Hardcover

What is Hardcover?

Hardcover is a platform for discovering, tracking, and reading books, built around Jules, its AI librarian. Jules provides personalized book recommendations based on your tastes and answers questions about books. The site also includes a “Home Library” section for organizing your collection and an “Explore” page showing what’s trending.

Who created Hardcover?

Jules was created by the team behind Hardcover, a small, bootstrapped group whose goal is to build a social network for readers and empower book lovers. Jules is their way of helping users find personalized recommendations and get answers to book-related questions.

What is Hardcover used for?

• Personalized book recommendations
• Answers to questions about books
• Tracking your collection: want to read, currently reading, finished, or didn’t finish
• Seeing which books are currently popular
• Searching for specific books or authors
• Browsing other readers’ libraries and following their bookshelves
• Importing existing collections from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or a CSV file
• Community prompts and discussions about books

Who is Hardcover for?

Anyone who loves to read, from casual readers to book enthusiasts.

How to use Hardcover?

1. Log in to the Hardcover platform (accepting cookies improves the browsing experience).
2. Open the “Ask Jules” feature to get personalized suggestions or ask questions about books.
3. Use search and browse to find new books or see what other readers have in their libraries.
4. Track your reading status for each book: want to read, currently reading, finished, or didn’t finish.
5. Follow other readers’ bookshelves to see their reading habits, and explore the platform’s stats and tools.
6. Import existing collections from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or a CSV file.
7. Join community prompts and discussions to share favorite books.