Goodreads vs Storygraph
February 24, 2026 | Author: Maria Lin
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Amazon-owned world's largest website for book recommendations and discussions. You mark which books or genres you've enjoyed in the past, and the site makes helpful recommendations. Its recommendation system is said to analyzes 20 billion data points to provide suggestions tailored to your literary tastes. You can also read reviews from other people, connect with readers with similar interests and see what books your friends are discussing. You can create "bookshelves" to organize what you've read (or want to read). You can also comment on each other's reviews.
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StoryGraph is an online platform for book lovers, positioned as an Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads (you can import your data from Goodreads). Storygraph helps to track your reading habits and statistics, choose your next book, organize your library by tags and share curated lists with friends. Built-in artificial intelligence understands your reading preferences and selects the next best book for you. You can also use a flexible filter system and read reviews to choose the perfect book. After reading, you can share your impressions with other users and participate in polls inside various book clubs. StoryGraph provides a mobile app for iOS and Android.
Goodreads vs Storygraph in our news:
2026. Goodreads added Did Not Finish shelf
Goodreads has added a new shelf called "Unfinished" to its app. Goodreads already has a separate shelf for books you're currently reading and the app sends emails reminding you to update your shelf to complete them. However, some books are either too challenging or don't hold the interest of readers. Now you can mark a book as "Unfinished" (just like "Want to Read," "Reading Now," or "Read") and it will move to the appropriate shelf without any notifications. You can also move books between shelves; your reviews, ratings and reading history remain with your book. Books marked as "Unfinished" with a read date count toward your goal; books without a read date do not.
2013. Kobo stops showing Goodreads ratings and reviews
As you recall, Amazon acquired the book-review social network Goodreads in March, so it's understandable that Kobo has ceased using the Goodreads API on its website and in its apps. This means no more Goodreads ratings and reviews on Kobo book pages. It appears this decision was made by Kobo rather than Goodreads or Amazon: The company’s chief content officer Michael Tamblyn mentioned to Good E-reader that Kobo may potentially reintegrate the Goodreads API in the future. However, this situation highlights the risks of depending on what is now a rival retailer’s API. Goodreads faced a similar issue in early 2012 when it stopped using Amazon’s API for book data and switched to data from book wholesaler Ingram. Currently, Goodreads states that it utilizes metadata from a combination of sources — Ingram, WorldCat and ONIX feeds.
