Add the possibility to configure the calendar of Reading Activity to show the book percentage read instead of number of pages.
Instead of 41 pages on this date should show 10% read on this date.

Margins app had a very nice feature where you could mark a book as “plan to read again.” As someone who occasionally reads a book more than once or if I decide to “soft dnf” a book with the intention of picking it back up at a later date, an option like this would be very handy to have!

It would be nice to be able to apply italic or bold formatting to quotes.

Ability to set a filter to its inverse. For example, on the list widget on the dashboard to be able to say I want to display all books that aren't in status Read

The workflow for adding books to our libraries is not great, especially for people not reading in English, since we barely ever read the default edition. I was already aware of that by myself, but then I got my partner into Hardcover and watched them struggle to add books that we had in the house. It really made me realize how unoptimized this user flow is.
Here is how they were doing it:

• pick up a book
• scan the barcode
• search result and book page show the English title and cover from the "cover edition" – not the translation they just scanned! Which is confusing.
• they click "Read"
• the default edition gets added to their library
• they now have to go and edit the Read with the correct edition, scrolling the list to find it, while having just scanned that exact edition! This is silly! Needless to say they were unimpressed with the app.

We do have the "jump to this edition" button when scanning. But EVEN IF you do that and land on the specific edition, then click "Read" - it STILL adds the default edition! This is even sillier!

I guess this is more of a general suggestion for improving edition management when adding books to library, or frankly in general. But I think what I concretely want to suggest right now is:

1. When adding a book to our library while viewing an edition, add this edition automatically, not the default one. (Btw thank you so much to the dev who added this notice “A previous read uses a different edition” with the button. Saves me a bunch of clicks already. But auto-selecting the one we are viewing would be even better!)
2. When adding a book to our library from the search results with a specific ISBN, add that specific edition, not the default one.
3. The search results should show the corresponding edition, not the default one.
4. Edition pages should not just be a filter to the edition list. I think it should present like the Book Info tab, but with the title and cover replaced with this edition’s specifics. To make it clear we are viewing a specific edition, there could be a card that indicates it just over the synopsis. Something like “Viewing edition: Language, 2026, Publisher Name, ISBN [See other editions]”

I read mostly ebooks and am not worried about which ‘edition’ I might be reading. But I do care what book cover shows on my library and lists.

I would actually prefer to not be locked into editions.

My idea/thought process goes a bit like this. When I add a book I would like a sequence.

• do you have a preferred edition y/n

• (y) continue with IBSN data etc.

• (n) what is your preferred format - physical hardback/physical paperback/audio/ebook

• what is your preferred display cover

I currently pick my edition based on the cover I like which then skews my stats. It also still doesn’t seem to display consistently.

So this widget would ask for a deadline date and then show the number of days left and the number of pages or hours needed per day to finish on time. This would be really helpful for people reading ARCs and library books.

similar to how dashboard works, we could pick which graphs we would like to see and hide the ones we are not that interested in

honestly i don't know how doable this is but it might be nice to follow literary awards (like we do with series) and categories you're interested in, also keep track of the books you've read and want to read! see longlist, shortlist and winners and show the awards on a book page!

It would be fantastic to be able to create Lists using dynamic, customized criteria. Instead of having to manually add books to a list, it would be great to be able to add a list with specific Authors or Series. Or all the books in my library that were released in 2026, or of a particular Genre. That sort of thing. Having to create the lists manually is quite time consuming and a speedier way to do it would give me more time to actually READ the books!! LOL! :D

I would love to be able to sort my library by Author or Series. This would be very helpful when doing multiple edits or cleanup in my rather large library. I hope something like this is possible. I've seen others request this back in 2025, but no response, so I thought I'd bring it to the front of the line again. Thank you for all you do!

I would like to see the order number of each entry in my Want to Read list.

Currently:
When reordering the Want to Read list, I can see the order number for each entry. However, when viewing the list, I cannot see the order number for each entry. So for example if I am on page 5 of my Want to Read list, I have no idea how many books are higher in my list than any given entry.

In addition to the current reading goals, it would be great if we could set reoccurring daily goals based on pages per day.

Progress updates made to books we are currently reading will then update the reading goal.

Reading goal will reoccur each day.

While currently you can set a page goal over a length of time, I think having a daily goal is more manageable and gives more immediate feedback and satisfaction.

