# StoryGraph 5 Hacker News commenters recommended StoryGraph and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend it for its search and interface, and as a Goodreads alternative. Critics say it is designed mainly for fiction rather than the full range of nonfiction reading. ## Why people recommend it - Very good search function (1 comments): "I've found it a pretty decent interface, the search function is very good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067613)) - Decent, usable interface (1 comments): "I've found it a pretty decent interface, the search function is very good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067613)) - Nice voting for content warnings (1 comments): "StoryGraph has a rather nice "voting" experience for CWs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47075636)) - Filter books by length (1 comments): "you can filter them by lenght in goodreads, storygraph, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48131164)) ## What people warn about - Designed mainly for fiction (1 comments): "Competitors to GR like Storygraph tend to be designed mainly for fiction instead of the full range of things an erudite person might read" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49513932)) - Gamification and social features (1 comments): "I got tired of the gamification and social elements of Goodreads, StoryGraph" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46944672)) - Exposes information about readers (1 comments): "other services like LibraryThing or Storygraph do expose similar information about book readers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45844451)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Goodreads](https://hackerapproved.com/p/goodreads.md): 17 recommend - [Shelvy Books](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shelvy-books.md): 9 recommend - [Hardcover](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hardcover.md): 8 recommend - [LibraryThing](https://hackerapproved.com/p/librarything.md): 6 recommend - [BookWyrm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bookwyrm.md): 5 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://thestorygraph.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "StoryGraph", https://hackerapproved.com/p/storygraph/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).