Goodreads
Sign in to saveGoodreads is an American social cataloging website operated by Goodreads, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. Users can search its database of books, annotations, quotes, and reviews and expand the database by registering books to generate library catalogs and reading lists. They can also create their own groups of book suggestions, surveys, polls, blogs, and discussions. The website's offices are located in San Francisco.
Key facts
- Website.name
- Goodreads
- Website.logo
- Goodreads logo 2025.svg
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.type
- Book reviews
- Website.registration
- Optional
- Website.company_type
- Subsidiary
- Website.language
- English
- Website.owner
- Amazon
- Website.current_status
- Active
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25 sectionsContents
- History
- Founders
- Foundation and mission
- Early years
- 2013 acquisition by Amazon
- 2014–2023
- Features
- Book discovery
- Reading challenges
- Content access
- End-of-year reading review
- User interaction
- Catalog data
- Metadata source change
- Competition and review fairness
- Goodreads Choice Awards
- Criticism
- Review bombing
- Restrictions in Iran
- Blocking in Iran
- Account Suspensions and closure by Goodreads
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Goodreads is an American social cataloging website operated by Goodreads, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. Users can search its database of books, annotations, quotes, and reviews and expand the database by registering books to generate library catalogs and reading lists. They can also create their own groups of book suggestions, surveys, polls, blogs, and discussions. The website's offices are located in San Francisco.
Goodreads was founded in December 2006 and launched in January 2007 by Otis Chandler and Elizabeth Khuri Chandler. In December 2007, the site had 650,000 members and 10 million books had been added. By July 2012, the site reported 10 million members, 20 million monthly visits, and 30 employees. On March 28, 2013, Amazon announced its acquisition of Goodreads, and by July 23, 2013, Goodreads announced its user base had grown to 20 million members.