Top 10 eBook Organizers
Updated: January 03, 2026 | Editor: Maria Lin
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Powerful, yet beautiful and easy-to-use book organizer. Suitable for book lovers, collectors, students, teachers, schools and business libraries. Allows to organize e-books and printed books in a single digital library. Includes a built-in reader, audiobook player, format converter, metadata editor and a web server for local network access. Enables to quickly find books, including by full-text search. It's highly customizable - you can add custom fields, build a genre tree, add tags. Integrates with Amazon, Google Books and other websites to update book metadata. You can even view books in 3D.
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Calibre is a free, open-source program (written in Python) for managing e-book libraries on Windows, Mac and Linux. It offers the most rich set of features, divided into the following main categories: library management, e-book conversion, synchronization with e-readers, downloading news from the internet and converting them to e-book formats, e-book viewer-reader, e-book editor and a content server for web access to your book collection. The program reorganizes book files into own structure. There are numerous plugins developed for the program by the community. However, many find the interface cluttered and unwieldy.
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LibraryThing is free cataloging and social networking site for book lovers. LibraryThing allows to create online catalog of books and access it from anywhere - even on your mobile phone. You can upload own books and parse metadata from Amazon, track your reading progress, rate and review books. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next. You can check out other peoples' libraries, see whose library is most similar to yours, swap reading suggestions, and more. You can also turn your library into a real online catalog for visitors. Available in over 50 languages.
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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.
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Web service plus mobile app for managing personal book library. Allows to quickly add books via ISBN barcode scanning, choose which columns/fields you wish to see, browse your book database in cover flow, detect duplicates, keep your wish list, share book lists online. The app automatically downloads book information from CLZ's own huge online book database by ISBN: author, title, publisher, genre, subject and cover. But you can't keep actual book files in it. Both CLZ Books Mobile and CLZ Books Web can be used separately or synced via CLZ Cloud service.
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Cloud-based library management service that lets you upload and organize your ebooks, regardless of format. The built-in ebook reader lets you read and sync bookmarks, notes and highlights across all your devices (browser or mobile app). You can save quotes from books and share the most interesting moments from your ebook with friends on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, browse recommendations from other users, bookshelves and reviews. BookFusion's plugin for Calibre lets you sync both databases. BookFusion also offers its own online library of over 70,000 free ebooks.
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Cloud cataloging service that allows you to store books, board games, movies, music and video games in a single library (doesn't let to upload and store files). It's suitable for libraries, schools, organizations, and home personal catalogs. It allows you to create mixed collections, add notes, and share your collections. It offers mobile apps with automatic synchronization and an ISBN/UPC barcode scanner. Libraries can use features such as book lending, reader management, custom fields, barcode management, an online library website, report generation, SSO integration (Google, Classlink, Clever, Microsoft), and invoicing.
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Free and open source comics/mangas media server. Allows to organize your CBZ, CBR, PDF and EPUB files in different libraries, collections or reading lists, edit metadata in ebook-files. It inludes the integrated Webreader but allows to use the Mihon extension, any OPDS reader or other integrations (Komga has REST API that allows to manage library and load books from third party apps). You can install and run Komga on a computer (as a Windows desktop app or Docker image) or NAS. If your books are stored on Google Drive, you can use Plexdrive or rclone to make them accessible to Komga.
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Booknizer is a book organizer that works with paper, e-books (EPUB, MOBI, PRC, PDF, FB2) and audiobooks (MP3, M4b, WMA, etc.). It lets you copy books to a reading device (Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony Reader, etc.), scan folders on your computer, search and filter book list and convert some e-book formats. For paper books, the program shows the exact location of any book on a bookshelf. The book organizer displays the book cover, synopsis, genres, publication year, as well as your own rating and comments. The program also allows you to view the author's bibliography, bio, and photos.
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Windows program for cataloging books. Suitable for printed books, audiobooks and e-books. The program can automatically populate book entries from the internet by title, author name or ISBN number, scan your hard drive for book files, allows to add your own information to the book card, including thoughts, reflections and illustrations. Over a dozen user templates allow you to customize AMB's appearance. The program lets you track which books you've already read, generate statistics, export collections to a variety of formats, password-protect your library. Also it supports playback of audiobooks stored on a memory card. AMB can play MP3, WMA, M4A, Audible (AA, AAX) and OGG formats.
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Kindlian is a cool add-on for your Kindle. It's a desktop app that allows to view and manage Kindle books and collections. When you launch Kindlian, it scans your Kindle, parses book metadata and displays a beautiful e-library. You can easily move and copy books between collections with mouse drag and drop. It also converts other book formats to Kindle's MOBI
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BookCAT is discontinued. BookCAT is a powerful book collector database program which will help you catalog a book collection of any size. BookCAT is used by book-lovers, schools, churches, clubs, and business libraries. Using BookCAT you can quickly catalog your books by downloading information from the Internet. BookCAT will help you track what you have in your library, where it is (including books out on loan) and the total value of your collection.
