Your private reading life

Your library. Not your reading personality.

Bookplate is a home library app for people who read for themselves — not for an audience. Track what you own, what you've read, and what you actually think about it. Privately.

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Free up to 100 books. No credit card required.

Bring your books with you.

You've spent years building that list. You shouldn't have to start over. Bookplate imports your entire Goodreads or LibraryThing history — shelves, ratings, dates read, and all — in a few clicks.

Goodreads and LibraryThing import is live Upload your CSV and your library moves over, intact. It takes about two minutes.

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

Bookplate is built around a simple idea: track the life of your books. That shapes every feature decision.

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Your whole library and reading history in one place

Track the books you have in your home and where they live, all the books you've read, and the books you keep meaning to get to. Search, filter, organize, sort — it's your catalog to customize.

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Private by design

Share shelves and ratings with fellow readers in your home, but private notes are yours alone. No public profiles, no social feeds, no ambient pressure to perform your taste for strangers.

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Loan tracking

Remember who borrowed what — and when. Because sometimes your books go on adventures without you.

What should I read next?

Set your TBR list or let fate decide your next read from your unread books and makes the decision for you. Sometimes that's exactly what you need.

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Custom covers & organization

Add your own cover images for that battered paperback with no ISBN. Organize however makes sense to you — define your genre list and the app will set all the appropriate detail to your shelves.

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Reading stats

Curious about your reading habits? Rich stats and custom genre labeling help you see patterns.

Built for readers, not for clout.

Goodreads is a social network that happens to have books in it. That's fine — but it's not what Bookplate is for.

Goodreads

  • Public shelves by default
  • Friends, followers, reading challenges
  • Your data funds targeted advertising
  • Owned by Amazon
  • Designed to keep you engaged

Bookplate

  • Private by default, always
  • Just you (and anyone else you invite to your library) and your books
  • No advertising. Ever.
  • Independent, built by a Philadelphia-based female developer
  • Designed to get out of your way
Your reading life is not a content strategy.

Simple, honest pricing.

Start on the free tier. Upgrade if and when it makes sense for you and your library. No dark patterns, no confusing tiers, no gotchas.

Free

$0

forever

  • Up to 100 books
  • Core library tracking
  • Shared library & multi-user
  • Goodreads and LibraryThing import
  • Custom covers
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