Shelf · Book Club
Start a club for the people you read with. Share the books worth talking about, with your stars and a line.
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How it works
A club sees what each of you chooses to share. The rest of your library stays yours.
Inside Book Club
Tap Book Club at the top of your library. Here’s what’s waiting.
For You. The list at the top of Book Club, from all your clubs: recommendations first, then what members pair with books you loved, then picks like the ones you rated highly. Add one and it goes to your Up Next shelf.
Latest Picks. The section on each club’s page with what the others shared lately, and their lines. A book two of you love shows once.
A pick. Tap a pick to see it with their stars, their line and what they pair it with. One tap on Add to Wishlist keeps it for later.
You Recommended. The list of what you’ve recommended, and to whom. Changed your mind? Take Back is on the book’s Recommend sheet.
Privacy
Only the books you choose. The rest of your library stays yours.
They see
- Only the books you share with that club
- Their titles, authors and covers
- Your rating and your line about each
- The books you pair them with
- Your name
- What you recommend in the club, and to whom
They never see
- The rest of your library
- Your notes
- When you started or finished a book
Clubs live in iCloud, between your devices and your friends’. The developer can’t see any of it. Privacy policy →
Getting started
1
Start a Book Club.
Open Book Club at the top of your library, tap Start a Book Club and give it a name. You need iCloud.
2
Invite a friend.
Tap Invite a Friend and send the link by Messages, Mail or however you like.
3
They tap it, and they’re in.
The link opens Shelf and brings them into the club. Anyone in it can invite others.
4
Share what moved you.
Open a book and tap Share with a Book Club, with your stars and a line.
Get Shelf, then tap Start a Book Club. Your picks, and theirs.
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