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24 alternatives to Tertulia

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Tertulia launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Zeneca▲151

   Share and discuss your favorite books with the world.

   2021 · zeneca.io · its alternatives →

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   A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads▲478

   Hey HN, I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting. So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph. We also felt like…

   2022 · booqsi.com · its alternatives →

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   Zeneca – Share and discuss your favorite books▲70

   Share your books with the world.

   2021 · zeneca.io · its alternatives →

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   FlowReads▲254

   Find books that help you grow 📖

   2019 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

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   bookclub▲383

   A beautiful, simple alternative to Goodreads 📚

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Qoutes▲93

   Remember passages from your favourite books

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   Self-Quarantine Book Club▲127

   Stuck inside? Join a book club on our Slack community.

   2020 · its alternatives →

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   Thredd - Collaborative Browsing▲67

   Get recommendations from people who share your interests

   2019 · thredd.io · its alternatives →

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   FlowReads 2▲92

   Manage reading lists and discover books to help you grow 📚

   2019 · flowreads.com · its alternatives →

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    Talk to Books by Google▲152

    Browse passages from books using experimental AI

    2018 · books.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Hardcover▲141

    Social discovery for serious book lovers

    2022 · hardcover.app · its alternatives →

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    Vivilio▲127

    Simple way to discover what your peers and influencers read

    2015 · vivilio.com · its alternatives →

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    Bookstory▲64

    Like Spotify's year wrapped, but for books.

    2020 · bookstory.me · its alternatives →

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    Lybrum▲86

    The new way to experience books, together.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    PageNow▲87

    Share what you are reading in real-time with your friends

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Novellic▲91

    App for discovering, joining, and managing book clubs

    2018 · novellic.com · its alternatives →

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    Bookworm Reads▲83

    Track, recommend, and discuss your books

    2022 · bookwormreads.co · its alternatives →

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    Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most▲60

    Difficult conversation made easy

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Relolib▲69

    Connecting people with books in 45 countries

    2024 · relolib.com · its alternatives →

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    pugmark▲105

    The online book club for developers.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    bookpo.st▲64

    Swap books with like minded readers

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Boook.link – Share a book with links to all stores▲88

    One simple link to send your readers to their preferred store

    2020 · boook.link · its alternatives →

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    New Syntopicon▲73

    A better way to read books, built on top of Obsidian

    2021 · newsyntopicon.digital · its alternatives →

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    An open-source e-book reader for conversational reading with an LLM▲86

    Hi HN! I've been working on BookWith, an open-source e-book reader that integrates AI as your reading companion. The problem: Traditional e-readers are passive. When you encounter something unclear, you have to context-switch to search for it. Your highlights and notes remain isolated, and you can't easily connect ideas across different books. My solution: BookWith embeds an AI that maintains full context of what you're reading. It features: - Context-aware AI chat: Ask questions about the current page/chapter and get instant answers - AI podcast generation: Automatically converts book…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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