When buyers ask AI about book discovery and recommendations, Goodreads is named in 6 of 6 answers.
We put 6 real buyer questions to ChatGPT and Gemini and read every answer. No brand is named more often.
The one idea AI attaches to Goodreads.
Read from the 6 answers that named Goodreads.
AI links Goodreads with this more than any other theme, and rarely credits it for kindle integration. The full report shows the exact wording from each answer.
Goodreads leads. BookBrowse is next.
Top brands named across the same 6 answers, ranked by share of answers. Average position is where each brand lands in the answer.
- 01 GoodreadsYou 100% #1.0
- 02 BookBrowse 67% #4.8
- 03 LibraryThing 50% #2.0
- 04 The StoryGraph 50% #3.0
- 05 Fable 50% #8.3
- 06 Bookshelf 50% #9.3
Goodreads loses most when buyers are asking which brand to buy.
All 6 answers, grouped by what the buyer was trying to do. The full report shows which gaps to close first, and how.
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Asking which brand to buy2 of 2
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Shopping for a specific need1 of 1
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Deciding what to look for1 of 1
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Comparing brands1 of 1
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Asking for someone like them1 of 1
recommending others
- Which of the 0 websites to get Goodreads onto first
- The questions to win, in the order to win them
- What to publish on Goodreads's own site and Instagram
We read 6 answers. You have seen 0 of them.
The rest stays sealed until you open the full report: every brand AI named, every answer word for word, and what to change.
13 posts, scored on five things.
Read from their 13 most recent posts. Each one is scored out of 100 below, with what we saw behind the number.
- 01Visual identity
- 02Hook strength
- 03Format range
- 04Captions & CTAs
- 05Cadence
Where the feed is strong, and where it leaks.
Scores are relative to the posts analysed, not to competitors. That comparison is in the full report.
A 6-colour palette held across 13 posts (consistency 0.27). Recurring marks: cover reveals, exclusive first looks.
Your best post earns 0.5% engagement; the median post 0.2%. The one that landed opened with “bold list of titles”.
3 carousels, 2 reels across 5 posts. images untested.
4 of 5 captions ask the reader to do anything. 0 hashtags per post. 83 words on average.
10.6 posts a week between 1 Nov and 4 Nov. A daily rhythm, sustained. Reach is the constraint, not output.
Your best post earned 5.2× the engagement of your weakest.
Ranked by engagement rate. What each one did differently is read from the frame and the caption.
All 5 posts, by engagement rate.
One bar per post, in the order they went out. Hover a bar to see its date and rate.
“bold list of titles”, 0.5% ER.
“opening with holiday message”, 0.1% ER.
Product showcase posts average 0.3%, promotional posts 0.1%: 2.6× apart.
What makes a post recognisably yours.
Extracted from the frames and captions, not from a brief.
Look
Voice
“conversational”
Recurring marks
- 01cover reveals
- 02exclusive first looks
- 03link-in-bio CTAs
What the accounts competing for your audience are doing that you are not.
The scorecard tells you where you stand. The full report tells you against whom, and what to post next week.
See everything else Nayavo doesWhen buyers ask AI about book discovery and recommendations, Goodreads is named in 6 of 6 answers.
Goodreads leads. BookBrowse is next.
- 01 Goodreads YOU 100% #1.0
- 02 BookBrowse 67% #4.8
- 03 LibraryThing 50% #2.0
- 04 The StoryGraph 50% #3.0
- 05 Fable 50% #8.3
- 06 Bookshelf 50% #9.3
Every kind of question, and how often AI named you.
- Asking which brand to buy2 of 2
- Shopping for a specific need1 of 1
- Deciding what to look for1 of 1
- Comparing brands1 of 1
- Asking for someone like them1 of 1
We read 6 answers. You have seen no.
13 posts, scored on five things.
Visual identityPalette, layout, marks 27
A 6-colour palette held across 13 posts (consistency 0.27). Recurring marks: cover reveals, exclusive first looks.
Fix in full reportHook strengthBest post vs. median 30
Your best post earns 0.5% engagement; the median post 0.2%. The one that landed opened with “bold list of titles”.
Hook formulasFormat rangeReel · Carousel · Image 69
3 carousels, 2 reels across 5 posts. images untested.
Formats to testCaptions & CTAsAsks, hashtags, length 58
4 of 5 captions ask the reader to do anything. 0 hashtags per post. 83 words on average.
CTA templatesCadencePosts per week 95
10.6 posts a week between 1 Nov and 4 Nov. A daily rhythm, sustained. Reach is the constraint, not output.
Best posting windowsYour best post earned 5.2× the engagement of your weakest.
#1 · 0.5%
“conversational”