For the love of the next good book
Tell it what you loved. It finds what you'll read next.
Real books from real catalogs, each with a reason tied to your own ratings.
ShelfSprite runs on your own Anthropic API key; you'll add it during setup.
A small, invite-only project. Built by a reader.
Between the covers
There is a thread.
The strange worlds. The complicated people. The endings you kept thinking about.
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
Your books tell a story about you.
ShelfSprite helps you follow it.
An example shelf with example ratings. Your profile begins with your own books.
Real books. Reasons that matter.
The books it recommends exist
ShelfSprite searches real catalogs first. Then Claude ranks those books and explains how they connect to your taste. Every pick has a title you can find and a reason you can judge.
Recommended for you
Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer · 2014
Why for you
You gave Piranesi and Never Let Me Go five stars, and both are told by narrators who understand less about where they are than you do. Annihilation's biologist is that kind of narrator, and like The Left Hand of Darkness, it treats its strange place as something to think through rather than scenery.
Title,Author,My Rating,Date Read
Piranesi,Susanna Clarke,5,2024-03-11
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
From your shelves to your next read
Start with what you've read.
- 01
Import
Bring your Goodreads export, or start small by adding books yourself. Your ratings give ShelfSprite a place to begin.
- 02
Enrich
Your books become a connected library, with covers, subjects, and catalog details. Uncertain matches stay flagged for you to check.
- 03
Recommend
Find real books with reasons tied to your taste. Save the ones that catch your eye and tell ShelfSprite what missed.
A home for every chapter
Less managing.
More reading.
Your current read, your old favorites, and the books waiting their turn. A little order, with room for curiosity.
Get to know your own taste
A profile built from evidence
Your ratings reveal patterns. Your reviews explain why. ShelfSprite brings them together into a profile you can recognize, question, and refine.
Each trait points back to your books. Confirm what fits, reject what doesn't, and let your profile grow with your reading.
Reader type
I Immersive · P Plot-first · B Broad · H Heart
The Wandering Escapist
Give me a new world every week.
- Narrators in the dark
- Worlds as arguments
- Endings that linger
- Loves91%
Narrators who understand less than you do. The gap between what they know and what you know is what keeps you reading.
From Piranesi, Never Let Me Go
- Loves84%
Invented societies that work as arguments rather than scenery.
From The Left Hand of Darkness
- Avoids78%
Nostalgia standing in for substance.
From three books you rated two stars or lower
There is room on the shelf
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ShelfSprite is a personal project, and accounts are opened by hand. Leave your email and I will be in touch when there is a spot.
You do not need a Goodreads account. You can start by adding books yourself or filling in the provided CSV template. ShelfSprite uses your own Anthropic API key for its AI features.