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Book recs that actually get you.

Tuned to your taste and your mood — and every pick tells you why. Meet Moody: she reads the vibe, not just the genre.

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The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
★★★★★4.3 · 1.9M
💔 heart-wrenching🖋 lyrical
97% your kind of book
mood match: emotional · slow burn

🔍 why Moody picked this

  • You gave Circe 5★ — same mythic, grief-soaked voice.
  • You rate lyrical prose a full star higher.
  • You finish tragedies — 8 of your last 9.
the problem

Every reading app makes you settle.

You end up juggling two apps and a group chat — because none does great recommendations, tracking, and community at once. And not one will tell you why a book landed in front of you.

Goodreads
the complaint

Clunky and slow, whole-star ratings only, search that can't find the book in your hand, random recs.

StoryGraph
the complaint

Lovely stats and mood matching — but a lonely social side and pushback on opaque AI.

Fable
the complaint

Great clubs and vibes, but a thin catalog and an AI recap scandal that broke a lot of trust.

how it works

Smart recommendations. Nothing hidden.

Most apps guess in the dark and hope you don't ask. Moody does the opposite: she learns your taste, matches on feel, and shows her work.

Tell Moody your taste

Rate a few books (half-stars welcome), pick the moods you chase, set the pace and themes you love — and the ones you never want again.

half & quarter stars

She matches on feel

Moody reads the texture of a book — mood, pacing, prose, tropes — not just its shelf. "Cozy but devastating" is a real query here.

mood + vibe matching

See exactly why

Every rec comes with its reasons and a match you can question. Disagree? Tell her why, and she learns — right in front of you.

explainable, always
what you get

The good parts of every app. None of the clunk.

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Recs that explain themselves

A reason and a match on every pick — no black box, no creepy AI. Thumbs-down and Moody adapts on the spot.

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Mood & vibe search

Search by how you want to feel, not just genre. "Slow, hopeful, set somewhere cold."

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Rate your way

Half-stars when you want them, whole stars when you don't — honest ratings, no fuss. Your recs get sharper either way.

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A feed worth opening

Friends, reviews, and clubs — with real moderation, so no more review-bomb pile-ons.

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Content warnings you control

Community-sourced, filterable, honest. Know what you're walking into — or turn it all off.

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Fast. Genuinely fast.

Pages that load before you blink — on the web today, native apps soon. Speed is a feature.

the basics, covered

Plus everything a reading app should do.

The smart, explainable recs are why you'd switch. But moodyreader is a full reading app — everything you already expect is here too, just faster and prettier.

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Track your progress

Currently-reading %, page counts, and a reading log that remembers it all.

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Shelves & wishlist

Owned, TBR, DNF — or your own shelves. Star what you want to read next.

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Virtual book clubs

Start or join clubs and read together, chapter by chapter.

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Goals & stats

A yearly challenge, streaks, and lovely charts of your reading life — free, always. No paywall.

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Reviews & ratings

Half-star ratings, mood tags, and reviews actually worth reading.

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Bring your library

Import your Goodreads or StoryGraph shelves in one move.

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Friends & activity

Follow readers, see what they love, trade recommendations.

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Web now, app soon

Use it in your browser today; native iOS & Android on the way.

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Mood, not just genre.

Tell Moody the vibe and she'll find the book. Tap a mood to see two of her picks:

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