Forewords: Book Tracker & TBR

Import your Goodreads or StoryGraph library in seconds - then let Forewords find you the next book you'll rave about.

Forewords uses AI based on your actual taste — your ratings, your notes, your patterns — to recommend books that genuinely fit. Not just genre matches. Unexpected connections you wouldn't have found on your own. And you don't just get the book: you get a personalised why.

When it's time to read, the Reading Room helps you put distractions aside, track your session, capture notes, and keep your progress up to date.

TRACK YOUR BOOKS
> Track every book you're reading, have read, want to read, or DNF'd.
> Rate books with sentiment tags, and give all-time favourites a sixth star.
> Add notes as you read - dictated or written.
> Tag by what a book actually feels like, not just genre.
> Build your library your way with custom shelves and tags — no storage limit.
> See severity-labelled content warnings before you start a book.

AI BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
> Recommendations built from your actual taste — not the current bestseller list.
> The more you rate and note, the sharper the AI gets.
> Each recommendation comes with a personalised reason rooted in your reading history.
> 100 AI credits free on sign-up.

FOCUSED READING WITH READING ROOM
> Start a focused reading session from any book you're currently reading.
> Turn on Do Not Disturb and choose whether to keep the reading timer visible.
> Add notes, pause when you need to, and update your page or percentage progress when you finish.
> Look back through your reading history to see what you read, when, and for how long.

READING STATS AND INSIGHTS
> Discover the themes, tones, and narrative styles you keep returning to.
> Find your reader archetype.
> See patterns across your library you never consciously noticed.
> Explore reading stats based on your books, pages, and focused reading sessions.

IMPORT YOUR LIBRARY
> Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or any CSV in minutes.
> Scan barcodes to add physical books.
> Your data is yours — export any time.

WHO FOREWORDS IS FOR
Forewords is for bibliophiles and power readers — the kind who finish a book and immediately need to know what's next.

> Anyone looking for a Goodreads alternative with better, more personal recommendations.
> Readers who want a beautiful, private reading tracker without the social-network noise.
> People who care about what they read, not just how much.

WHY READERS SWITCH TO FOREWORDS
Goodreads is a social network and Amazon product first. Forewords is a reading tracker built around you — no ads, no data selling, no social feed.

StoryGraph does mood and pace well. Forewords goes deeper: the themes, tone, and narrative style that actually define your taste — and the unexpected threads connecting your favourite books.

No public profiles. No pressure to post reviews. Just your library, your reading history, your taste, and recommendations that get sharper the more you use them.

A NOTE FROM THE MAKER
Confession: I'm not a huge reader. But my wife is. She reads 50+ books a year (whereas I only read ~10) and asked me to build her something, because nothing out there did what she actually wanted: discover books based on what she genuinely likes (and doesn't), get real insight into her reading taste, and go deeper than "here's another book by the same author."

So I built Forewords. It's for people like her.

A few things I want to be upfront about: Forewords is a reading companion, not a social network or a habit app — I'm not trying to make you read more. You already do that. It's also independent: no company between me and you. And it's meant to stay affordable — I plan to lower the premium price every year and always keep a free version.

I hope you love it. If you don't, I'd genuinely like to know why.

— Jayson

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Forewords is your book tracker, reading journal, focused reading timer, AI book recommendations app, and personal reading insights tool — built for serious readers.