What is The StoryGraph?

The StoryGraph is an all-in-one platform for your bookish needs, providing a fully-featured alternative to Goodreads.

How does The StoryGraph work?

The StoryGraph helps you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and favorite topics and themes. It offers simple tracking and insightful stats, smart personalized recommendations, and the ability to discover books by mood.

Features of The StoryGraph

Simple tracking and insightful stats

Easily track and learn about your reading habits with our wide range of charts and graphs. See how your reading develops over time and use that to help you pick better books.

Get smart personalized recommendations

Our machine learning AI is like your trusted go-to friend for book recommendations. It'll understand your reading preferences and find the best books for you.

Discover books by mood

In the mood for something adventurous, funny, and fast-paced? What about a darker, slower, more emotional read? Mix and match our comprehensive set of filters to choose your next perfect book.

Read with friends

Add live reactions to specific parts of the book without fear of spoilers. Comments are locked for other participants until they reach that point in their reading. Don't have people to read with? We’ve got machine learning-powered suggestions for great reading buddies.

Custom Tags & Lists

Organise, search, and filter books by your tags and share curated lists with friends.

Reading Challenges

Set up personal goals or join others around the world in a range of fun challenges.

Content Warnings

Choose your next read with the confidence that it won't contain triggering content.

Half & Quarter Stars

No more rounding your rating up or down. Express how you really feel.

Built-in DNF & Owned

Want to mark a book as Did Not Finish or Owned? That's just one click away.

Reading Journal

Record private notes and thoughts alongside your progress updates.

Up Next Queue

Having trouble keeping track of what you want to read next? Queue up your next 5 reads.

Book Clubs

Coming soon: vote on books, organise meetings, and host compelling discussions.

Pricing of The StoryGraph

The StoryGraph is free to use, and most of the app will always be free to use. We do have a paid Plus plan for users looking for a more enhanced, personalized experience!