Add a setting to define when a new day starts for reading statistics.
Useful for users who read past midnight : for example, if one sets it to 4:00 AM, reading on sunday (past midnight, until 4:00AM) should still be registering statistics for the right day.

This would allow users to read after midnight without having that reading activity counted as the next calendar day.

Loads of my books don’t have an IBSN number simply because they are older than the system. I wonder if it would be an option to add them as editions. Thanks

Hello, I couldn't find how to do this myself, so I wondered if you could consider adding it. One of my favorite features on GR was the ability to view my books' stats in a simple table, showing all books for each star. I see I can now see the number of stars I assigned for each value this year, but being able to view all the books at once in that way was very helpful for me.

Similar to what Bandcamp does with album covers.
When I click on a cover, whether the main one or an edition's, open a lightbox with the cover in full resolution.

Several reasons why:

• Some covers are very pretty and I want to admire them up close
• Helpful for librarians: download the cover to assign it to another edition that uses the same cover; read the author's, translator's or publisher's name on the cover to use in filling data... those details are often too hard to make out in a small thumbnail but very clear on the full resolution image, if you have access to it
• Helpful for any kind of note takers, journalers, dairy writers, scrapbookers... Who may want to get the full resolution cover for their daily notes, book reading journals, personal archives or whatever.
• Why ask for the highest resolution possible if we're never going to display it anywhere ;)

Just like Goodreads, audible and google books id

Hi ppl, doing amazing with this app/platform,

I’m asking whether there’s a way to search for authors and books that have been tagged in my library (Read, Reading, TBR, etc.), rather than searching the Universal/General database.

The reason for this feature is that when I search for an author, I’d like to see which of their books I’ve read, have on my TBR, etc. Ideally, there could also be an author card showing something like how many books by that author I’ve read, series completed, books have planned to read etc.

For example, right now, if I search for an author’s last name in the general database, I have to identify the correct author, book title, etc. With a search that applies only to my library, it would be much easier to find the author and immediately see which of their books I have read, have on my TBR and so on.

Hardcover already (kinda) lets you generate a shareable image of a review, which is great, but I'd like to see it expanded. Specifically: (1) a lightweight editor before export — reposition/resize the cover, swap layouts or color themes, edit the highlighted quote or rating shown, maybe add my own text; and (2) a higher-resolution export option, since the current output looks a bit soft when posted to platforms like Instagram Stories. Better-looking, more customizable share images would make people more likely to post them, and make non-users more interested in checking out Hardcover.

Right now the only way to find people to follow on Hardcover is to search for their username directly, which makes it hard to discover friends who are already using the app. I'd love the ability to link external accounts (Instagram, phone contacts, Strava, etc.) so Hardcover can privately match against them and suggest people I already know. This is standard in most social apps and would make the "who do I follow" cold-start problem much easier. Ideally this would be opt-in and clear about what's being matched (e.g., hashed phone numbers/emails rather than uploading a raw contact list) for privacy.

Have the ability to make new characters

Sometimes you want read a book with a self contained, defined story.

No trilogies, no twelve books sagas or narrative arcs that keep you hooked for months.

In the filters would be useful to filter out all books in sagas, series and whatsoever.

It's exactly what it sounds like. I love supporting services I use. But in this day and age I'm practically drowning in subscriptions. I'd love to pay once, even if it was more expensive and then not have to worry about paying for an app.

With this I acknowledge I'm taking a risk that hardcover may not exist forever, but even then I'd happily do it.

And I understand that this also isn't as profitable as the subscription model but, I wanted to throw it out there. Thank you so much for the work you do!

Currently, list filtering on Hardcover allows users to show books that exist within a specific list (e.g., filtering a prompt or search by books on the "Owned" list). However, there is no way to filter by exclusion—showing books that are not present on a specified list.

Use Case:
When browsing large lists (like "To Read," curated award lists, or recommendation prompts), users often want to find books they haven’t acquired or read yet. For example, filtering a "Want to Read" list to exclude books on the "Owned" list instantly reveals which books need to be bought or checked out from the library.

Proposed Solution:

Toggle / Operator Support: Add an exclusion toggle (or a "NOT" / "Is Not On" filter option) alongside existing list filters.

UI Example: In the list filter dropdown, allow clicking a filter once for In [List Name] (inclusion) and clicking again (or selecting a "Exclude" icon/option) for Not in [List Name] (exclusion).