For romantasy readers who need more
Goodreads tells you what you've read. StoryGraph gives you reading stats. romance.io is great for initial discovery. But none of them can tell you which book on your 500-book TBR is a slow burn enemies-to-lovers with moderate spice and a guaranteed HEA, because they don't track those details. MoodReads does.
You have hundreds of books on your TBR. You know exactly what you're in the mood for—something with fae, slow burn, moderate spice, guaranteed happy ending, and preferably an audiobook with a full cast. But Goodreads gives you star ratings and genre tags. StoryGraph adds mood and pace, which helps, but still can't filter by spice level or romance tropes. Hardcover and Fable are building cool things but they're general-purpose. romance.io focuses on discovery but not organizing your own library.
Nobody built the tool romantasy readers actually need. So we did.
Goodreads has ~5 fields per book. MoodReads has 40+.
| Field | Goodreads | StoryGraph | romance.io | MoodReads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star rating | ||||
| Genre shelves | ||||
| Reading stats | ||||
| Mood/pace tags | ||||
| Spice/heat levels | ||||
| Spice style tags | ||||
| Romance tropes | ||||
| Content warnings | ||||
| CW severity levels | ||||
| Relationship dynamics | ||||
| HEA/HFN status | ||||
| FMC/MMC archetypes | ||||
| Natural language search | ||||
| Personal library tracking |
Every book gets tagged across 40+ fields, automatically.
and that's not even all of them.
The MoodReads browser extension shows spice levels, tropes, content warnings, and 40+ fields right on any Goodreads book page. No tab switching. Import your Goodreads library and suddenly your entire TBR is searchable by fields Goodreads doesn't offer.
Tell BookMatch what you want: "slow burn enemies-to-lovers with fae, guaranteed HEA, kinda steamy." It searches your TBR and the full database, understanding tropes, spice, mood, and vague requests.
100+ content warnings with severity levels—referenced vs. on-page, background vs. central to plot. Filter out what you need to avoid, or filter in themes you're looking for.
Every book is enriched across all 40+ fields. Consistent, verified metadata you can actually filter by. Premium users get instant tagging for any book not yet in the database.
If you read romantasy, yes. Goodreads tracks 5 fields per book (title, author, rating, genre, shelves). MoodReads tracks 40+ including spice levels, romance tropes, relationship dynamics, content warnings, mood, energy required, HEA status, audiobook details, and more. You can search your entire TBR by any of these fields instead of scrolling through hundreds of titles hoping something clicks.
StoryGraph is great for reading stats and mood-based discovery. MoodReads goes deeper on romance-specific metadata: spice levels on a 0-5 scale, spice style tags, 80+ romance tropes, relationship dynamics, FMC/MMC archetypes, HEA/HFN status, and severity-based content warnings. If you want to find the slow burn enemies-to-lovers on your TBR with moderate spice and a guaranteed HEA, MoodReads can do that. StoryGraph can't. See the full MoodReads vs StoryGraph comparison.
Yes. Every book gets a spice rating from 0 (clean) to 5 (explicit), plus spice style tags like slow burn, emotional intimacy focus, and fade to black. We also track specific content tags so you know exactly what kind of spice you're getting into before you start reading.
Yes. You can import your full Goodreads library into MoodReads. Once imported, all your books get enriched with 40+ fields so you can search and filter your existing TBR in ways Goodreads never allowed.
The core experience is free: browse 3,600+ books, use the Chrome extension (25 lookups/day), search with BookMatch (5/day), and access community features. Upgrading unlocks all 40+ data fields on every book, unlimited searches, the iOS app, and every future feature. The first 500 Founding Members pay $19 once, forever.
MoodReads is free. Browse 3,600+ romantasy books, use BookMatch to find your next read, and see what a book tracker built for romance readers actually looks like.
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