About The Book Radar
Reader‑first and community‑built for tracking, sharing, and discovering books. No third‑party ads, lock‑in, or opaque algorithms.
Finding a book platform will all the features you want is difficult. The Book Radar is built with readers, authors, and reviewers in mind. If you want a feature added, you can request it or vote on it to be added.
Our catalog grows with you. Import your library and the books you add become part of the shared index for everyone. When something looks off, submit a correction. It’s a living, community-maintained dataset.
Crowd‑sourced development: We build features in the open with the community. Propose ideas and vote on what we should ship next on the Feature Requests page. Found a problem? File it on the Bug Reports page. See what’s in progress on the Roadmap.
No AI: Generative LLMs steal from authors to produce content. We'll never show you AI summaries or recommendations. Discovery here is driven by people.
Our values
We like book.
- Readers first.
- No third‑party ad networks or trackers. Only clearly labeled in‑site book boosts, and we'll never sell your data.
- Community over algorithms.
- Recommendations come from real reading patterns and people.
- Transparency.
- Simple, explainable features and an open roadmap.
- Accuracy through collaboration.
- Corrections and imports keep the catalog fresh.
- Portability.
- Import from Goodreads and StoryGraph. Export your data at any time.
- Pro‑author, pro‑indie.
- We support authors and independent bookstores. Buy links point to Bookshop.org.
- No AI summaries.
- We respect authors and readers. No auto‑summaries of books or LLM recommendations.
Help shape the roadmap
Suggest features, vote on ideas, and keep us honest about what matters most to readers.