For romantasy readers who need more
Goodreads tells you what you've read. StoryGraph gives you reading stats. romance.io is great when you want something new. MoodReads is for the moment you're staring at your own TBR wanting one very specific thing: slow burn, moderate spice, guaranteed HEA, maybe fae, maybe a full-cast audiobook if we're being picky.
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. Goodreads gives you star ratings and genre tags. StoryGraph adds mood, pace, and stats. romance.io is incredibly helpful for discovery. MoodReads is what you open when you already own plenty of books and still can't find the one for tonight.
Keep Goodreads. Keep StoryGraph. Keep romance.io. MoodReads is the part that helps you pick the book.
Goodreads gives you shelves and star ratings. MoodReads gets into the details you end up googling anyway.
| 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 |
Spice, tropes, content warnings, mood, pacing, audiobook info, series details, page count. All of it.
The MoodReads browser extension shows spice levels, tropes, content warnings, and the details Goodreads skips right on any 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 with the full metadata stack. Consistent, verified details you can filter in two seconds. Premium users get instant tagging for any book not yet in the database.
If you read romantasy, yes. Goodreads tracks the basics: title, author, rating, genre, shelves. MoodReads tracks the stuff you end up wanting at decision time: spice levels, romance tropes, relationship dynamics, content warnings, mood, energy required, HEA status, audiobook details, and more. You can search your entire TBR by those details instead of scrolling through hundreds of titles hoping something clicks.
StoryGraph is great for general reading stats and all-genre tracking. MoodReads has reading stats too, but 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, that kind of hyper-specific search is exactly what MoodReads is built for. 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. One import pulls your full Goodreads library into MoodReads, and if your Goodreads profile is public we can keep it synced automatically. Your books get enriched with spice, tropes, mood, content warnings, HEA status, audio details, and the rest of the metadata Goodreads never gave you.
The core experience is free forever: browse 4,000+ books with full metadata, import your Goodreads library, use the Chrome extension (25 lookups/day), search with BookMatch (5/day), and access community features. Premium unlocks the stats compendium, wrap card downloads, unlimited BookMatch and extension lookups, and the iOS app. Founding Members pay $19 once, forever.
MoodReads is free. Browse 4,000+ romantasy books, use BookMatch to find your next read, and see what a book tracker built for romance readers looks like when it knows what a slow burn is.
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