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Overview

GoodReads has a rating of 3.61 stars from 71 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with GoodReads most frequently mention new books. GoodReads ranks 4th among Literature sites.

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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • With 62 million books currently in their library database, this is a site to visit if you can't actually afford a book.

Critical highlights

  • I think the most useful part of Goodreads is, theoretically, its reviews.
How would you rate GoodReads?
Top Positive Review

“I Love It!”

Marietta M.
3/16/23

If you're a book fan, like I am, you'll love this site, too! You can look for a review of a book you want to read and fins out what others think about it. You can review books yourself and give your honest opinion, You can become a member of the site (it's free) and join groups that share your interests and you can also try and locate books that have eluded you, because you forgot the title and/or author, and you just may find what you're looking for! I ought to know: with help from people on the site, I found two novels I'd pretty much given hope of ever locating! Now that I know the titles and authors, I've found one online, the other at Amazon! Without Goodreads, I'd still be searching. Like I said, I love it!

Top Critical Review

“This page is FULL OF BOOK REVIEWS”

thisisnot T.
10/11/23

ALL of the positive 4 and 5 reviews are BOOK REVIEWS! Is everyone stupid - this is a site to rate GOODREADS - not a place to leave your Book review for some random book! These BOOK REVIEWS push up the GOODREADSA RATING, which should be less than 2 stars - like on TrustPilot - if they would ALSO delete the BOOK REVIEWS on their page about GoodReads. Obviiously some scammer at Goodreads found a way to get 5 star reviews for their terrible platform. How can we trust SiteJabber - is it all like this? Does no one ever check and am I the first to notice this - and to speak out?

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Thumbnail of user skyb19
5 reviews
19 helpful votes
April 27th, 2022

How can they really allow you to rate an unreleased book and allow the review to say "dumb liberal author. Used to like him but hate him now because he's a libtard"

Terrible app/site. I wouldn't recommend believing their reviews.

Ps. Even their staff don't care about this tactic as if you report to remove literal spam they'll say you were in the wrong.

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Thumbnail of user mirandan10
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
July 18th, 2019

Well I've been using the app for a while now and its not bad at all. Unlike other free online apps though you pay to read the really good stuff in this app which kinda sucks, but all in all its a great app!.

Thumbnail of user anamuls
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
February 5th, 2021

Goodreads is a great place to see and also write book reviews. If you're a love books, I recommend going to Goodreads. Love this social media for readers. Now I track all my readings and can get decent recommendations. Lovely

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Thumbnail of user alexisp45
33 reviews
184 helpful votes
December 29th, 2018

Goodreads is like a counterpart to IMDb--while IMDb is mostly geared towards movies and T. V. shows, Goodreads is all about books.

However, in terms of actual usability, Goodreads suffers. While the base functions that make up the site--the ability to rate, review, and list the books you've read--are intuitive enough, a lot of the other functions can be difficult and decidedly less intuitive if you don't already know what you're looking for.

There's also the issue that the mobile app version of the site is even less intuitive, and makes some of those base functions that make the site desirable at all difficult. This isn't the kind of thing that you want from your site, especially when there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of viable alternatives.

In terms of the culture on the site, a lot of the reviews are essentially trash that don't tell you a whole lot about the actual quality of the book. They tend to either be quite shallow one-paragraph reviews that read more like a blurb a publisher would write for the book, or they're so. Gif heavy that it's difficult to get through them at all.

While Goodreads is a good concept, it needs a bit of work to make it everything it could be.

Thumbnail of user thisisnott
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
October 11th, 2023

ALL of the positive 4 and 5 reviews are BOOK REVIEWS! Is everyone stupid - this is a site to rate GOODREADS - not a place to leave your Book review for some random book!
These BOOK REVIEWS push up the GOODREADSA RATING, which should be less than 2 stars - like on TrustPilot - if they would ALSO delete the BOOK REVIEWS on their page about GoodReads.
Obviiously some scammer at Goodreads found a way to get 5 star reviews for their terrible platform.
How can we trust SiteJabber - is it all like this? Does no one ever check and am I the first to notice this - and to speak out?

Thumbnail of user marshat52
5 reviews
1 helpful vote
February 16th, 2021

Except for having an astonishing library, this site has good service for finding reviews of books. Usually, before start reading, I like to check others opinion on a book. Using this service I found the 2 most important features for me - an easy way to find a book of my interest and checking reviews of others on it.

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Thumbnail of user mariettam29
22 reviews
13 helpful votes
March 16th, 2023

If you're a book fan, like I am, you'll love this site, too! You can look for a review of a book you want to read and fins out what others think about it. You can review books yourself and give your honest opinion, You can become a member of the site (it's free) and join groups that share your interests and you can also try and locate books that have eluded you, because you forgot the title and/or author, and you just may find what you're looking for!

I ought to know: with help from people on the site, I found two novels I'd pretty much given hope of ever locating! Now that I know the titles and authors, I've found one online, the other at Amazon! Without Goodreads, I'd still be searching.

Like I said, I love it!

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Thumbnail of user giovannaa10
8 reviews
15 helpful votes
January 19th, 2021

Good resource but doesn't seem developed by the owner, Amazon, much at all. Sometimes you find great books to read just by seeing books that are related to your existing collection. That's a great way to browse and discover the many Millions of books that exist.

