Topic index: every guide, lesson, resource and note on this site
Reader guides
- What is the best way to keep track of a book series without spoilers?
- Which app is best for cataloguing the books you own?
- Which Goodreads alternative fits the kind of reader you are?
- Which Goodreads alternative is best for privacy, and which tracker collects the least data?
- Which reading app helps if you keep putting books down for weeks?
- Which reading apps suit BookTok and romantasy readers?
- Which reading setup works best if you mostly read on your commute?
- Which reading tracker app should you use in 2026?
- Which reading tracker apps are free, and what does free actually cover?
- Which reading tracker has the best stats for the way you read?
- Which reading tracker should you start with if you have never used one?
- Which reading tracker suits ADHD readers?
- Which reading tracker works best for a book club?
- Which reading tracker works best for audiobook listeners?
- Which reading tracker works best if you borrow most of your books from the library?
- Which reading tracker works best if you read on Kindle?
- Which reading tracker works for a family with young readers?
How-to guides
- Are reading streaks a good idea?
- Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?
- How do you build a bedtime reading routine that sticks?
- How do you build a reading habit that actually lasts?
- How do you build a reading routine when you are busy?
- How do you get the most out of a reading tracker?
- How do you keep a reading journal you will actually keep?
- How do you read books on your phone instead of scrolling?
- How do you read more than one book at a time without losing track?
- How do you review your reading year?
- How do you switch reading trackers without losing your history?
- Practical guides to building a reading habit, keeping a routine, setting goals and getting the most from a reading tracker. Each one is dated and sourced, and none of them ranks apps.
- What is the best way to keep track of the books you have read?
- What reading challenge should you set for 2027?
Resources
- How do you keep track of where you are in a book series?
- How do you set a book club reading schedule without spoilers?
- How do you track a yearly reading challenge on paper?
- How long will it take you to finish a book at your pace?
- How much does each reading tracker app cost?
- Is there a printable tracker for building a reading habit?
- Is there a simple printable reading log you can use?
- Things to print, copy or bookmark
- What should you check before choosing a reading tracker?
- Which reading tracker has which features?
Research
Habit lessons
- Finding your reading time: fitting books into an ordinary week
- Getting back into a book after a break
- Habit lessons hub
- How do you read more books without forcing it?
- How do you set a reading goal you will actually keep?
- Keeping notes and quotes while you read, without losing the flow
- Making short reading sessions count: ten minutes at a time
- Mixing print, ebooks and audiobooks in one week
- Pacing a shared read: book clubs and buddy reads without spoilers
- Picking your next book without an endless to-read pile
- Reading long books in stages
- Rereading a favourite book: why and how to read it again
Reading diary
- Coming back to a book after weeks away: what each reading app publishes
- For print readers: scanning, cataloguing and keeping your place
- How the tracker finder decides, and what it will not tell you
- Library borrowers and reading apps: what each app says about borrowed books
- Literal is changing its clubs: what club readers should know
- Reading trackers for audiobook listeners: what the listings actually say
- Reading trackers for iPhone, iPad and Mac readers
- Reading trackers on Android in 2026: which apps are there and which are coming
- The Reading Diary
- What changed in reading apps in early November 2026?
- What changed in reading apps in October 2026?
App profiles
Head-to-heads
- Basmo vs BookBuddy
- Basmo vs Bookly
- Basmo vs Fable
- Basmo vs Goodreads
- Basmo vs Hardcover
- Basmo vs Literal
- Basmo vs Magic Bookmark
- Basmo vs The StoryGraph
- BookBuddy vs Bookly
- BookBuddy vs Fable
- BookBuddy vs Goodreads
- BookBuddy vs Hardcover
- BookBuddy vs Literal
- BookBuddy vs Magic Bookmark
- BookBuddy vs The StoryGraph
- Bookly vs Fable
- Bookly vs Goodreads
- Bookly vs Hardcover
- Bookly vs Literal
- Bookly vs Magic Bookmark
- Bookly vs The StoryGraph
- Fable vs Goodreads
- Fable vs Hardcover
- Fable vs Literal
- Fable vs Magic Bookmark
- Fable vs The StoryGraph
- Goodreads vs Hardcover
- Goodreads vs Literal
- Goodreads vs Magic Bookmark
- Goodreads vs The StoryGraph
- Hardcover vs Literal
- Hardcover vs Magic Bookmark
- Hardcover vs The StoryGraph
- Literal vs Magic Bookmark
- Literal vs The StoryGraph
- Magic Bookmark vs The StoryGraph