Pagebound

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An indie, anti-AI social book tracker that’s like if Goodreads and Reddit had a baby (on the web at pagebound.co + iOS + Android) linktr.ee/pagebound

Browse books by emoji
3 new community-voted quests
Let’s bring back book discussions the algo wants pretty pictures, but I want to DISCUSS and deepen my enjoyment & understanding of what I read
June stats view
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Empress of Salt and Fortune
Ever wonder how a book can have both 1 star and 5 star reviews? On Pagebound, every book has a forum so you can see what different people thought as they read
Summary stats and pages + minutes per day
Each quarter, Pagebound royalty members can nominate a List and everyone can vote on which will inspire a quest
Maybe this book should be retitled how to create a monster
Track format feature
My favorite corner of the internet post
Popular avatars
The vanishing cherry blossom bookshop
Side by side videos comparing Pagebound one year ago vs today
unexpected ways to catalog and discover books
When we lost our heads
The best lies, home before dark, the plans I have for you
Pagebound app home with reading streaks widget
We miss online communities before algos and AI
Cherry Blossom Festival readalong coming up
Avatar options on Pagebound
Fantasy giveaways
Group of friends reading and chatting
More quest tiers released
Pie chart with 54% increasing, 19% lower, 27% no change
Historical fantasy and nonfiction
Custom shelf in Pagebound with breakdown by status stats
Screenshot of feed tab
The Ballad of Perilous Graves
Thoughts from 1%
Forums with 300+ posts are like stadium concerts
Books to reinvent yourself in 2026
My Pagebound Wrapped
Summary of books read, points earned, badges earned
Readers wearing Pagebound merch
Definition of slop from Merriam Webster word of the year
Christmas cookies
Things I refuse to do as an anti-AI book app
Screenshot of roadmap
Screenshot of book journey page in Pagebound app
Reading status modal with interested status, owned toggle, and mute book toggle
Lucy with her dog Rooney
Pagebound home page with progress bar updates
Curating book lists like OG Spotify playlists with a CD on top of a bookshelf
Pagebound emoji search with melting face emoji and book results
screenshot of ratings for overall, enjoyment, quality, characters, and plot for the bok "I Who Have Never Known Men" by Jacqueline Harpman
book forum where you can post thoughts from x%
Screenshot of the pagebound Quests page with options for main quests and side quests
Why AI hurts authors, artists, and creatives
On Pagebound, we intentionally do not put timestamps on posts and comments because books and convos about books are timeless. The content is most relevant when you’re reading the book.
When you took inspo from reddit which has users that are mostly men, 74%, and create a social reading site with the same features and then all your users are women
Bios that people have written: Reading, because murder is wrong 5"6 endangered species, believes in magic and fairytales just a girl reading her spicy and f***d up little books Local Hot Topic mom and Jar Jar Binks enthusiast.
The leap of faith you take when starting a bookish business
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams I’m glad my mom died by Jeanette McCurdy 1984 by George Orwell Remarkably bright creatures by Shelby van pelt The poppy war by R.F. Kuang
Example of getting to a plot twist in a book then visiting the Pagebound forum
Sometimes it’s productive to be hater—I took the things I hate about Goodreads and fixed it in Pagebound, the social reading site I built
Why Pagebound may not be for you
Don’t support Amazon! Switch from Goodreads to Pagebound. And buy a book from your local bookstore on indie bookstore day!