Goodreads Alternatives in 2026: 8 Book Trackers Compared
The best Goodreads alternatives in 2026, compared on imports, exports, ads, AI and ownership, plus how to export your Goodreads library and bring it along.
- Books
- Audiobooks
The short answer
- StoryGraph is the best Goodreads alternative for most readers in 2026: it imports a Goodreads library, runs on the web, iPhone and Android, adds deeper stats, and its free tier has no ads.
- Hardcover is the best social alternative from an independent team, Fable is best for book clubs, and LibraryThing, Libib and BookWyrm suit cataloguers and readers who want open-source software.
- On iPhone and iPad, Omniphile imports Goodreads and StoryGraph exports and suits readers who also track films, TV and games, but it has no Android or web app.
- Goodreads’ library export works only on its desktop site, leaves out owned books, and keeps one read date per book, so save it before you switch and keep the file.
- For readers avoiding AI, Hardcover, LibraryThing, Libib and BookWyrm list no AI features, while StoryGraph and Bookly use AI, Fable dropped its AI features in 2025, and Omniphile has optional Apple Intelligence features.
The best Goodreads alternative for most readers in 2026 is StoryGraph: it imports your Goodreads library, runs on the web, iPhone and Android, and adds deeper stats without ads on its free tier. Hardcover is the best social alternative from an independent team, Fable is best for book clubs, and on iPhone, Omniphile suits readers who also track films, TV and games.
We make Omniphile, so weigh what we say about it accordingly. Everything about the other apps comes from their App Store and Google Play listings, official sites, help centers and founders’ own posts, checked on October 26, 2026. For a ranking by features such as timers and widgets, see our guide to the best book tracking apps; this page is about leaving Goodreads.
Why people look for Goodreads alternatives in 2026
Goodreads has belonged to Amazon since 2013.1 It is free, shows ads and has no paid tier, and since December 8, 2020 it has issued no new keys for its public developer API,2 so other apps can’t sync with it and depend on its export file instead. Searches for a Goodreads alternative now come with qualifiers: “not owned by Amazon,” “no AI,” “open source.”
AI became a bigger question in January 2025, when Fable’s AI-generated year-end reader summaries produced offensive remarks about some users’ reading. Fable apologized and removed the summaries and two other AI features within days.3
To be fair to Goodreads, it fixed two long-standing complaints this year. A Did Not Finish shelf arrived in March, and half-star ratings, which its release notes call “your most requested feature,” in October.4 Its rivals have also grown: since June 2026, Kobo e-readers sync reading progress to StoryGraph, which TechCrunch reports has more than 5 million readers.5 So switching in 2026 is less about missing basics and more about who owns your reading history, ads, AI, and what you can take with you.
What to look for in a Goodreads alternative
- A Goodreads importer that keeps your shelves, ratings and reviews, not just a list of titles.
- A way out. An export you can open elsewhere, so the next move is easy too.
- Rereads. Each read of a book as its own entry, with its own dates.
- Your people. A social feed only helps if your friends or book club move with you.
- Ads, AI and ownership, stated plainly in the app’s own listing or policies.
- Platforms. Some of the best options run only on iPhone, and some only on the web.
