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For people who own a meaningful number of books.

A library
you can step into.
Yours.

Photograph one wall of your books. Reading Room builds a digital twin with the same spines, in the same order, in the same colors, in about ten seconds.

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How it works

Three steps. About ten seconds.

The hard part is photographing your books. The rest of this is automatic. The whole point is to skip the part where you type 247 titles into a spreadsheet.

01
Photograph
One shelf at a time.
Sparrow Alm…
The Distant W…
Vespers
Equinox
The Honey Room
The Inland…
Days of Pl…
A Cabinet…
The Long Field
Beech
The Painter’…
Quiet Hours
shelf-1.jpg10s ago

Good light, spines facing you. Doesn’t need to be perfect. We’ve handled blurry, tilted, partial — even the shelf above the radiator.

02
Review
We read every spine.
Detected list
12 books
01
Sparrow Almanac
P. Lindgren
Sparrow Almanac
P. Lindgren
02
The Distant Window
D. Voloshin
The Distant Window
D. Voloshin
03
Vespers
A. Bellamy
Vespers
A. Bellamy

About ten seconds later, you see what we found. You confirm, fix what we missed, and approve. Like reviewing a librarian’s catalog cards.

03
Step in
Your room is yours.
Library of Hours
C. Ström
A Smaller Music
The Slow Cou…
The Stone Window
Wren
Hearth
A Common Wea…
First Snow
Letters to a Boo…
The Bound Ho…
Of Common T…
The Sycamore…
Houses of Qua…
A Map of Tides
H. Aksoy
Notes from th…
Vessel
The Cold Gard…
Asparagus Wa…
Of Slow Things
Foxglove
An Inventory…
The Glasshouse
Pale Honey
Late Snow
Heron Country
Quiet, the For…
The Plumb Line
Wintering Over
Salt and Almond
Bell, Book, Do…
Tideline
After the Ap…
Mercer Street
Last August
The Reading Lamp
Tin and Wool
Carrier of Ladd…
Brackish
Old Light
An Open Field
Saint Margaret
The Stone Bo…
Long Distance
Some Variatio…
The Quiet Year
Mountain Time
Letters from…
A Personal Atl…
Field Notes 1…
The Outer H…
Iron, Wood, Wax
Hummingbird
Sister of the…
The Loom
Almanac of Smal…
The Walled G…
Greenhouse, L…
Mothlight
N. Forsell
The Linen Cl…
Eleven Doors

Books fall into place. Search it. Share it. Sit with it. The next shelf adds to the room. The one after that, too.

Sample room

Anya’s Reading Room.

312 books across two rooms. “Mostly fiction, fiercely sorted. Don’t touch the green shelf.”

