You can search through a variety of categories, such as: featured lists, lists with recent activity, popular lists, and more. This is a great way for members to create content around books and share their favorite books with others.

Lists are ordered by members' votes. You can contribute to the master list by submitting your own votes.

You can also search for a specific book and find Lists With This Book to find other books you may like.

Follow Authors. Most authors have an author page that you can follow to stay updated on their work, see their book reviews, or discover more about them.

Use a direct link or use the search bar at the top of the website to find an author.

Click Follow Author on their page to stay updated on their activity.

Participating in Events

Enter Giveaways. Giveaways are free to enter. You'll be able to win books sponsored by a variety of authors and publishers at no cost. Goodreads offers Kindle Giveaways for eBooks and Print Giveaways for physical books. You'll just need to supply a shipping address for a chance to win.

Kindle Giveaways are open to U.S residents, while Print Giveaways are open to U.S. and Canadian residents.

Take the Goodreads Reading Challenge. Every year, Goodreads challenges you to read a number of books within the year. You'll be able to edit the number of books as your goal for the year. Goodreads will keep track of your progress.

This can help motivate yourself to read more books. You can also see the progress of other users you're linked to.

Cast your votes for the Choice Awards. Goodreads hosts a yearly Choice Awards. This is a major book award decided by readers alone. You'll be able to vote on best books of the year by genre. Once the votes have been tallied, Goodreads will compile the winners of the Choice Awards in an extensive results page.