The best Goodreads alternatives compared
As of October 2026:
| App | Best for | Platforms | Price (US) | Imports Goodreads | Export |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StoryGraph | Stats and mood-based picks | Web, iPhone, iPad, Android | Free; Plus $49.99 a year | Yes | CSV |
| Hardcover | A social reader from an independent team | Web, iPhone, iPad, Android | Free; Supporter $49.99 a year | Yes | Through its public API |
| Omniphile | Books, films, TV and games on iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | Free; optional Premium | Yes | Backup file |
| Fable | Book clubs | iPhone, iPad, Android | Free, with ads; Plus $49.99 a year | Yes | None documented |
| Bookly | Reading timers | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android | Free, with ads; Pro $29.99 a year | Yes | Not documented |
| LibraryThing | Cataloging, for free | Web, iPhone, Android | Free | Yes | Excel, TSV, JSON, MARC |
| Libib | A home library | Web, iPhone, iPad, Android | Free up to 5,000 items; Pro $99 a year | Any CSV with ISBNs | CSV |
| BookWyrm | Open source, with no company behind it | Web | Free | Yes | CSV |
The Goodreads alternatives, one by one
Best overall Goodreads alternative
StoryGraph
- Platforms
- Web, iPhone, iPad, Android
- Price
- Free; Plus $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year
- Tracks
- Books
- Audiobooks
StoryGraph is the closest thing to a better Goodreads: the same shelves and reviews, plus reading charts and graphs, goals for books, pages and listening, buddy reads, readalongs and challenges.6 Its listing even pitches it to you directly, asking if you want to “support an independent, Goodreads alternative.” Rereads count as separate reads, which its founder calls intentional.7
Moving in is one step: the listing says you can “import your Goodreads account.” Moving out is also possible, with a CSV export from the Manage Account page,8 and that file lists every read of a book with its dates, which, as we found when building Omniphile’s importers, a Goodreads export does not. The free tier has no ads; Plus costs $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year on the US App Store and adds custom charts, extra filters and comparisons.
Best for: Goodreads users who want deeper stats and better recommendations on every device.
Strengths
- Imports your Goodreads account
- No ads on the free tier
- Exports your library as a CSV
- Kobo e-readers sync to it
Drawbacks
- Its recommendations use machine-learning AI
- No reading timer or Home Screen widgets
Best social reader from an independent team
Hardcover
- Platforms
- Web, iPhone, iPad, Android
- Price
- Free; Supporter $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year
- Tracks
- Books
- Audiobooks
Hardcover is the alternative most like Goodreads in spirit: friends, reviews, lists, goals and stats, with profiles that can be public, private or friends-only.9 It imports from Goodreads and StoryGraph,10 and it is unusually open about your data: a public API lets you read your whole library, and its terms say you may not use the API to train large language models that are public or used commercially. Its guidelines for its volunteer librarians, the members who edit book and author pages, add: “We do not allow AI-written bios.”11
Its founder, Adam Fortuna, describes it as bootstrapped.12 Core features are free, and a Supporter membership costs $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year on the US App Store.
Best for: Readers who want a modern, social Goodreads with a clear stance on AI.
Strengths
- Imports from Goodreads and StoryGraph
- Public API for your own library
- Bars AI training on its data
Drawbacks
- A small iPhone community, with 66 US App Store ratings
- No export documented beyond its public API
Best on iPhone if you also track films, TV and games
Omniphile
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
- Price
- Free; optional Premium subscription
- Tracks
- Books
- Audiobooks
- Movies
- TV shows
- Games
Omniphile is our app. From a Goodreads export, it brings your shelves, ratings, reviews and read count, turns your own shelves into tags, and gives books on a did-not-finish shelf their own DNF status. From a StoryGraph export, it brings every read with its dates. After that, each read is a readthrough with its own dates, sessions can be timed, and goals, challenges and a family of reading-goal widgets keep the year on track. Books arrived in version 4.0 in October 2026, and every change since is dated in Omniphile’s changelog.
The reason to pick it over a books-only app is everything else: films, TV shows, audiobooks and games share one library, one set of ratings and one set of statistics, which answers the search for apps like Goodreads but for movies. Its community features, public profiles, reviews and comments, are opt-in and much smaller than Goodreads’. It runs only on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, iCloud sync and the Watch app need Premium, and since 2026 it has optional Apple Intelligence features such as Siri integration and natural-language search, so we don’t call it AI-free.
Best for: iPhone and iPad readers who want books, films, TV and games in one library.
