The best apps for deciding what to read next
Goodreads is best for its huge catalogue of reviews, StoryGraph for mood tags and reading statistics, Hardcover for a clean modern tracker with good data, and Libby for borrowing ebooks free from your library. Hunch does one narrower job: it predicts how much you personally will enjoy a specific book, from a photo of the cover or a typed title.
Goodreads
The largest book community, owned by Amazon. Its strength is volume: almost every book has thousands of ratings and reviews. Its recommendations are broad, and its average ratings describe the crowd rather than you.
StoryGraph
A tracker built around moods, pace and content warnings contributed by readers, with detailed reading statistics. A good choice if you like filtering books by how they feel.
Hardcover
A newer, independent tracker with a clean design, lists and an open API. Popular with readers moving off Goodreads.
Libby
Not a recommender but worth knowing: it lets you borrow ebooks and audiobooks free with a library card, which makes trying a book you're unsure about cost nothing.
Hunch
Hunch isn't a tracker first. You describe your taste once, then point your camera at any cover — in a shop, a library or a friend's shelf — and it gives a personal score out of 5 with reasons across eight factors, plus the book's moods and content warnings. It's free during its early-access alpha, and you can try one book without an account.
Many readers use more than one: a tracker to log what they read, and Hunch at the moment of deciding.