Shellf - Book Tracker & Stats

Shellf

About this app

Shellf is the book tracker for serious readers. Shellf helps bibliophiles track every book they read, discover what to read next, and uncover insights about their reading taste. Powered by AI.

Whether you're logging 50 books a year or just looking for a smarter alternative to Goodreads, Shellf is built for readers who want more than a basic reading log.

WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH SHELLF
- Track every book you're reading, have read, want to read, or DNF'd.
- Get AI book recommendations based on your actual taste — not the latest bestseller.
- Discover your reading patterns with AI-powered reading stats and insights.
- Tag books by what they actually feel like, not just genre.
- Build your library your way with custom shelves and tags.
- Import your book history from Goodreads in seconds, via CSV, or scan barcodes with your phone.
- Rate books with sentiment tags that go beyond a five-star scale.

WHY READERS CHOOSE SHELLF OVER GOODREADS
Shellf is for serious readers who want better book recommendations than "another book by the same author" or whatever happens to be trending. We're built for the kind of reader who finishes a book and immediately needs to know what's next.

Shellf's AI learns your reading taste from how you rate, tag, and talk about books — then surfaces recommendations that actually fit. Not just genre matches. Real taste matches.

And instead of surface-level stats like pages read or books-per-year, Shellf gives you deep reading insights: the themes you gravitate toward, your reader archetype, how your taste clusters, how diverse your reading really is.

WHO SHELLF IS FOR
- Bibliophiles and power readers.
- Anyone looking for a Goodreads alternative with better recommendations.
- Readers who want a beautiful, private reading tracker without the social-network noise.
- People who care about what they read, not just how much.

A NOTE FROM THE MAKER
Confession: I'm not a huge reader. My wife is. She reads 50+ books a year and asked me to build her something, because nothing out there did what she actually wanted: discover books based on what she genuinely likes (and doesn't), get real insight into her reading taste, and go deeper than "here's another book by the same author."

So I built Shellf. It's for people like her.

A few things I want to be upfront about: Shellf is a reading companion, not a social network or a streak tracker — I'm not trying to make you read more. You already do that. It's also independent: no company between me and you. And it's meant to stay affordable — I plan to lower the premium price every year and always keep a free version.

I hope you love it. If you don't, I'd genuinely like to know why.

— Jayson