Strengths
- Imports Goodreads and StoryGraph exports
- Every read is its own readthrough, with dates
- Reading timer, goals, challenges and goal widgets
Drawbacks
- iOS and iPadOS only, with no Android or web version
- A small reading community
- Has optional Apple Intelligence features
Best for book clubs
Fable
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad, Android
- Price
- Free, with ads; Plus $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year
- Tracks
- Books
If Goodreads groups were the part you used most, Fable is the closest replacement, with “thousands of free book and TV clubs” alongside tracking, goals and streaks.13 It imports book lists from Goodreads and Kindle. Fable has been part of Everand, a Scribd company, since June 2025,14 and after the January 2025 backlash it removed its AI-generated summaries; its current listing describes no feature as AI. We found no way to export your data in its help center, so keep your Goodreads CSV.
Best for: Goodreads users who mainly use groups and want livelier book clubs.
Strengths
- Thousands of free book and TV clubs
- Imports Goodreads and Kindle lists
- Goals, streaks and a streak widget
Drawbacks
- Shows ads unless you pay
- No data export documented
- Owned by Scribd, not independent
Best for reading timers
Bookly
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android
- Price
- Free, with ads; Pro $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year
- Tracks
- Books
- Audiobooks
Bookly is a reading log rather than a social network, built around a timer, goals in hours, pages or books, and readathons.15 Its Google Play listing promises a “painless Goodreads import” that keeps your Currently Reading, To-Read and Read shelves, and it describes “Bloo, your AI reading assistant,” so it isn’t a choice for avoiding AI.16
Best for: Goodreads users who want to time their reading and set goals in hours.
Strengths
- One-tap reading timer, with an Apple Watch app
- Goodreads import that keeps your main shelves
Drawbacks
- Ads in the free version
- An AI reading assistant
- No social feed
Best for cataloging, for free
LibraryThing
- Platforms
- Web, iPhone, Android
- Price
- Free
- Tracks
- Books
LibraryThing is older than most of this list and built for cataloging: it has been free to all since March 18, 2020, when it dropped “all membership fees and limits,” and it promised then not to show ads to members.17 It imports a Goodreads export and exports your catalog as Excel, tab-separated text, JSON or MARC,18 and its iPhone app adds books by scanning their ISBN barcode. That app was last updated on February 17, 2024, and holds a 3.5 rating from 288 ratings on the US App Store,19 so plan to use the website.
Best for: Collectors who want a detailed, free catalog of the books they own.
Strengths
- Free, with no limits, since March 2020
- No ads for members
- Imports Goodreads; exports Excel, TSV, JSON and MARC
Drawbacks
- The iPhone app was last updated in February 2024
- Built for cataloging more than for tracking reading
Best for a home library
Libib
- Platforms
- Web, iPhone, iPad, Android
- Price
- Free up to 5,000 items; Pro $9 a month or $99 a year
- Tracks
- Books
Libib catalogs the physical books you own rather than replacing Goodreads’ social side. Its free Basic plan covers up to 5,000 items with “no advertisements”; Pro, at $9 a month or $99 a year, raises the limit to 100,000 items and adds a lending and circulation system.20 It imports CSV files with ISBNs, which a Goodreads export includes, though Libib doesn’t name Goodreads as a source.
Best for: Readers who want to catalog the books on their shelves, and maybe lend them.
Strengths
- Free up to 5,000 items, with no ads
- Lending and patron tools on Pro
- CSV import and export
Drawbacks
- No social features
- Goodreads is not named among its import sources
Best open-source option
BookWyrm
- Platforms
- Web
- Price
- Free
- Tracks
- Books
BookWyrm calls itself “social reading and reviewing, decentralized” and “collaborative, anti-corporate” software; it is maintained by Mouse Reeve and funded through Patreon and Open Collective.21 Instead of one company, you join one of many independent servers, which connect with one another. It imports export files from Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing and others, though its documentation warns that it matches books against public data sources and “may not be able to import all of your data.”22 It can also export a CSV of your books.
Best for: Readers who want a community-run Goodreads with no company behind it.
