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Your taste in print.

A virtual bookshelf for the books you love. Build dangerously tall stacks, set a Top 12 that says who you are, and trade recommendations with fellow readers who get the mood. Free on iOS, Android, and the web.

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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 a number

    Define creative goals such as a book in every country, 5 relevant books for women in translation month, or something as simple as 25 books in a year.

  • 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 to your fellow readers. Somewhere out there, the right reader knows the title.

Your taste, in print.

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ShelfLife share-shelf screen — a reader's themed "Asian Lit" bookcase with restyle themes (Classic, Romantasy, Galactic) ready to post to Instagram or iMessage
ShelfLife home feed showing recent shelf activity and a Book Signal request asking for a recommendation
A ShelfLife Book Signal request from another reader asking "in the middle of a weird girl summer, what should I read next?", with the three books they're thinking of and buttons to respond or pass

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.

ShelfLife is out now: free on iPhone and Android, and right in your browser on the web. Come build a shelf!

That's all folks!

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Free on iOS, Android, and the web.