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Addabook is a dedicated space designed for readers to reflect on, track, and organize their books while supporting independent bookstores and fostering community connection.

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Explore books to find interesting reads, not just what’s trending or generated from some algorithm.

Collection

Build a personal Collection of what you've read. Add a book to your Collection by adding a rating or a Note. Here you can track your total book and page counts and easily search through all your books, by date read, rating, custom tags, and more.

Lists

Go beyond your Wishlist (aka TBR) by creating and sharing custom lists for any mood, theme, or goal. You can take notes on individual books and track your reading progress within each list.

Notes

Capture your reading experience with notes and custom tags, without being forced into a star rating. Keep notes private or share them with the community.

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No distracting pop-up ads cluttering your view and no comments threads – providing a focused experienced and judgment-free zone for you to write your reflections in peace.

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We collaborate with book clubs, bookstores, and nonprofits to showcase their lists and to help promote a vibrant reading culture. Get in touch to explore partnership opportunities.

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From addabook_admin Verified

Recommended Reading on Parenting in the Digital Age

California Partners Project champions gender equity across the state and ensures California’s media and technology industries are a force for good in the lives of all children. These are the books that have shaped how the organization thinks about parenting in the age of smartphones, social media, and AI. The insights they provide inform their research, challenge assumptions, and help define what kids need to thrive in today's digital world. 

For more on their work on children and the digital world, explore California Partners Project's resources here.

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Gender Justice Reading List

Legal Voice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that fights for gender justice through impact litigation, policy advocacy, education, and coalition building. The list below presents some of our favorite (work-related) books.

Learn more at legalvoice.org.


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Spookily Ever After

Spooky season reads from cozy to spicy romance

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For a Better Tomorrow

Amongst these titles, you'll find:

  • Inspiring stories of resisting tyrannic governments
  • Communities coming together in times of need
  • Persistent, relentless showing up for civil rights and justice
  • Guidance on what makes for effective, sustainable resistance movements
  • Hope that a better tomorrow is within reach if we fight for it
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Disconnect to Reconnect

The loneliness pandemic is upon us, but there are antidotes. These books help us step away from the deluge of the online world and foster meaningful connection with others. So go ahead, give that friend a call, set up that coffee date, and go visit a bookstore together. Life is better with company.

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Recent Notes

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Fair

By Jen Calleja

I flipping loved this book. As a purveyor of books about translation by translators, Calleja's FAIR is cleverly framed and deeply insightful. I've...

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The Butcher's Masquerade

By Matt Dinniman

I think this is the best and most consistent of the books so far. A couple of good twists, especially at the end. The titular Butcher's Masquerade...

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The Diamond Eye

By Kate Quinn

Historical fiction.  Reasonably gripping fictionalized true story of a Ukrainian woman who was a history researcher when Germany invaded Russia...

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Sea of Tranquility

By Emily St John Mandel

An easy read; interesting enough. Not as good as "Station Eleven," but not shabby. Thought-provoking passage near the end about 'living in the end...

Cover of Deadly Does It by Abbi Waxman
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Deadly Does It

By Abbi Waxman

The second in this series doesn't disappoint with a very unlikely intergenerational pair of lawyer/sleuth. Fun.

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Last Stop

By Django Wexler

This is pure pulp in the best way. Sky-Captain and the World of Tomorrow meets Indiana Jones by way of airship mercenary companies in spitfires and...