Strengths
- Open source and federated
- Imports Goodreads, StoryGraph and LibraryThing files
- Exports a CSV of your books
Drawbacks
- Web only, with no official app
- You join a server run by its own admins
- Imports may not match every book
How to export your Goodreads library
Whichever app you choose, start with the export file. It is the fullest copy of your library that Goodreads gives you, and since Goodreads stopped issuing API keys in 2020, most apps rely on it.
Sign in on a computer
Goodreads marks its library export “Desktop only,” so use the website on a computer, not the app.23Open Import and export
Go to My Books, then click Import and export under Tools on the left.Export your library
Under Export, click Export Library. When the “Your export from” link appears with today’s date, click it to download the CSV file.Import it into the new app
Upload the CSV in the new app’s import screen. In Omniphile, open Settings, then Import Library, and choose Goodreads.
Know what the file leaves behind. Books you have marked as owned don’t appear in it.24 Each book has a single Date Read column plus a Read Count, so a book you read three times arrives with the date of the latest read only; we built Omniphile’s Goodreads importer around that file. Keep the CSV even after you switch: it is your backup. And leaving Goodreads doesn’t mean deleting it: you can keep the account for reviews and friends and do your tracking elsewhere.
Goodreads alternatives with no AI
“No AI” means different things to different readers, so here is what each app says, as of October 2026:
| App | What it says about AI |
|---|---|
| Goodreads | Lists no generative AI features |
| StoryGraph | Recommendations from “our machine learning AI”; an AI-generated “Who’s It For?” description that is off by default |
| Hardcover | No generative AI features listed; its API terms bar training large language models on its data |
| Omniphile | Optional Apple Intelligence features, such as Siri integration and natural-language search |
| Fable | Removed its AI summaries and other AI features in January 2025; its listing describes none now |
| Bookly | An AI reading assistant, Bloo |
| LibraryThing, Libib, BookWyrm | List no AI features |
StoryGraph’s founder has written that its AI is “an in-house solution that keeps our user data private,” and that the “Who’s It For?” feature “is off by default and always has been.”25 If you want none at all, Hardcover, LibraryThing, Libib and BookWyrm are the safest picks.
Goodreads alternatives not owned by Amazon
Goodreads has been an Amazon subsidiary since 2013.1 Of the alternatives:
- StoryGraph is run by its founder, Nadia Odunayo, and its listing calls it “independent.” TechCrunch reports that it took no outside funding.5
- Hardcover is described by its founder as bootstrapped.12
- BookWyrm is open-source software maintained by volunteers, with no company behind it.
- Fable belongs to Everand, a Scribd company, since June 2025.14
- Omniphile is made by an independent developer.
Is there a Letterboxd for books?
Hardcover and StoryGraph come closest to Letterboxd’s feel: a log of what you read, half-star ratings, reviews, and a feed of what friends are reading. If you want films and books in the same diary, Omniphile tracks both on iPhone and iPad, and our page on Letterboxd for TV shows explains how its film and TV side compares with Letterboxd.
