If you’ve abandoned Goodreads, a good alternative can be hard to find, especially if a robust community is important to you. Whether you’re looking for a simpler review platform, a smaller user-base, want to avoid feeding Amazon, or just yearn for the simpler days of tracking your books without the pressure, here are a few suggestions.
See 6 alternatives at There Are Alternatives to Goodreads
I created my Goodreads profile in 2008. At the time it was a small site, having just launched in 2007, yet it would quickly change how I tracked my reading. The idea was brilliant in its simplicity—to give readers a way to log the books they owned, had read or wanted to read, and interact with a wider community of book-lovers via reviews and message boards. For me, the site offered an easy way to track the books I had read but didn’t own—which was many, given that I frequently used the library or borrowed from friends, and rarely had money to build out my shelves. Unfortunately, what was once a simple pleasure would turn into an unwieldy and often frustrating force in the book world.