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BookBound

A bookshelf that understands you.

A private Android bookshelf for romance readers. Catalogue the heat levels, tropes and details you care about, follow series in order, keep a reading journal and rediscover the unread books in your collection.

Android bookshelf

Development release 2.2.0 · September 2026

Android development build; not a store release.

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INSIDE BOOKBOUND

A personal record of your reading life.

Archived walkthrough · 9 September 2026 · Sample data. These images illustrate the workflow in an earlier build; see Features for the development release overview.

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Add a book your way

Enter a book manually, search by title or author, choose a cover image or scan an ISBN.

BookBound: Add a book your way
BookBound add-book screen with manual indexing, search, cover selection and ISBN scanning.
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Make the record yours

Edit the title, author, ISBN and cover, then record a personal rating. Reading status and progress controls sit below.

BookBound: Make the record yours
BookBound book editor with title, author, ISBN, cover and rating.
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Keep the whole library portable

A complete ZIP backup includes books, progress, tags, goals, preferences and local covers. The Profile screen also brings together content preferences and reading goals.

BookBound: Keep the whole library portable
BookBound profile with complete backup, content preferences and reading goals.
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  1. Catalogue

  2. Discover

  3. Read

  4. Reflect

Find your next read on your own shelves

Rediscover unread books that suit what you want to read now.

  • Combine mood, trope, heat and length filters.
  • See why each suggested unread book matches.
  • Browse with custom shelves, search and flexible library views.

Remember more than the last page

Keep a record of the reading, as well as the books.

  • Follow series in order, including fractional instalments, and jump to the next unread book.
  • Record time, pages and private notes in reading sessions.
  • Preserve earlier completions when rereading, alongside ratings and progress.

Keep control of your reading life

Choose how to add, protect and share your library.

  • Add books manually, look them up online, scan an ISBN or use a cover image.
  • Review duplicates and merge choices when importing CSV files.
  • Protect complete backups, including covers, with a passphrase; preview reading cards and hide private details before sharing.

THE IDEA BEHIND THE PROJECT

Your reading life, on your own terms.

BookBound treats the reasons people love a book as just as important as the fact that they finished it. The result is a more personal way to catalogue and revisit a bookshelf.

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