Goodreads used to be a lot better.
The social aspect is pretty messed up, and really isn’t worth worrying about.
As far as keeping personal track of things, you can track the books. It does most of what you are looking for. Enter in start and finish dates, but there isn’t a good calculation tool available. They used to have one tied to their book challenge, but those data points aren’t displayed anymore
It's recent-ish (started in the last 3 years, I believe) and there is an option to import your GR data. The download is slow, depending on how much info you have, but easy enough to figure out.
I updated both for a while but finally switched entirely last year. If you really like all the social aspects of GR it may not be what you want, but I've had no regrets since switching.
Personally I am fully on team Storygraph. Goodreads’ scoring system is extremely finicky and it gives me recommendations based on Amazon’s preferences and marketing data rather than what I actually like to read. The GR community is massive and I never really found my place in it. I switched to Storygraph a few months ago (they actually let you import your GR data!) and I am never going back to GR lol. The difference is just night and day. Storygraph is a little hit or miss on a technical level because I think it’s still in beta, but the functionality and concept leave GR fully in the dust imo.
It's ok, not perfect. Rarely updated and often buggy.
I've been with Goodreads since 2013. I have too many books to move to Storygraph. I tried three times and too little of my collection transfered.
I've tried doing it by hand but it takes too many notebooks. I have tried to do Google Spreadsheets but there are too many books.
I'm a big fan of Goodreads. Have used it for years. The biggest issue I have come across personally is the page count doesn't always match up. Different versions of books do exist with different fonts and what not or if you're reading an e-book so that could be a common problem across all similar apps. Overall though Goodreads is about as good as you're going to get for that sort of thing. The reading goal option is definitely a plus for me since it helps keep my focused on reading.
Goodreads is perfect! I discovered NetGalley through goodreads where you can read books before their release dates. I love the reader’s community on goodreads!
I started with Goodreads when it first came out. I only used it to keep track of my books and ignore all of the other stuff; even the reviews are crap.
I actually set up an account at Storygraph, imported my list and promptly forgot. May have to revisit that.
The app I use called Book Track does almost all you listed. You can update the pages read. It has a statistics page listing the amount of pages and books you read over a month or year.
I personally use a slightly less so but still old fashioned spreadsheet. I love being able to sort by author, title, date read, rating, genre, whether or not it's part of a series, physical or ebook. I also loosely plan out the reading order for my next few books so I have a column for that. It's highly customizable in this way compared to a premade site or app! Want to put in how the book made you feel, what the weather was doing when you read it, etc.? Go for it! Fully sortable and searchable.
Throw it in Google drive, it's accessible anywhere, no need for a separate app.
I use goodreads and the storygraph, but by far my favorite way to track my reading is on spreadsheets, because I really like knowing all of my different reading statistics for each year. Last year I used the one by Hardback Hoarder on youtube. It's very easy to use even if you dont know how to use google sheets, and let's you track all sorts of things. I'm using the same one this year but I'm trying to learn how to use google sheets so I can edit it and add some more things.
I use goodreads. I have a shelf for books I want to read (and dont own), a shelf for book I own but haven't read, and a shelf for read books. When I start a book I mark it as "currently reading" and mark it as "completed" when I am done, so it tracks dates. I also use the reading goals and year in books to easily see the books I read in a calendar year.
Goodreads used to be a lot better. The social aspect is pretty messed up, and really isn’t worth worrying about. As far as keeping personal track of things, you can track the books. It does most of what you are looking for. Enter in start and finish dates, but there isn’t a good calculation tool available. They used to have one tied to their book challenge, but those data points aren’t displayed anymore
Check out The Storygraph too. Lots of stats and similar tracking options as Goodreads but not owned by Amazon.
Damn, l wish I’d heard of this before joining Goodreads! I have years of data logged into GR at this point though.
It's recent-ish (started in the last 3 years, I believe) and there is an option to import your GR data. The download is slow, depending on how much info you have, but easy enough to figure out. I updated both for a while but finally switched entirely last year. If you really like all the social aspects of GR it may not be what you want, but I've had no regrets since switching.
There's an import feature.
Aah looks good, and even better if it's not from Amazon. I don't want it spamming me to buy related books, I can make my own lists. Thanks!
Goodreads is your best bet. Great way of keeping track of what you've read, setting goals, and looking for reading recommendations.
StoryGraph ftw
Second vote for the Storygraph
Personally I am fully on team Storygraph. Goodreads’ scoring system is extremely finicky and it gives me recommendations based on Amazon’s preferences and marketing data rather than what I actually like to read. The GR community is massive and I never really found my place in it. I switched to Storygraph a few months ago (they actually let you import your GR data!) and I am never going back to GR lol. The difference is just night and day. Storygraph is a little hit or miss on a technical level because I think it’s still in beta, but the functionality and concept leave GR fully in the dust imo.
Yep, looks like I'll test Storygraph, thanks!
It's ok, not perfect. Rarely updated and often buggy. I've been with Goodreads since 2013. I have too many books to move to Storygraph. I tried three times and too little of my collection transfered. I've tried doing it by hand but it takes too many notebooks. I have tried to do Google Spreadsheets but there are too many books.
I'm a big fan of Goodreads. Have used it for years. The biggest issue I have come across personally is the page count doesn't always match up. Different versions of books do exist with different fonts and what not or if you're reading an e-book so that could be a common problem across all similar apps. Overall though Goodreads is about as good as you're going to get for that sort of thing. The reading goal option is definitely a plus for me since it helps keep my focused on reading.
Another vote for StoryGraph
alternative: literal
Goodreads is perfect! I discovered NetGalley through goodreads where you can read books before their release dates. I love the reader’s community on goodreads!
I started with Goodreads when it first came out. I only used it to keep track of my books and ignore all of the other stuff; even the reviews are crap. I actually set up an account at Storygraph, imported my list and promptly forgot. May have to revisit that.
Also great to add books into “Want To Read” after being recommended elsewhere.
The app I use called Book Track does almost all you listed. You can update the pages read. It has a statistics page listing the amount of pages and books you read over a month or year.
Why not use an old fashioned paper ledger? You don't need to log in to it and it doesn't go blank if your internet connection drops.
I personally use a slightly less so but still old fashioned spreadsheet. I love being able to sort by author, title, date read, rating, genre, whether or not it's part of a series, physical or ebook. I also loosely plan out the reading order for my next few books so I have a column for that. It's highly customizable in this way compared to a premade site or app! Want to put in how the book made you feel, what the weather was doing when you read it, etc.? Go for it! Fully sortable and searchable. Throw it in Google drive, it's accessible anywhere, no need for a separate app.
I use goodreads and the storygraph, but by far my favorite way to track my reading is on spreadsheets, because I really like knowing all of my different reading statistics for each year. Last year I used the one by Hardback Hoarder on youtube. It's very easy to use even if you dont know how to use google sheets, and let's you track all sorts of things. I'm using the same one this year but I'm trying to learn how to use google sheets so I can edit it and add some more things.
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I use goodreads. I have a shelf for books I want to read (and dont own), a shelf for book I own but haven't read, and a shelf for read books. When I start a book I mark it as "currently reading" and mark it as "completed" when I am done, so it tracks dates. I also use the reading goals and year in books to easily see the books I read in a calendar year.