# Recommend a social reading site

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 15, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-social-reading-site/567687 "2011-01-15T04:38:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-social-reading-site/567687/1 "2011-01-15T04:38:46Z")

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I know there are lots of sites that aim to be a social network for readers: GoodReads, WeRead, LivingSocial, and Shelfari seem to be a few of the ones I’ve come across.

Before I invest time in one, marking my collection, etc., can anyone recommend one over the others? There are a few key things I’m interested in, like how easy it is to find and mark books you own (if I find one, will it show me more in the same series/author/genre? Can I import a list from Excel?), whether it integrates with Facebook and how (I’m not a complete hermit … but I might not want to expose my love of Gor, say), and probably other things I can’t think of off the top of my head. (I think I saw that GoodReads had trivia quizzes, which would be a fun feature … but not a deal breaker.)

Feel free to share experiences, preferences, anything at all. Thank you!