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A better way to read books

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Discover Your Next Book

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Engage Deeper

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Share Book Love

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Discuss Together

Readers love sharing ideas, learning something new, immersing ourselves in a story, and seeing the world in a new way. Sometimes we need an extra nudge to prioritize and motivate more reading and deeper engagement.

Your whole book life in one reading app.

Keep track of Currently Reading, Completed, and Paused — and the books you want to read in your Queue.

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Books are better shared

Our reading app makes it easy. Send and receive personal recommendations to reading friends near and far. Now, when you share a book with a friend, and they start to read, you can connect and chat.

State of the Reader 2022

The State of the Reader is our annual survey shining light on what makes readers tick.

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