The StoryGraph

The StoryGraph is an all-in-one platform to track your reading, discover books by mood, and organize your reading life without the clutter of other services. It helps you track reading progress with insightful charts and graphs, get smart personalized recommendations, and enjoy social reading features like reading with friends while keeping content private where you choose. It markets itself as an Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads and emphasizes mood-based discovery, custom organization, and built-in safety and planning tools.

How It Works

1. Track your reading: Easily log books, progress updates, and private notes to observe your reading journey over time.
2. Discover by mood: Use filters to find books aligned with your current mood and preferred topics/themes.
3. Get recommendations: Machine learning-driven suggestions tailor to your reading preferences for better book picks.
4. Organize your library: Create custom tags, lists, queues, and collections to manage what you want to read next.
5. Read with others (optional): Add live reactions to moments in books with friends, with spoiler controls and privacy in mind.
6. Plan and challenge: Set personal reading goals, join global challenges, and track progress.

Core Features

• Mood-based book discovery with a comprehensive filter system
• Detailed reading analytics with charts and graphs
• Personalised, ML-driven book recommendations
• Custom tags, lists, and queues for organizing books
• Reading challenges and goal tracking
• Private notes and a reading journal
• Social reading features with optional live reactions and spoiler controls
• Content warnings to avoid triggering material
• DDNF (Did Not Finish) and Owned status tracking
• Amazon-free alternative to traditional book platforms
• Mobile app availability on iOS and Android (plus web access)

How It Helps Users

• Makes it easier to find books that match your mood and interests
• Helps you learn and optimize your reading habits
• Keeps your data private by default while enabling social features if desired
• Provides a clean, purpose-driven alternative to other book platforms

Safety and Privacy Considerations

• You control what you share and when you engage with friends
• Personal notes and progress can remain private or be shared selectively
• Recommender system respects user preferences and avoids intrusive data collection