Hello all! I mostly use StoryGraph (my name is creadstoomuch if you wanna be friends), but I was wondering what other options y’all have found that work for you. There are many things I like about it (the fact that it is not an Amazon product, the design, the stats, the currently reading tracking abilities) but there are also some things I don’t like (the drop down menus behaving irregularly and, in some places, very poorly being my biggest issue). I also use LibraryThing to find my next reads but it doesn’t have the currently reading tracking of StoryGraph.
So what do you use? I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Well now I’m wondering why I should track my reading. I just read, have my whole life. Some benefit I’m missing?
I track my reading with a bookmark
Honestly none of the options were covering my needs so I rolled a custom google sheet. It’s ugly, but it’s hooked up to a books API so I can grab cover images and any info I deem relevant. Not as elegant as the apps, but it gives me flexibility, and since it’s just a spreadsheet, importing from Goodreads and storygraph was easy.
That is so valid and I’ve been considering doing something similar. What books API do you use? I tried various ones for a project a little while ago and was a bit disappointed in the data quality.
I just used the Google books API. The data quality is not great for some titles, but it’s a small annoyance for the flexibility gained.
I use storygraph as well but haven’t tried any of the social parts of the app. I mostly just like being able to keep track and see how many and what kind of books I’m reading. Bookwyrm is often recommended on mastodon.
I use storygraph too. And also https://bookwyrm.social/ which is also nice.
Haven’t tried it but bookwyrm participates in the fediverse
I just use goodreads and my “finished” collection on my eReaders.
I recently switched from Goodreads to Storygraph, and have ended up tracking my reading a lot more reliably since the change.
