Where minds meet first.
Your bookshelf is your profile. Say how you see the books, get your reader identity — and find people who think on the same page as you. Some become a coffee friend, some the editor of your life. No swiping. Promise.
The same book isn’t enough. The same page is.
A shelf makes a good first impression.
Head first, looks later.
The shelf makes the first impression; a photo is fine, but it isn’t the lead. Curiosity starts in the mind.
Having read it is enough.
You don’t have to love it, an opinion will do. What you think about a book says more about who you are than any selfie.
Match is math. Chemistry is yours.
Your answers match as a percentage; the call is yours. Draw your Hard line line — say where you need to agree, no exceptions.
No swiping. Promise.
Tired of the endless scroll — this is the rest stop. Few, but real. High threshold, small pool, actual conversation.
A three-part read.
Pick
The ones that made you. The ones you loved, argued over, that split your life in two. It’s a shelf, and a mirror.
Answer
Not clichés — what the book asks you. Your answers are yours; they’re only used for the match.
Match
Share your card, send your match link. If you’re on the same page — it shows.
~ 4 minutes · you can also add books from a photo of your shelf.
Not for dating, for conversation: 3–5 friends, 6 questions, none of you seeing the others’ answers. Then the map of the table appears — Fault line, Chaos agent, Secret alliance.
For those who stop and think at the shelf.
What is Readers?+
An app for meeting people through books. The books on your shelf generate questions written for you; your answers become your reader card, and you see your match with whoever you send your invite link to. You match with readers on the same page and message them. Runs in the browser, nothing to install, free.
What is The table?+
A game for a group of friends: 3–8 people answer the same questions without seeing each other’s answers, and at the end the map of the table appears — who sides with whom, and which question is the fault line. Not for dating, for conversation; here is where you set a table.
Are there photos?+
Yes — add one to your card if you like. But the shelf has the lead: the brain that decides in the first 2 seconds doesn’t decide in the first 2 books. Without a photo you miss nothing.
What if I haven’t read the book?+
Having an opinion is enough. Every question brings its context with it; it asks for your take, not recall.
Are my answers shown?+
No. Answers only feed the match percentage — who said what stays private.
How does a match happen?+
You set your threshold — the default is 60%. You can tap “Send a nod” on anyone above it; if both of you nod, the thread opens. A one-sided nod is never shown.
Does it cost anything?+
No — completely free for now. Making a card, sending invites, matching, messaging: all of it.
* One shelf, one sentence, one person. The rest is up to you.
Try a sample invite → · Privacy · Terms · Open Library
Reading is talking to someone, quietly. ✦
Which books made you who you are?
Build your library: 3–10 books. Having read them is enough — you don’t have to love them, an opinion will do.
Last touch
Your name, your photo — and your scene.
Cropped square; shown on your card and in the pool. Skip it and your scene avatar speaks for you.
* The photo and the scene are both yours — no photo, and your scene speaks on your card.
If you pick one: this question counts double in the match, and an invitee who splits from you sees it honestly as “🚧 Hard line” in the result.
Shown in italics on your card. Show a line you love, not yourself 🖋
To see your card you sign up for free (Google · Apple · Facebook) — a copy lands in your inbox.
What % of shared outlook counts as a “match”? You decide. High threshold = few, but real.
🔮 Coming soon: star signs, music and film signals can join the match too.
How does your invite look on their side? See →
Cover images: Open Library
My profile
Reset and delete each ask for two taps to be sure; delete removes everything on the server.
Inbox
On the same page as you
You don’t need to have read the books — every question brings its context with it. · Report this invite
What does everyone at the table think,
really?
Pick a topic, drop the link in the group. Everyone answers without seeing the others — then the map of the table opens: who’s on the same page with whom, which question split the table, who the chaos agent is.
The table
No one can see your answers — the map appears once everyone’s sat down.