Your reading life, without the noise.
Spinefolk is a book tracker and reading community built around trust: spoiler-safe reviews, ratings you can actually believe, and a feed that’s just the people you follow, in order.
Built for readers, not for engagement metrics
Everything we heard readers ask for after years of cluttered, ad-driven book sites.
No ads, ever
No sponsored posts, no “recommended for you” placements you can’t tell apart from real ones. You’re the reader, not the product.
A chronological feedRolling out
Updates from people you follow, newest first. No engagement algorithm deciding what you see.
Spoiler-safe reviews
Reviewers tag spoilers by chapter. Anything past your current chapter stays hidden until you get there.
Honest ratings
Quarter stars. Finished readers count fully, brand-new accounts and pre-release ratings don’t count at all, and we show you exactly how the score was built.
Goodreads import
Upload your Goodreads export and keep your shelves, ratings, reviews and read dates. Your history comes with you.
Clubs & buddy readsRolling out
Read together with checkpoints: discussion for each section unlocks as members reach it, so nobody gets spoiled.
Ratings that mean something
Every book page shows how its score was built: how many ratings counted, how many came from people who actually finished the book, and what we left out and why.
- Quarter-star precision: a 3¾ is not a 4.
- Read-verified ratings weigh more than drive-by ones.
- Review-bombing protection: new accounts and pre-publication ratings don’t count.
- DNF is a real shelf, with how far you got.
Leave Goodreads without leaving your history
Export your library from Goodreads, drop the CSV in, and Spinefolk matches each book against Open Library’s catalogue. You get a full report, plus a list of anything we couldn’t match.
- 1Create your accountPick a display name and a handle. Your library starts private.
- 2Bring your booksImport a Goodreads CSV or search millions of titles from Open Library.
- 3Track, rate, discussLog progress by page, % or chapter, rate in quarter stars and review without spoiling anyone.
Your next book is waiting.
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