
Good Reads Books Bot
Look up any book on Goodreads.com and get its details sent to your Telegram chat — a straightforward search companion, not a download tool. Free.
Key features
- Searches GoodReads.com/books by title or author
- Returns book details inside the Telegram chat
- Simple conversational search, no inline syntax needed
- Public metadata only, no personal account required
What Good Reads Books Bot does
Good Reads Books Bot does exactly what its own about text says: it searches GoodReads.com/books and returns the details inside Telegram. Send a title or author, and it pulls back the matching book information from Goodreads' public catalog — enough to identify the right edition, check what it is about, and see how it is generally received, without opening a browser. As a straightforward companion bot rather than an inline tool, it works in a private chat where you type a query and get a response, which suits people who prefer a normal conversation flow over inline search syntax. It shares the same core idea as other Goodreads-search bots in this category — public metadata lookup, no downloads, no personal account sync — just delivered through a different interaction style. Being a smaller, community-built project rather than an official Goodreads product, treat its scraped data as generally reliable but not guaranteed to be perfectly up to date with the live site; for anything time-sensitive, cross-check against Goodreads directly.
How to start
- Open @goodreadsbooksbot and send /start
- Send a book title or author name
- Read the returned book details
Pricing and limits
Free
Pros / Cons
- Simple conversational search, easy to use
- No account or personal data needed
- Small community project, data freshness not guaranteed
- No inline mode, must message the bot directly
Score breakdown
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 5 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 5 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 3 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 10 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 7 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 9 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 4 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 3 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 9 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 58.0 |
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Is this an official Goodreads bot?
No, it is an independent community project that searches Goodreads' public catalog, not an official Goodreads product.
Does it work inline, like typing @goodreadsbooksbot in another chat?
Not confirmed — message the bot directly in a private chat for the best results.
Technical details
- Inline mode
- Mini App
- Works in groups
- Works in channels
- Accepts voice
- Accepts files
- Requires phone number
- Requires registration
- Shows ads
- Works in Russia without VPN