Bookist
Book discovery, made personal

Your next favorite book
is one swipe away

Swipe through books picked for you, shelve the keepers, and track everything you read — Bookist is the shortest route to a book you’ll love.

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4.8Loved by readers on iOS and Android
Bookist swipe screen — shelving a book mid-swipe
Personalized picks
Recommendations built from your favorites — not the bestseller list.
Effortless discovery
One swipeable queue instead of endless browsing.
Minutes, not hours
Find your next read in the time it takes the kettle to boil.
Completely free
Free to download and use, on iOS and Android.

How Bookist works

Three steps between you and your next favorite read.

Bookist app — Tell us about yourself
1

Tell us about yourself

Pick your genres and a few favorite books so we know where to start.

Bookist app — Swipe
2

Swipe

Right to shelve, left to skip — every swipe sharpens your recommendations.

Bookist app — Read
3

Read

Your shelves fill themselves. Rate, review and watch your stats grow.

Everything a reading life needs

From the first swipe to the last page — Bookist keeps up with how you actually read.

Discover your next read

Swipe through books tailored just for you — right to shelve, left to skip. Your queue never runs dry.

Curated stacks

Hand-picked stacks for every mood — from cosy crime to modern classics.

Inspired by your favorites

Give us a book you love and we’ll deal you books just like it.

Bookist book details screen

Custom shelves

Read, Want to Read and Skipped are ready from day one — add your own shelves for everything else.

Community reviews

Honest star ratings and reviews from readers like you, right on every book.

Track your reading

Set a yearly goal and watch your pages, genres and authors add up in yearly charts.

Popular right now

What readers are shelving this week.

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The Housemaid's Secret
Freida McFadden
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Caraval
Stephanie Garber
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
Ignite Me
Tahereh Mafi
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
Unravel Me
Tahereh Mafi
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Naturals
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J K Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J K Rowling
Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Legendary
Stephanie Garber
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
1984 by George Orwell
1984
George Orwell
As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
As Good As Dead
Holly Jackson
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
The Hobbit
J R R Tolkien
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J K Rowling
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
Good Girl, Bad Blood
Holly Jackson
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
The Ballad of Never After
Stephanie Garber
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Divergent
Veronica Roth
Five Survive by Holly Jackson
Five Survive
Holly Jackson

Genres our readers love

Ranked by what readers pick most — fiction and non-fiction.

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Fiction
RomanceFantasyYoung AdultRomantasyMysteryThrillerCrimeAdventureDetectiveHistorical Fiction
Non-Fiction
PsychologyHistoryPhilosophySelf-HelpBiographyMemoirSpiritualityScienceTravelFeminism

Your next favorite read is waiting

Join the readers finding books they love — free on iOS and Android.

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Readers on Bookist

A few words from people who found their next favorite read here.

5
“I’ve read more in three months with Bookist than in the last two years. The swipe queue just gets me.”
Amelia
London, UK
5
“Finally an app that remembers what I skipped. My want-to-read shelf is actually books I want to read.”
Priya
Toronto, Canada
5
“The yearly stats are dangerously motivating. I’m two books ahead of my goal and it’s only July.”
Sofia
Cape Town, South Africa
5
“I gave it my five favourite books and the recommendations were scarily good. My book club thinks I have taste now.”
Hannah
Dublin, Ireland
5
“I used to abandon books halfway through and just feel guilty about it. Now I shelve them as Did Not Finish and move on — no shame, just a better next pick.”
Jordan
Austin, USA
5
“Every other reading app wants a week of logins before it "gets" me. Bookist nailed my taste after maybe twenty swipes.”
Maya
Brooklyn, USA

Readers helping readers

We’re a small team of readers who got tired of hour-long scrolls that ended with no book. Bookist aims to be the shortest route to your next favorite read — that’s the whole idea, and it’s why the app is free.

We read everything from romantasy to the Russian classics, and we build Bookist for people who love books as much as we do.

Frequently asked questions

Bookist is a book discovery and reading-tracking app. Tell us what you like, swipe through a queue of recommendations — right to shelve, left to skip — and keep track of everything you read, all in one place.

Say hello

A question, a feature idea, or a book we simply must read? We’d love to hear from you.

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