The best Goodreads alternatives in 2026

The short version: The StoryGraph is the closest Goodreads replacement, with no ads, better stats and a Goodreads import. Hardcover is the best free social catalog, and Fable is best for book clubs. If you’re leaving Goodreads because logging books never made you read more, try FirstPage: it’s a reader with a daily goal, a streak, XP and an optional lock on social apps, so the reading happens, not just the logging.

The best Goodreads alternatives in 2026

1. FirstPage: best for reading more, not just logging (Android).
2. The StoryGraph: best Goodreads replacement.
3. Hardcover: best free social catalog.
4. Fable: best for book clubs.
5. Bookly: best reading timer and achievements.
6. Bookmory: best private reading journal.
7. Literal: best for highlights, no ads.
8. LibraryThing: best for cataloging a home library.
9. BookWyrm: best open-source, non-corporate option.

The apps, side by side

1. FirstPage: best for reading more, not just logging

FirstPage

Gamified reading habit app for Android

Phone

Android (iPhone waitlist)

Daily goal

Pages, minutes or both, with reminders

Keeps you going

A daily streak, and XP for a brain mascot that climbs 5 ranks as you read

Books

Your own EPUB and PDF files, or free classics in the app

Optional lock

Keeps Instagram or TikTok closed until today's goal is done

Free plan

1 book, 1 reading window, 2 locked apps. Pro from $6.99 a month

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Today's goal, your streak and the book you're on.

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Your reading time next to your scrolling time.

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Read in the app. The pages count toward the goal.

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Most Goodreads alternatives are better places to log books. FirstPage is a different idea: it’s where you read. Open your EPUB or PDF books, or free classics, and every page counts toward a daily goal in pages or minutes. A streak counts your days, a brain mascot earns XP and climbs five ranks, and finished books go on a shelf you can share.

If your phone is what keeps you from reading, the optional lock keeps Instagram, TikTok or any app you pick closed until today’s goal is done. The reader has AI chapter summaries, offline translation and read-aloud voices.

Pick it if you read ebooks on Android and want a daily habit more than a catalog. It doesn’t import Goodreads, track paper books or have reviews, so many readers use it next to The StoryGraph.

2. The StoryGraph: best Goodreads replacement

The StoryGraph imports your Goodreads shelves and turns custom shelves into tags. It adds AI and mood-based recommendations, detailed charts, yearly goals in books, pages or listening time, streaks and reading challenges, plus buddy reads and book clubs. It’s ad-free. Plus is $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 30-day trial.

3. Hardcover: best free social catalog

Hardcover feels the most like Goodreads: ratings, reviews, lists, friends and a score for how likely you are to enjoy a book. It imports from Goodreads, StoryGraph or CSV for free and tracks audiobooks too. The Supporter plan, $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, adds extra stats and features.

4. Fable: best for book clubs

Fable hosts thousands of free book clubs with chats, plus yearly goals, daily streaks, reviews and monthly reading recaps. It imports from Goodreads and Kindle and has its own ebook store and reader. Fable Plus is $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year and removes ads.

5. Bookly: best reading timer and achievements

Bookly is built around a reading timer: start it when you read and it tracks pages, speed and time, with daily to yearly goals, streaks, achievements and readathons. It has a Goodreads import. The free version has ads; Pro is $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year.

6. Bookmory: best private reading journal

Bookmory is a journal more than a social network: daily and yearly goals in pages, chapters or time, streaks, a timer, a calendar and a yearly recap, with quotes captured by photo. Premium is $3.49 a month or $30.99 a year and removes ads.

7. Literal: best for highlights

Literal focuses on highlights and notes, which you can capture with your camera, plus reading goals, clubs and friends. It imports from Goodreads and StoryGraph, has free public-domain ebooks, and is free with no ads.

8. LibraryThing: best for cataloging

LibraryThing is the serious collector’s choice: catalog books, DVDs and CDs with library classifications, tags and recommendations drawn from other members’ catalogs. It’s free and imports your Goodreads export. Its phone apps are mainly for scanning barcodes.

9. BookWyrm: best open-source option

BookWyrm is a free, open-source, decentralized book network that works with Mastodon. You get a yearly goal, reviews, lists and status updates, and it imports Goodreads and StoryGraph files. It runs in the browser; there’s no official app.

Which one should you pick?

• You want to actually read more: FirstPage.
• A straight Goodreads replacement: The StoryGraph.
• Goodreads’ social side, free: Hardcover.
• Reading with other people: Fable.
• Timing paper-book sessions: Bookly.
• A private journal: Bookmory.
• More on habits: see the best apps to build a reading habit.

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