A newcomer's first 10 minutes

Welcome to The Reading Pod

Your reading life โ€” organized, tracked, and social. Follow the exact path a brand-new reader takes: from the sign-up screen, to a dashboard that tracks every page, to finding the people who get your taste.

Track every page Organize your library Capture recs Join a pod
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1 The door

You're one screen away

Where every newcomer starts.

No setup maze. Land on the home page and the pitch is right there: stop juggling notes, screenshots, and half-remembered titles โ€” keep your whole reading life in one calm, distraction-free space. Email and password, and you're in.

  • Simple email + password sign-up โ€” that's the whole gate
  • The landing page sells you the features before you commit
  • Five reasons to join, front and center
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Reading Life, Organized
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Never Lose a Rec
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2 Your command center

A dashboard that knows where you are

The first thing you see after logging in.

"Welcome back" โ€” then everything that matters at a glance. Set a yearly book goal, see exactly what you're Currently Reading with a live page-progress bar, line up your "Books to Read," and watch your "Books Read This Month" stack up.

  • Set a yearly reading goal and track toward it
  • Currently Reading shows real progress โ€” 182 / 476 pages (38%)
  • "Books to Read" and "Read This Month" keep momentum visible
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Welcome Back, Rascall!
This Year's Book Goal: Set Goal
Currently Reading:
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
182 / 476 pages (38%)

Books to Read

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Babel
R. F. Kuang
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel

Books Read This Month

No books completed this month yet.
3 Your shelf

Your Reading Life, Organized

The library you actually build.

Add a book in seconds โ€” title, author, the page you're on, and total pages. The app turns that into a status (Not Started โ†’ In-Progress โ†’ Completed) and a progress bar. Filter by status, search your shelf, and hit Update Book as you read.

  • Add books with page-level progress, not just "reading/read"
  • Filter tabs: All ยท Not Started ยท In-Progress ยท Completed
  • Search any title; update your page as you go
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AllNot StartedIn-ProgressCompleted Search your booksโ€ฆ Add New Book
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir182 / 476
In-ProgressUpdate Book
Educated
Tara Westover334 / 334
CompletedUpdate Book
Dune
Frank Herbert0 / 688
Not StartedUpdate Book
4 The capture

Never Lose a Recommendation Again

The habit that makes the app stick.

A friend mentions a book, a podcast drops three, you spot one at 1am. Drop the title and author into the shared Latest & Greatest feed and it's saved for good. See what everyone's recommending โ€” and pull any of it straight onto your shelf with one tap of Add to Library.

  • Capture a rec in two fields: title + author
  • A community feed of what readers are loving right now
  • Add to Library turns a rec into a tracked book instantly
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Latest & Greatest Search by title or authorโ€ฆ Add Book Rec
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
Add to Library
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Add to Library
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Add to Library
5 Your people

Find Your People with Pods

Where solo reading turns social.

Reading doesn't have to be a solo sport. Pods are small communities built around genres and themes. Spin one up with a name, genre tags, and a summary โ€” or search and request to join someone else's. Your pending requests sit right on the page until you're let in.

  • Create a pod: name, genre tags, and a summary
  • Search and request to join pods that match your taste
  • A "Pending Requests" area tracks where you've knocked
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+ Create PodSearch podsโ€ฆ

Discover pods

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Fantasy Realms
fantasyepic
Doorstopper series and dragons welcome.
1,204 membersRequest
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Business & Builders
businessstartups
Strategy and the books behind it.
847 membersRequest
Pending RequestsFantasy Realms โ€” waiting for approval
On the roadmap

The pod is just getting started

The foundation โ€” library, recs, pods โ€” is live today. These are the pieces the experience is building toward, promised right on the landing page.

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Talk Books, Not Algorithms

Real conversations inside your pod โ€” share takes, debate endings, and discover your next read through actual humans.

Coming soon
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Review While It's Still Fresh

The moment you finish is when your thoughts are sharpest. Drop a quick, meaningful review before "later" becomes never.

Coming soon
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Turn Reading Into a Game

Group reads, leaderboards, and shared goals โ€” a whole new way to stay motivated and actually finish, together.

Coming soon

No one reads alone.

That's the whole idea. Track every page, organize your library, never lose a rec, and find the pod that gets your taste โ€” all in one calm, distraction-free space.