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24 alternatives to Great Jones Street

1,000 Stories in your pocket

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Great Jones Street launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Short▲354

   The reading list for busy people

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Business Adventures▲68

   Twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Collecting Words▲60

   (Very) short (visual) stories

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Product Hunt Book Club▲359

   AMAs with the authors of great books, once per month

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Streetfight▲63

   Handbook for an urban revolution

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   642 Things to Write About ▲66

   Endless quirky inspiration

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Ask.▲70

   The counterintuitive way to discover what customers want

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Microadventures▲91

   Ideas for local adventures for busy folk. 5 to 9 Adventures.

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Classies▲89

   The mobile library with thousands of classic short stories

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Bookmate▲104

    $8.99 per month for access to 500 000 books

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Scribd Audiobooks▲97

    Unlimited access to 30,000 audiobooks

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    100M Books – Open a new tab, discover a new book▲289

    2017 · 100millionbooks.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sstories▲92

    Short-fiction stories for busy people

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Wanderlust▲61

    A history of walking

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    642 Things to Draw ▲67

    Endless quirky inspiration

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Flip Book Fan▲54

    A breezy little book

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Lean Out▲101

    25 stories from the underrepresented in tech

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Radish▲90

    Hundreds of stories at your fingertips

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Ask Me Anything Book▲128

    A collection of the best reddit AMA's

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hustle▲71

    A new book about hustling

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Readtime ▲68

    Helps me get through my pocket

    2013 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Frugal Innovation (AMA Today at 3PM)▲147

    How to do more with less

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →