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Your reading life, without the noise.
Spinefolk is a book tracker and reading community built around trust: spoiler-safe reviews and buddy reads, ratings you can actually believe, and a feed in plain time order.
Coming from Goodreads, StoryGraph, Hardcover or Fable? Your whole library comes with you.
Built for readers, not for engagement metrics
Everything we heard readers ask for after years of cluttered, ad-driven book sites.
No ads, ever
No sponsored posts, no “recommended for you” placements you can’t tell apart from real ones. You’re the reader, not the product.
A chronological feed
Every tab is newest first, and Following shows only the readers you follow. No engagement algorithm deciding what you see. Private profiles approve every follower.
Spoiler-safe reviews
Reviewers tag spoilers by chapter. Anything past your current chapter stays hidden until you get there.
Honest ratings
Quarter stars. Finished readers count fully, brand-new accounts and pre-release ratings don’t count at all, and we show you exactly how the score was built.
Bring your books
Drop in your Goodreads, StoryGraph or Hardcover export, or any spreadsheet (the route for Fable), and keep your shelves, ratings, reviews and read dates.
New on Spinefolk
Shipped recently, alongside everything you’d expect from a book tracker.
Daily Book Puzzle
Guess the day’s book in six tries. Each miss reveals a clue: genre, year, pages, the author’s initials, a blurred cover, then a line from the story. Keep a streak and share your grid.
Play today’s puzzleSpoiler-safe buddy reads
Every message is stamped with a page and stays locked until you’ve logged that far. Start one from any book or inside a club, where checkpoints open each section.
Browse clubsPrivate reading stats
Charts, streaks, your taste and this year against last. Only you can see them unless you choose to show them on your profile.
Editions & translations
Every edition and translation sits under one book. Switch to the one in your hands and your progress carries over.
Why switch to Spinefolk
How we compare with the apps readers usually come from. We checked each one’s own help pages and changelogs, and where we couldn’t confirm something we say so.
| Feature | Spinefolk | Goodreads | StoryGraph | Hardcover | Fable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No adsNo display ads or sponsored books | Yes: Never |
Ratings that mean something
Every book page shows how its score was built: how many ratings counted, how many came from people who actually finished the book, and what we left out and why.
- Quarter-star precision: a 3¾ is not a 4.
- Read-verified ratings weigh more than drive-by ones.
- Review-bombing protection: new accounts and pre-publication ratings don’t count.
- DNF is a real shelf, with how far you got.
Switch apps without leaving your history behind
Export your library from Goodreads, StoryGraph or Hardcover (or list your Fable books in a spreadsheet), drop the file in, and Spinefolk matches each book against our catalogue. Fix any misses with one tap, and undo the whole import if you change your mind.
- 1Create your accountPick a display name and a handle. You choose what other readers can see.
- 2Bring your booksImport from Goodreads, StoryGraph, Hardcover or a CSV, or search millions of titles in our catalogue.
From the blog
Honest guides for switching apps, moving your library and reading together.
Your next book is waiting.
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