Track your reading, manage your TBR list, and find the right tools for physical book lovers.
There's a particular kind of guilt that comes with buying a new book when you have fourteen unread ones at home. Reading tracking doesn't fix that — but it does make you more honest about it.
Tracking what you've read, what you want to read, and what's been sitting on your TBR pile since 2019 isn't about productivity. It's about noticing your own patterns. Do you actually read the genres you think you like? How many books did you start and quietly abandon? When was the last time you picked something from your own shelf instead of buying something new?
These articles explore different ways to keep a reading record — from simple logs to apps — and how to manage the eternal tension between "books I own" and "books I want."
Goodreads is huge, social, and built for book discovery. Plumerie is smaller, independent, and built for managing your physical library. Here's a clear comparison of what each does — and who each is for.
A reading log is a record of the books you've read — and, if you want, what you thought about them. It can be a notebook, a spreadsheet, or an app. He…
Tracking your reading means keeping a record of what you've read, what you're reading now, and what you want to read next. Here's how to do it in a wa…
Most reading tracker apps are built for ebooks or social sharing. If you read physical books and want to track your collection, your progress, and you…
Goodreads, StoryGraph, and Plumerie solve different problems. Here's an honest breakdown of what each does well — and which one fits how you actually…
TBR stands for 'to be read' — a list of books you want to read. Here's how to build a TBR list that's useful rather than overwhelming, and how to stop…