Visit Anya · 312 vols
The Sycamore Letters
E. Marsden
Houses of Quartz
L. Auvergne
A Map of Tides
Notes from the Lighthouse Year
C. Pemberton
Vessel
D. Ouellette
The Cold Garden
M. Calderón
Asparagus Wars
Of Slow Things
Foxglove
An Inventory of Birds
The Glasshouse
Pale Honey
T. Marchetti
Late Snow
P. Lindgren
Heron Country
Quiet, the Forest
A. Bellamy
The Plumb Line
V. Almeida
Wintering Over
Salt and Almond
Bell, Book, Door
Tideline
E. Carbajal
After the Apple Orchard
E. Knapp
Mercer Street
M. Quist
Last August
The Reading Lamp
B. Sandhu
Tin and Wool
Carrier of Ladders
Brackish
Old Light
T. Bréguet
An Open Field
Saint Margaret
The Stone Boatman
Long Distance
Some Variations on a Theme
C. Ström
The Quiet Year
R. Aoki
Mountain Time
I. Holvik
Letters from Halifax
C. Westra
A Personal Atlas
Field Notes 1998
The Outer Hours
Iron, Wood, Wax
Hummingbird
A. Schreiber
Sister of the Sea
N. Forsell
The Loom
R. Kjeldsen
Almanac of Small Comforts
H. Lindqvist
The Walled Garden
W. Dahlquist
Greenhouse, Late Spring
H. Aksoy
Mothlight
The Linen Closet
L. Costa
Eleven Doors
Slow Country
L. Auvergne
The Glass Bee
O. Bramwell
A Year of Letters
C. Pemberton
Marginalia
The Soft Coast
M. Calderón
House on the Quay
M. Tarrant
The Hand-Drawn Map
Coastline
T. Nakashima
A Brief History of Light
N. Ferrier
The Pale Door
J. Okafor
Linden
T. Marchetti
Sparrow Almanac
The Distant Window
D. Voloshin
Vespers
A. Bellamy
Equinox
V. Almeida
The Honey Room
I. Carrillo
The Inland Sea
Days of Plain Type
A. Whittle
A Cabinet of Hours
E. Carbajal
The Long Field
E. Knapp
Beech
M. Quist
The Painter’s Hands
D. Soltani
Quiet Hours
B. Sandhu
The Other Garden
Almond
Folio
Provenance
The Reading Chair
The Listening Room
Nightjar
G. Brentwood
Stillwater
Library of Hours
C. Ström
A Smaller Music
The Slow Country
I. Holvik
The Stone Window
Wren
Hearth
A Common Wealth
First Snow
N. Gallagher
Letters to a Bookseller
The Bound Hours
Of Common Things
R. Kjeldsen
The Sycamore Letters
H. Lindqvist
Houses of Quartz
W. Dahlquist
A Map of Tides
H. Aksoy
Notes from the Lighthouse Year
S. Vance
Vessel
L. Costa
The Cold Garden
E. Marsden
Asparagus Wars
Of Slow Things
Foxglove
An Inventory of Birds
The Glasshouse
M. Calderón
Pale Honey
M. Tarrant
Late Snow
J. P. Hollis
Heron Country
T. Nakashima
Quiet, the Forest
The Plumb Line
J. Okafor
Wintering Over
Salt and Almond
P. Lindgren
Bell, Book, Door
D. Voloshin
Tideline
A. Bellamy
After the Apple Orchard
Mercer Street
Last August
R. Halliday
The Reading Lamp
A. Whittle
Tin and Wool
Carrier of Ladders
Brackish
M. Quist
Old Light
D. Soltani
An Open Field
B. Sandhu
Saint Margaret
The Stone Boatman
K. Yoshida
Long Distance
J. Heseltine
Some Variations on a Theme
The Quiet Year
S. Devereaux
Mountain Time
K. Ohara
Letters from Halifax
G. Brentwood
A Personal Atlas
Field Notes 1998
C. Ström
The Outer Hours
R. Aoki
Iron, Wood, Wax
Hummingbird
Sister of the Sea
P. Vasquez
The Loom
F. Mireille
Almanac of Small Comforts
The Walled Garden
N. Gallagher
Greenhouse, Late Spring
A. Schreiber
Mothlight
N. Forsell
The Linen Closet
Eleven Doors
H. Lindqvist
Slow Country
The Glass Bee
A Year of Letters
S. Vance
Marginalia
L. Costa
The Soft Coast
House on the Quay
L. Auvergne
The Hand-Drawn Map
O. Bramwell
Coastline
A Brief History of Light
D. Ouellette
The Pale Door
M. Calderón
Linden
M. Tarrant
Sparrow Almanac
The Distant Window
T. Nakashima
Vespers
Equinox
The Honey Room
T. Marchetti
The Inland Sea
P. Lindgren
Days of Plain Type
D. Voloshin
A Cabinet of Hours
A. Bellamy
The Long Field
V. Almeida
Beech
The Painter’s Hands
R. Halliday
Quiet Hours
A. Whittle
The Other Garden
E. Carbajal
Almond
E. Knapp
Folio
Provenance
D. Soltani
The Reading Chair
B. Sandhu

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Who it’s for

For people who own books like they own clothes.

Reading Room is for readers, collectors, academics, people whose books are part of their identity. It’s not a tracker. It’s not Goodreads. It’s a love letter to physical book ownership, in a digital age.

Not for

Reading trackers. Goal-setting. Streaks. Star ratings. “What should I read next” algorithms. We’ll leave those to other apps.

You might want one of these if —
  • 01Younotice the typography on the Penguin Classics edition.
  • 02Youhave, more than once, bought a book you already own.
  • 03Youarrange your shelves by color, then quietly hate yourself for it.
  • 04Youhave lent out a book and can’t remember to whom.
  • 05Youhave moved house and the bookcases moved first.
  • 06Youopen this page and immediately scroll to find the shelves.
The invitation

Photograph one shelf.
We’ll do the rest.

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