Goodreads is described as 'See what your friends are reading. Keep track of what you've read and organize your books into virtual bookshelves. Join a book club to discuss your favorite books. A better way to find good books to read!' and is a very popular Social Network in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Goodreads for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, iPhone, Android, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best Goodreads alternative is LibraryThing, which is free. Other great apps like Goodreads are Open Library, BookWyrm, StoryGraph and Openreads.
Goodreads alternatives are mainly Social Networks, but if you're looking for
Library Managers or Ebook Libraries you can filter on that. Other popular filters include
Open Source and
EU. You can also filter by region, for example
EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Goodreads.
Book community like Twitter/Instagram for Authors and Readers They do not track and store the data of their users Posts are deleted within 15 days of posting on the site Affordable advertising Users are from around the globe Can able to post status updates with book cover photos, share links to videos or book listings/blog posts, share inspirational quotes, gifs, etc. Follow other authors/readers activity They do not ban users in terms of posting content unlike Twitter and Facebook