Thumbnail of user conniey27
4 reviews
3 helpful votes
March 29th, 2021

I follow them on Instagram and check the website for more than 5 years now. Besides reviews of books, there can be found recommendations and lists of books by genres. As for me what makes this website special is to share your thoughts on books.

Thumbnail of user nabilab1
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
July 13th, 2019

Goodreads is so amazing. It's great to share what I read with other readers and getting recommendations. Easy to navigate.

Thumbnail of user saraht1238
1 review
3 helpful votes
January 25th, 2022

They take away the authors rights to their own work by giving them zero control over the author's content. Shady behavior and unethical.

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Thumbnail of user mohammedk47
4 reviews
5 helpful votes
July 5th, 2019

I really enjoy reading books in the app because since they have a large variety of books of different categories and its hard to get bored there.

Thumbnail of user robc66
7 reviews
17 helpful votes
March 14th, 2017

Have been using it almost for two years and I 100% satisfied. I have found a lot of interesting poeple, readers and writers on site and keep the contact with them till now. Also, there are a lot of useful options on the website which help you track your book reading progress and rating.

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Thumbnail of user kierat2
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
August 9th, 2017

Good reads is amazing if you are a serious book lover because it has lots of tools to help keep track of books that you are currently reading, want to read, etc. It's also a great place to discover new books and authors. My favorite part of the site is the giveaways. If you spend 15 minutes a day entering all of the giveaways that end tonight, you can eaisly win more than 5 free books a week. Highly recommended for anyone that enjoys a good book!

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Thumbnail of user christopherr63
27 reviews
49 helpful votes
June 16th, 2016

Love the site. Wished they'd change their policies on webcomics and comics, though.It would be nice to review them on the platform.It would be nice to be able to keep track of them where I keep track of my other reading. Stil really useful.

Thumbnail of user sowmyas10
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
January 3rd, 2022

It's now gone to a shameful corner of targeting authors and with policies bordering on the unlawful. No explanations will be given, your books will magically lose ratings, covers will be misplaced, books you never wrote will appear on your author profile...
After the Amazon take over, it's been terrible.

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Thumbnail of user franks68
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
October 18th, 2014

I must say i love this particular website. Great neighborhood associated with visitors putting up thoughtful feedback. Looking at the buying price of books these days, it is worth purchasing a book from this site. In addition, you receive announcement and also ads through experts or maybe submitting brands you are interested in.

Thumbnail of user katys5
1 review
5 helpful votes
September 5th, 2013

If you are careful, and know who to avoid, you can do some valuable networking on Goodreads, finding some great new books and meeting some great new friends. But you have to approach this site with extreme caution, because there is a small group of people, supported by a number of the employees and volunteer librarians on the site, who do their best to run off and destroy the careers of any Indie authors that come to their attention. Authors, take EXTREME care on this site. Readers, take many reviews with a grain of salt - a lot of them are fake. Usually it is easy enough to tell, but not always. If the site would more carefully enforce its Terms of Service regarding personal attacks on fellow Goodreads members and authors, it would make a huge difference; as it is, they seem to be rather selective about it.

Thumbnail of user aliciar1
9 reviews
52 helpful votes
April 3rd, 2012

I pick my books after reviewing them on this website. It helps me a lot as I am very specific about my books.

Thumbnail of user tracyk86
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 31st, 2019

Too much going on. I wish there was an IMDB for books, GoodReads is not it. Its an ok site to keep track of the books you read, sort of, but keep in mind that it will just add dates and books that you didn't read. I have one book on the site that I read once, GR has it listed as reading twice, all during a similar time period. Can I change that? Like I said, 'not very user friendly' so apparently not.
As far as searching for a particular list of books, too darn much advertising to actually get through to the bottom of the list. And it doesn't quite get what your looking for.

Thumbnail of user staciek
13 reviews
76 helpful votes
March 28th, 2012

I like this website. It helps me pick the best of the books.

Thumbnail of user katiey9
8 reviews
15 helpful votes
December 1st, 2016

Goodreads is my app of choice when it comes to finding great books, sharing my opinions of books, and learning what other people read. Now that I'm not in high school anymore, when we were all reading pretty much the same, it's so easy to miss literary gems. Goodreads allows me to find best books I'd love to read, and yet exposes me to books that my friends read, which is a step out of my comfort zone.

Thumbnail of user peonyw
1 review
2 helpful votes
February 3rd, 2022
Verified purchase

Book was good but wayyyyyy too expensive to read through goodreads. Never again will I read a book through goodreads,

Tip for consumers:
Wayyyy too expensive to read a book through goodreads!

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Thumbnail of user danh74
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
January 25th, 2016

I download goodreads as an app on my iPad to help keep track of the books I was reading. I highly recommend this site, it turned out to so much more than a place to store lists. You can add other people to see what they recommend or have suggested books depending on your preferences, I have read so many authors that I would have never really picked up.
Give it a go for me there is no downside to this site it's free so if it doesn't suit your needs you can get rid of it.

Thumbnail of user maries477
1 review
3 helpful votes
November 15th, 2020

What if I was a kid? Goodreads is not a secure site. Remove yourself from the site or you will also receive emails from hookers... unless that is your thing. I am angry and this needs to be dealt with. I am going on social media to warn others of this problem. I have tried to cover the 'f' word in the email

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