A home for readers

Your next favourite book is on someone's shelf.

Build a shelf worth showing off, discover books through people who read like you, and join communities that love the same stories. Our AI helps, but the readers make it magic.

Free for readers. No credit card. Takes about a minute.

currently reading

5 stars, cried twice

borrowed, never returned

Psst, your friends' shelves are better than any bestseller list.

Whatever you read, someone here is reading it too.

  • Cozy mystery
  • Slow-burn romance
  • Epic fantasy
  • Literary fiction
  • Sci-fi
  • Memoir
  • Poetry
  • Horror
  • Historical fiction
  • Self-growth
  • Manga
  • Thrillers
  • Short stories
  • Classics

Every reader has a shelf. Make yours unforgettable.

Switch between covers, spines and stacks. Sort by colour for the perfect rainbow shelf. Add a plant, a candle, a cat. Your shelf is your reading identity, and it looks as good as you want it to.

Yes, you can sort by colour. We won't judge.

From 'what do I read next?' to 'I can't put it down.'

  1. Step 1: Tell us what moves you

    Pick the books you love, choose a few moods, and tell us what you're in the mood for. Takes a minute, not a questionnaire.

  2. Step 2: Meet your matches

    Get recommendations from our AI and from readers whose shelves look like yours. Every pick comes with a 'because you loved...' so you know why.

  3. Step 3: Shelve it, share it, talk about it

    Add books to your shelf, track what you're reading, drop quotes, and join the conversation in communities.

Everything a reading life needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Recommendations that actually know you

No bestseller lists. Tell us what you loved and why, and our AI finds books you'd never stumble on.

Reading rooms for every obsession

Fantasy tavern, thriller club, poetry corner. Every community has its own look, its own mood, its own people.

Marit found the lighthouse door already open.Inside, every lamp had been polished and none had been lit.

Read together, spoiler-free

Start a buddy read and see everyone's progress. Anything beyond your page stays politely blurred.

Some houses are only ever quiet on purpose.

Keep the lines that stay with you

Highlight a passage and turn it into a beautiful quote card in one tap.

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Your year in books

A gorgeous recap of your reading year: pages, favourite genres, longest book, your most-read month. Made to be shared.

Track without the guilt

Gentle streaks, no pressure. Reading should feel restful.

Pick a feeling. We'll find the book.

Choose a mood, or use the arrow keys.

Your four picks will land here.

Find your people. They're already reading it.

  • fantasy

    The Midnight Tavern

    Dragons, dice and one more chapter.

    Currently reading

    The Last Tavern on Marrow Road

  • comfort reads

    Cosy Corner

    Blankets mandatory. Plot optional.

    Currently reading

    The Honey Clause

  • thrillers

    Plot Twist Club

    No spoilers. We will know if you peek.

    Currently reading

    Hollow Hill

  • poetry and essays

    Margins

    For people who underline everything.

    Currently reading

    Paper Weather

  • romance

    Page Turners After Dark

    Slow burns, fast pages, zero judgement.

    Currently reading

    A Quiet Kind of Fire

Your reading year, beautifully told.

Every December, get a recap worth sharing. Not a spreadsheet. A story.

This year31You read 31 books

Sample recap

Early access

Be one of the first readers

We're building ReadCraft because every reading app we tried felt like a spreadsheet. We wanted something that feels like a bookshop. If that sounds like your kind of place, come in. Your feedback shapes what we build next.

Signed, Aaradhya Pathak, CraftsmanLabs

Questions, answered.

Yes. Building your shelf, getting recommendations and joining communities are free. If we ever add paid extras, the essentials will stay free.

Your shelf is empty. Let's fix that.

Join ReadCraft and start building the reading life you actually want.