SpotMyBook

Know where every book is

SpotMyBook is a catalogue for the books on your shelves. Draw your bookcases as a grid, put each book in its place, and find any of them in seconds.

Get it on Google Play Free to use, no account needed
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Living room bookcase 4 rows × 5 columns · 23 books

Type a title or an author, or tap a cell.

See it at work

Your books, with covers, tags and where each one is

Your books, with covers, tags and where each one is A book's details and its place on the shelf A bookcase as a grid of named cells Statistics about your library SpotMyBook on a tablet

First, draw your bookcase Then name its cells Put each book in its cell Now find any book

Rows and columns like the real thing, from a single shelf to a wall of twenty by twenty. Cells are labelled like a map, A1 to E4.

Rows 4 Columns 5
A1Tamil classicsB1PoetryC1D1E1A2NovelsB2C2D2E2A3B3C3D3Graphic novelsE3A4B4C4D4E4Kids

Pride and Prejudice · A2 · Novels

  1. Draw
  2. Name
  3. Place
  4. Find
A 1913 magazine advert: a couple adding books to a sectional bookcase built from stacked glass-fronted sections.

“The bookcase grows apace with the library.”

An advert for sectional bookcases, 1913: shelves added one section at a time. SpotMyBook keeps the map of yours.

Each book, in full

  • CoversFront, back and spine: up to ten photos, each cropped to the shape of a book.
  • ReadingUnread, reading or read, with the day you finished it.
  • LendingWho has it and since when. Mark it returned when it comes back.
Front · 1 of 3
Malgudi Days R. K. Narayan
FavouritesGift
Lent to PriyaSince 9 Oct · 12 days
Where is it? Living room bookcase · B2
NotesA gift from Amma, 1998.
  • Where it isThe bookcase and the cell, shown on a small map of the shelf.
  • TagsYour own coloured tags, like Favourites or To read, to filter by.
  • NotesAnything worth keeping: a gift, a signed copy, an edition.

How many are unread?

≈6months

At two finished books a month. In the app, the pace comes from what you finished in the last six months.

SpotMyBook Pro

One-time purchase. No subscription. The app itself is free, with ads, and needs no account. It works offline, and you can export your whole library to one file whenever you like.

Onceno subscription

  • Sync across your phone and tablet, kept safe online
  • Share one library with your family — they don't need to buy
  • Automatic weekly online backups
  • Up to 10 photos per book and the full statistics
  • No ads
Get it on Google Play
Free on Google Play. No account needed. Spot it You're signed in. Your library is ready in the browser. Open Get Pro in the Android app, or join a family library with an invite code. Get Pro