AmberlitTell us what you're like
The genres you read, what matters most to you, what you love and the things you avoid. Change it whenever you like.
Tap one: love, avoid, or neither.
Inviting readers in small groups
Know if a book is for you, and why.
Tell us what you love and what you'd rather avoid. Ask about any book and get a straight answer, with the reasons.
Free while we test. Stay through the test, and Plus is yours for free.
Same book. Three readers.
Who's asking?Tap a reader
The Hunger Games
Three example readers, checked the way the app checks today.
Why Amberlit
Stars tell you what everyone thought. We check it against you.
A book can be loved by thousands of readers and still have the one thing you can't stand. We check each book against what you love, what you avoid and what matters most to you, and show you what we found.
Everyone else
★★★★☆
An average of strangers. It can't know you hate love triangles.
You
Not for you
It has a love triangle. You told us that's a no.
Spice and content
Your limits, checked every time.
Tell us how much spice you like and what you'd rather not read. Choose whether something counts always, only when it's on the page, or just as a warning. We check every book and every pick against it, and tell you what we couldn't check.
Spice, up to
NoneClosed doorMildModerateExplicit
Things you avoid
Sexual assaultOnly on the page
Animal deathAlways
Graphic violenceShown as a warning. It won't count against a book.Just warn me
On a book with explicit spice
Not for youExplicit spice — more than you like.
Content warnings stay folded on every book. Open them only if you want to.
How it works
Tell us once. Ask about any book.
Ask about a book
Search a title before you start it, or scan its barcode in the bookstore.
Get a straight answer
Good fit, Mixed or Not for you, and what it's based on. When we don't know enough, we say so.
Good fit
Mixed
Not for you
What you can do
Decide what to read, and close what you've read.
Is it for me?
Search a book before you start it. Good fit, Mixed or Not for you, and what that's based on.
Search a title or author
Recently checked
The Way of KingsBrandon Sanderson
Good fit
A Court of Thorns and RosesSarah J. Maas
Good fit
The Silent PatientAlex Michaelides
Not for youFind my next book
Say what you're in the mood for. We check every pick against the things you avoid.
DarkMysteriousThriller
Checked against 8 things you avoid
Good fitDaisy DarkerAlice Feeney
Mysterious and dark.
Good fitThe Guest ListLucy Foley
Whodunit.
Rate
Not sure how many stars? A few questions help you decide.
The Silent Patient · 2 of 7
Did the twists surprise you and still make sense?
Saw them comingSome landedBlown away
What you rate here helps us tell you which books fit you.
Already on Goodreads or StoryGraph? Bring your library with you.
Honest by design
When we don't know, we say so.
Our catalog is still growing. When we don't know enough about a book, we say so and we don't guess. If it isn't here yet, you can ask us to add it.
Not enough to go on
We don't have enough data on this book yet, so we won't guess.
Not in our catalog? Ask us to add it
Questions
Before you join
Is this AI?+
The verdict isn't made by an AI. It's your answers, checked against what we know about the book, and it always shows you why. AI helps us gather the book's data.
What does it cost?+
Nothing while we test. After that, we plan to charge for some parts as Amberlit Plus. If you stay through the test, rate the books you finish or stop and answer three short check-ins, Plus is yours for free, for as long as we run it. After the test has the details.
Which books do you have?+
Mostly English editions, and the catalog is still growing. If a book isn't here, you can ask us to add it.
Do I need Goodreads or StoryGraph?+
No. If you use one, you can bring your library with you.
When will I get in?+
We're inviting readers in small groups, and we use your answers to choose. We'll write from hello@amberlit.app when there's a place for you.
What do you keep?+
Your email and your answers, to choose who we invite. Nothing is kept on your phone. To leave the list, write to hello@amberlit.app. Everything is in What we keep.
The list
Be one of the first readers.
We're inviting readers in small groups. Leave your email and answer a few quick questions: they help us decide who to invite first.