Literal

Track your reading and discover your next favourite book

4.7•17 reviews•

722 followers

Track your reading and discover your next favourite book

4.7•17 reviews•

722 followers

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Literal is the place to keep track of what you've read and discover your next favourite book through the people you trust. It's designed around the idea that trust beats algorithms when it comes to book recommendations and that we are all trusted by someone.

4.7

Based on 17 reviews

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Literal is praised for its minimalist and user-friendly interface, making it a preferred alternative to Goodreads. Users appreciate its ability to track reading, organize books, and discover new reads through a trusted community. The platform's open API allows for customization, such as creating widgets and browser extensions. However, some users note issues with language discrepancies and profile picture updates. While the community is strong, there's a desire for cross-platform connectivity. Overall, Literal is seen as a promising tool for book enthusiasts.

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book tracking (5)

Goodreads alternative (5)

easy to use (3)

book discovery (2)

community features (2)

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Stefan Pettersson

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•5 reviews

I love tracking stuff, organizing things, recording accomplishments of various sorts as a way to, somehow, make them more persistent. That goes for my reading too. Way back I abandoned Goodreads because it felt outdated, cluttered, and simply bad. Literal is the opposite of Goodreads! My reading definitely leveled up after discovering Literal - quick, clean, beautiful and easy to use. And it does exactly what I want it to - keep track of my reading, having shelves of what I want to read, and help me discover books that inspire me to read even more. Big plus that they've got a real nice open AI, making it possible to roll your own widgets, browser extensions and what not.

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2yr ago

Nick Simson

•1 review

I joined the 2021 beta after looking for a Goodreads alternative. I mainly use this for keeping track of my reading and they have a lightweight embed widget for displaying books from your lists on a website. In early 2023 they opened up the CMS to "Librarians", select community members who want to improve the book metadata in the database. The UI is good, but I've noticed a lot of products in this category are starting to look similar. The community is good, but many of the readers I want to follow are using different apps, I find myself wishing there was a way I can subscribe to people on other platforms through something like RSS.

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2yr ago