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What do you think about Literal?

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What do people think of Literal?

The community submitted 58 reviews to tell us what they like about Literal, what Literal can do better, and more.

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Nick Simson

•1 review

I joined the 2021 beta after looking for a Goodreads alternative. I mainly use this for keeping track of my reading and they have a lightweight embed widget for displaying books from your lists on a website. In early 2023 they opened up the CMS to "Librarians", select community members who want to improve the book metadata in the database. The UI is good, but I've noticed a lot of products in this category are starting to look similar. The community is good, but many of the readers I want to follow are using different apps, I find myself wishing there was a way I can subscribe to people on other platforms through something like RSS.

2yr ago

Rohini Anandamurugan

•1 review

It's very smooth to use compared to Goodreads. However, it's unclear how it's helping us discover new books to read - the recommendation isn't as robust and when asked to recommend, it takes you to one specific book and there is no way to ask for more.

2yr ago

Nathan Guo

•50 reviews

+ easy migration from goodreads (hopefully it can sync) + clean IA + eye candy with strong visuals

3yr ago

Lorenz Herrmann

•1 review

Literal is just great

2yr ago

Brian Mathieu

•1 review

Great

2yr ago

alex m

•1 review

great. love the design.

2yr ago

Kenna

•3 reviews

I am one of those who is still grieving over the demise of Readmill so Literal is great. Would love to see more people in it and see how it goes.

2yr ago

Rasmus Bjerngaard

•1 review

Brilliant for keeping track of the books you read and want to read as well as for discovery of new books. Also a happy user of the bookclub feature.

2yr ago

Omar Fernández

•1 review

I've been using Literal as my main books tracker for about a year, and it's been amazing. An excellent Goodreads replacement, I use it weekly to ensure I track my book reading, keep up with friends reading, capture good quotes, etc. The feature set keeps growing and my shelves are always cleanly organized. Love the product and the team!

2yr ago