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Your taste in print.

A bookshelf for the books that left your apartment. Build dangerously tall stacks, set a Top 12 that says who you are, and trade recommendations with the readers who get the mood. iOS + Android, summer 2026.

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  • A bookshelf the way you'd arrange it.

    Dangerously tall stacks. Books arranged by mood, color, or genre. Build a shelf with no limitations.

  • Reading goals beyond the number.

    There's more to your reading life than the number of books you read in a year. Define creative goals to break out of the numbers game.

  • A signal to the reader who gets it.

    Need a book that feels like In the Mood for Love? Jane Austen in a cyberpunk world? Send up a Book Signal — somewhere out there, the right reader knows the title.

Your taste, in print.

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ShelfLife share-shelf screen — a themed bookcase of literary fiction (Infinite Jest, Ulysses, Moby-Dick) ready to post to Instagram or iMessage
ShelfLife home feed showing friends' recent shelf activity and a Book Signal request asking for a recommendation
ShelfLife Book Signals explainer — ask friends for recommendations by picking a shelf or describing a mood

Behind the curtain

We're a married couple in the Washington, DC area, with a lot of books to our name and a small apartment that can't quite hold them. Many have left for e-readers, secondhand stores, and little free libraries. We built this app to keep them all.

ShelfLife is the online book community of our dreams. We hope it's yours too. We're a highly responsive and nimble team of two, and we plan to incorporate community feedback to make this the best app for books.

We're letting people in slowly while we add and perfect features. Join the waitlist and we'll be in touch soon!

That's all folks!

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iOS and Android, summer 2026.