Sources
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Amazon, “Amazon.com to Acquire Goodreads”, press release, March 28, 2013. https://press.aboutamazon.com/2013/3/amazon-com-to-acquire-goodreads ↩ ↩2
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Goodreads Help, “Why did my API key stop working?”, December 2020. https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/Why-did-my-API-key-stop-working ↩
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Kate Knibbs, “A Book App Used AI to ‘Roast’ Its Users. It Went Anti-Woke Instead”, Wired, January 3, 2025. https://www.wired.com/story/fable-controversy-ai-summaries/ ↩
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Goodreads on the App Store, version history, checked October 26, 2026. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/goodreads-book-reviews/id355833469 ↩
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Sarah Perez, “Watch out, Amazon: The Kobo eReader now has a Goodreads rival”, TechCrunch, June 29, 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/watch-out-amazon-the-kobo-ereader-now-has-a-goodreads-rival/ ↩ ↩2
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The StoryGraph on the App Store, checked October 26, 2026. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-storygraph/id1570489264 ↩
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The StoryGraph roadmap, “Reread book counts as separate book”, founder’s reply of June 6, 2025. https://roadmap.thestorygraph.com/bugs/posts/reread-book-counts-as-separate-book ↩
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The StoryGraph roadmap, “Export CSV” request and founder’s reply. https://roadmap.thestorygraph.com/requests-ideas/posts/export-csv ↩
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Hardcover on the App Store, checked October 26, 2026. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hardcover-app/id1663379893 ↩
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Hardcover on Google Play, checked October 26, 2026. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hardcover.app ↩
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Hardcover documentation, “Getting Started” with the API and librarian author standards, on GitHub. https://github.com/hardcoverapp/hardcover-docs ↩
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Adam Fortuna, “About”, checked October 26, 2026. https://adamfortuna.com/about ↩ ↩2
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Fable on the App Store, checked October 26, 2026. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fable-track-discuss-books/id1488170618 ↩
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Scribd, Inc., “Fable joins Everand”, June 9, 2025. https://www.scribdinc.com/newsroom/fable-joins-everand ↩ ↩2
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Bookly on the App Store, checked October 26, 2026. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bookly-book-tracker/id1085047737 ↩
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Bookly on Google Play, checked October 26, 2026. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twodoor.bookly ↩
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LibraryThing, “LibraryThing Is Now Free to All”, LibraryThing Blog, March 18, 2020. https://blog.librarything.com/2020/03/librarything-goes-free/ ↩
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LibraryThing, Import and export page, checked October 26, 2026. https://www.librarything.com/import_export.php ↩
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LibraryThing on the App Store, checked October 26, 2026. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/librarything/id948824489 ↩
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Libib, Pricing, checked October 26, 2026. https://www.libib.com/pricing ↩
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BookWyrm, official site, checked October 26, 2026. https://joinbookwyrm.com ↩
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BookWyrm documentation, “Adding Books”. https://docs.joinbookwyrm.com/adding-books.html ↩
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Goodreads Help, “Import or export your books”, checked October 26, 2026. https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/000001100 ↩
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Goodreads Help, “Track owned books”, checked October 26, 2026. https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/000001436 ↩
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Nadia Odunayo, “The One Woman Dev Team Diaries #229”, July 27, 2026. https://buttondown.com/nodunayo/archive/the-one-woman-dev-team-diaries-229/ ↩
Common questions
- What is the best alternative to Goodreads?
- StoryGraph is the best all-round Goodreads alternative in 2026: it imports your Goodreads library, runs on the web, iPhone and Android, and adds detailed stats and mood-based recommendations, with no ads on its free tier. Hardcover is the best choice if you mainly want a social reading app.
- Is there a Goodreads alternative with no AI?
- Hardcover lists no generative AI features, and its API terms forbid using its data to train commercial or public large language models. LibraryThing, Libib and BookWyrm also list no AI features. StoryGraph uses machine-learning recommendations and an optional AI-generated description of who a book suits, and Bookly has an AI reading assistant.
- Which Goodreads alternatives are not owned by Amazon?
- Goodreads has belonged to Amazon since 2013. StoryGraph is run by its founder and calls itself independent, Hardcover’s founder describes it as bootstrapped, BookWyrm is community-maintained open-source software, and Fable has belonged to Everand, a Scribd company, since June 2025.
- How do I export my Goodreads library?
- On a computer, open My Books on the Goodreads website, choose Import and export under Tools, then Export Library, and download the CSV file when its link appears. The export is not available in the Goodreads mobile app, and books you have marked as owned are left out.
- Is there a Letterboxd for books?
- Hardcover and StoryGraph come closest, with logs, half-star ratings, reviews and friends’ activity. If you want books and films in one diary, Omniphile tracks both on iPhone and iPad.
- Is StoryGraph free?
- Yes. StoryGraph’s free tier covers tracking, stats, goals and challenges without ads. StoryGraph Plus costs $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year on the US App Store and adds extra charts, filters and comparisons.
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