A shelf with your name on it
Last checked against the product October 2, 2026
The best recommendation is usually a person: someone whose taste you have learned to trust. Reading lists make that visible. Any reader can build a named list of books and authors, put it in the order they mean, and say a line about why each one is there. Other readers favorite the lists they like and hear about it when something new is added.
Key takeaways
- Any reader can make a reading list. A list holds books and authors together, in the order the reader chooses.
- Each item can carry a short note.
- Lists are public pages that other readers can favorite.
- Readers who favorited a list get a notice, at most once a day, when it gains new books or authors.
- Lists are ranked by their favorites, and a favorite from a reader with a track record counts for more.
What it does
What a list can do
Books and authors together
A list of "everything by these three writers and the five books that led me to them" is one list.
Your order
Items stay in the order you put them. A list can be a ranking, a reading order, or a mood.
A note on each
Say why it is there. The note is what turns a list into a recommendation.
Add from anywhere
An Add to list button sits on every book page and author page, and can start a new list on the spot.
Favorites and updates
Favorite a list to keep it, and to be told when its maker adds to it.
On your profile
Your public lists appear first on your reader profile.
How to use it
Making one
Find a book you would recommend
Open its page.
Choose Add to list
Pick an existing list or create one there and then.
Order it and annotate it
On the list’s own page, arrange the items and add your notes.
Share it
A public list has its own address you can send to anyone.
If you are an author
Lists are how readers pass a book along
When a reader adds your book or your pen name to a list, everyone who favorited that list is told. A place on a well-liked list reaches readers who already trust the person who made it.
Where a new book gets seenQuestions
Frequently asked
- Can I make a public reading list on Novelmint?
- Yes. Any reader with a free account can make lists of books and authors, order them, add notes, and share the list’s page.
- What is the difference between a list and my library?
- Your library is what you are reading and have read. A list is something you curate for other people: a chosen set, in a chosen order, with your notes.
- Do I get notified when a list changes?
- If you favorited it, yes. You get one notice a day at most when lists you favorited gain new books or authors, and you can turn the email off in your account settings.
- Does making lists help my reader reputation?
- Making a list does not on its own. Having other readers favorite your lists does.
- Can a list be private?
- A list has a visibility setting, which you control from the list’s page.
What this page does not claim
- A list is one reader’s taste. It is not an editorial endorsement by Novelmint.
- Favoriting a list does not unlock the books on it.
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