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Kavita is a super-fast, self-hosted digital library that supports multiple file formats, including EPUB, PDF, comics and manga, with built-in readers (single-page, dual-page, and webtoon modes), OPDS and advanced metadata. It lets you use OIDC or built-in logins to manage users, highlight and create notes, share annotations with users on your server and export to Obsidian. You can choose interface themes, custom fonts for the EPUB reader and smart filters for the navigation/home screen. Kavita scans and analyzes metadata from filenames and ComicInfo.xml, adding external covers, descriptions, ratings and reviews (via Kavita+).
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Adobe Digital Editions software offers an engaging way to view and manage eBooks and other digital publications. Use it to download and purchase digital content, which can be read both online and offline. Transfer copy-protected eBooks from your personal computer to other computers or devices. Organize your eBooks into a custom library and annotate pages. Digital Editions also supports industry-standard eBook formats, including PDF/A and EPUB.
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BookLore is a self-hosted web app (requires Docker and Docker Compose installed) for organizing and managing your personal book collection. It provides an intuitive interface to browse, read, and track your progress across PDFs and eBooks. With robust metadata management, multi-user support, and a sleek, modern UI, BookLore makes it easy to build and explore your personal library.
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eXtreme Books Manager is probably the most advanced Book, eBook, AudioBook collection manager around. It can import all Book Information from many specialized websites. Just write the Book Title or Scan the ISBN Barcode!
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My Library is a simple application that helps you to manage your books.google.com library. My Library main features: connects to your google library account, utilizes the phone's camera to scan a barcode, adds/removes books from your google books shelves, enables you to download pdf of books in public domain, creates a shelf that shows personalized recommendations to you, support for tablet devices
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Cloud-based eBook manager that allows users to create a personalized online library, accessible from any device. It offers a simple interface, organization features for sorting and tagging books and AI integration for additional information. Provides free open-source version
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BookBuddy is a powerful book management app for iOS, giving you access to your entire book catalog. It lets quickly find any book in your library, share favorites, track borrowed and checked-out books. It also allows to manage classroom library, sync it across devices, export book lists to Excel and Numbers. The app features a built-in barcode scanner for adding books. It supports split-screen multitasking on iPad.
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An open source book cataloguing application (source on github). Books can be added manually, by ISBN, or barcode. Remember to backup and export your existing catalogue before you upgrade. Features include: sorting by author (last name), title, series, etc, user-defined sort and list styles, search Amazon, Google Books, goodreads and LibraryThing for data, searching, thumbnails (download, gallery or camera), loaning books, goodreads synchronization, export and Backup, bookshelves (books can be on multiple shelves)
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Lucidor is a simple tool for reading, managing and organizing your eBooks within your own personal bookcase. It supports ePub and OPDS catalog files. You can search for eBooks online and download them right into the application. A unique feature Lucidor has is the ability to have multiple eBooks open at one time. It does this via it’s tabbed interface, which is much like a Web browser. Lucidor even supports themes. There is also a search bar for finding specific keywords or phrases within your content.
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Self-hosted open-source audiobook and podcast server. Includes companion Android and iOS app for offline listening. Keeps progress per user and syncs across devices. Multi-user support with custom permissions
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VitalSource Bookshelf is the preferred and most used e-textbook delivery platform in the world of higher education. It lets you access your books from the the desktop application, mobile app (iPhone) or online. You can add highlights and notes to your content and search through them as well as the content of your eBooks.
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Ubooquity allows to organize and read your ebooks and comics on your favorite device, supports many types of files, with a preference for ePUB, CBZ, CBR and PDF files. Ubooquity can be installed on any OS supporting Java (Windows, Linux, Mac OS...) and on a wide range of hardware (desktop computer, server, NAS...). Ubooquity lets you create user accounts and set access rights for each shared folder.
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OpenAudible is a cross-platform audiobook manager designed for Audible users. Manage/Download all your audiobooks with this easy-to-use desktop application. Lightning fast conversion to MP3 and M4B audio formats. Access all Audible audiobooks across Mac, Windows, and Linux.
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BookONO is a free e-book manager and reader (PDFs and EPubs fully supported) designed as a compliment to Calibre. It is written in C++ using the Qt5 Toolkit. It is different from Calibre in that it makes a few different design decisions than Calibre, for instance it does not attempt to put all your books in its own library or change their names. Where Calibre attempts to take complete control over your books, BookONO gives you control over your books. BookONO further attempts to take a different direction in terms of its UI, providing a more user-friendly, aesthetically-pleasing experience than Calibre.
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Book Organizer Deluxe is a Windows software that allows book collectors, hobbyists, book clubs, small private or public libraries to organize, catalog, and manage book collections on their PCs. Organizer is intuitive and easy to use for the beginner, at the same moment feature-rich and powerful enough to satisfy the most advanced users.
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eBook Manager is a fast and easy to use application for organizing e-books on your computer and for transferring them from and to your Kindle e-readers. It understands .mobi, .azw and .azw3 file formats and extracts and shows book metadata like author, title, description, publisher, language, comment and cover image. Books can be organized to collections in the library stored on your computer (but this information is not transferred to the reader).
