Readwell is an AI-powered book discovery app that finds titles you’ll actually love based on your taste, mood, and bookshelf. No more scrolling or guessing what to read next. Just take a pic of your books and let the Readwell do the rest. Start enjoying books!
Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I’m Vlad, one of the makers of Readwell.
We built Readwell because we love books, but we hated how hard it was to find great ones we’d actually enjoy. Most recommendation engines are generic or based on what’s popular, not on you.
So we set out to build a smarter, more personal way to discover books. With Readwell, you get:
• AI-powered recommendations based on your taste
• A personalized “Read Match Score” to help you decide fast
• Smart search that works with vibes, moods, or big ideas
• Curated bookshelves you can follow (like playlists for books)
We’re most proud of how fun and effortless it feels to use. You get value from the first search; no need to rate 100 books first.
We’d love your thoughts, feature requests, and brutally honest feedback. Let’s make book discovery joyful again. 🚀📚
@friso_van_de_stadt That's a great idea. We'll be introducing "Public Bookshelves" that users can follow to see what others are reading; it could be your friends or A16Z's bookshelf. Just like playlists in Spotify.
I have never understood why anyone would leave their reading choices to the choice of whatever pulbishing house is paying for a feature on current shelves.I am an avid user of Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1902224-kevin-mcdonagh and I am so open to someone toppling it's dominance. I love following authors and acquaintances to keep my reading sharp and I really like these smart features but I'm on Android :( Please lean into what Goodreads does not do, this is where all challengers have failed. They keep trying to recreate good reads, don't bother, just work on the FOMO and capitalise on the fact that goodreads never ever update. You could get really far really fast for a small die hard audience.
@kevin_mcdonagh1 Hey Kevin, really appreciate you taking the time to write this. You nailed something we’ve been thinking about a lot: we’re not here to recreate Goodreads, we’re here to do what it doesn’t. That means smart discovery, real personalization, and an experience that actually evolves. Once we launch on Android (coming soon), we would love to receive your feedback.
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@vladches Does the Read Match Score work for different genres or just fiction?
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@masump HI Masum, it works across all genres and themes. Basically, any type of books that a user might be interested in.
Symvol Video AI for Education
Nice! Think adding a social element would also do extremely well here. What are my friends reading and what would I get recommended from that
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@friso_van_de_stadt That's a great idea. We'll be introducing "Public Bookshelves" that users can follow to see what others are reading; it could be your friends or A16Z's bookshelf. Just like playlists in Spotify.
Symvol Video AI for Education
@vladches nice, i like it!
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I have never understood why anyone would leave their reading choices to the choice of whatever pulbishing house is paying for a feature on current shelves. I am an avid user of Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1902224-kevin-mcdonagh and I am so open to someone toppling it's dominance. I love following authors and acquaintances to keep my reading sharp and I really like these smart features but I'm on Android :( Please lean into what Goodreads does not do, this is where all challengers have failed. They keep trying to recreate good reads, don't bother, just work on the FOMO and capitalise on the fact that goodreads never ever update. You could get really far really fast for a small die hard audience.
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@kevin_mcdonagh1 Hey Kevin, really appreciate you taking the time to write this. You nailed something we’ve been thinking about a lot: we’re not here to recreate Goodreads, we’re here to do what it doesn’t. That means smart discovery, real personalization, and an experience that actually evolves. Once we launch on Android (coming soon), we would love to receive your feedback.