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Tellico is a software application for organizing your book collection. Tellico allows you to enter your collection in a catalogue database, saving many different properties like title, author, etc. Different views of your collection can be shown. The data is saved in XML, a text format which makes for easy parsing, portability, and styling. It will run on any platform which KDE supports, most commonly Linux. Tellico is licensed under the GNU General Public License, giving you the freedom to modify and distribute the source code.
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iBouquiniste is an ebook reader like none you've seen before. This app supports FB2, EPUB and TXT formats and offers adjustable fonts, paragraph indents, paper type and more. iBouquiniste gives you a reading experience that's as close as you can get to reading a real book, and it even lets you share your favorite books via email. Click "...More" to learn why you should download this App today!
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YACReader is a comic reader and comic manager with support for cbr cbz zip rar comic files. It is available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X.
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LazyLibrarian is a free open-source Linux / Mac OS program for ebooks, audiobooks and magazines that allows to follow authors and retrieve book metadata. It uses a combination of Goodreads Librarything HardCover OpenLibrary and GoogleBooks as sources for author info and book info.
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Whether you’re an author looking to launch your next book or an educational institution looking to improve student success, Pressbooks can help you easily create, adapt, and share accessible high-quality digital books, learning materials, curriculum and more.
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Self-hosted media server that can be used to stream audiobooks to mobile devices. You can install the server on a computer or NAS device
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Jellyfin is a free media server that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached. Run the Jellyfin server on your system read your books, comics, and magazines.
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Quickly catalog, filter, sort, and manage all of the books you own. View information, cover, and add personal details. Hardcover, softcover, eBooks, and more. Uses barcode scanning, database search and manual barcode entry.
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A free and open source manga reading server that runs extensions built for Mihon (Tachiyomi). Any platform that runs java and/or has a modern browser can run it. This includes Windows, Linux, macOS, chrome OS, etc.
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Android app for comic reading and organization, The original project was discontinued. Now the Community Edition is available
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Buka is a free, open-source book management system in its relatively early stages of development. It features a simplified interface with controls that become visible only on hover and are easy to navigate. Buka allows you to create searchable book lists, as well as display them by author. Books open in an interface reminiscent of Okular, the common KDE document viewer (dark theme is available). A particularly interesting feature is the built-in translator, which works offline. Buka currently only supports PDF books.
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Kapowarr is a software to build and manage a comic book library, fitting in the *arr suite of software. You can add volumes, map them to a folder and start managing. Allows to download, rename, move and convert issues of the volume (including TPB's, One Shots, Hard Covers and more). Installing Kapowarr can be done via Docker or on top of Python.
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Library management program for Windows/Mac/Linux with mobile apps for iOS and Android. It allows to enter a list of ISBNs, LCCNs or scanned barcodes, then automatically searches the internet and downloads book information, including cover images. The program can combine information from multiple websites to create the most comprehensive database. The built-in search allows to filter books by Author, Title, ISBN and Category. Search results are displayed in an easy-to-read, customizable table, tree or thumbnail view. You can easily manage your database, categorize your collection, assign ratings and add custom database fields. Readerware includes built-in book lending tracker to register book issues and returns, search and print list of books currently on loan and expired. The program discontinued.
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Manifold is a free open-source platform for publishing academic or school libraries on the web. You can add nearly anything: video, audio, images, downloads, data visualizations, PDFs, external links, and more. Authors and readers can annotate texts and comment on resources. Students and instructors can form reading groups to annotate collaboratively.
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Docker-system that allows you to search and download ebooks from irc.irchighway.net quickly and easily.
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Web application for archival and reading of manga/doujinshi. Lightweight and Docker-ready for NAS/servers.
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Mylar allows to download comic issues from newsgroups, torrents or direct download links, organize existing collection and handle everything from renaming to metatagging. As it downloads items, it will organize things into your existing collection automatically.
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Readarr is a ebook collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new books from your favorite authors. Readarr project has been retired but the code is still available.
Latest news about eBook Organizers
30.01.26. CLZ Book Collector added reading history tracking
CLZ Books Web now features reading history tracking. It allows you to not only mark books as read but also track multiple reading sessions, enter both start and end dates and even track your reading progress, i.e., the number of pages read out of the total. You can also use folders to group by reader, reading status, year read, month read or reading date to get a good overview of which books you or someone else in your family is reading, finished or abandoned during each period. Your full reading history is displayed in a separate section on the book details panel, as well as in the new "Reading Statistics" section. The developers have also added intelligent automation settings for starting and ending a reading event. You can fine-tune what CLZ Books Web does when adding a new reading event or setting the status to "Completed." For example, you can allow the end date to be automatically populated when setting the status to "Completed."
2025. Book collection software Readerware is no longer available for order
ReaderWare is discontinuing their product line, including the book collection software. The new product orders are already blocked, while existing users may still order product upgrades. Readerware is a desktop+mobile software with auto-catalog, reports, integrated loan tracker, backup & restore, import/export and more. It enabled to take your databases with you on your iPhone, iPad or Android device and use your mobile device as a barcode scanner. The Client/Server version added support for multiple users, external databases and the loan client is an additional client program for circulation management.
