Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I’m Noëlie, and I built BookGraph, a small side project that turns your book collection into an interactive knowledge graph.
Instead of just listing your books, BookGraph shows how they relate through shared topics, ideas, or themes. Think of it as a map of your own reading mind 🧠
💡 Why I built it
I love reading across genres (design, philosophy, fantasy, psychology, ...) but after a while, I started forgetting how those books connected. Sometimes a concept from a novel pops up again in a nonfiction essay, and I wanted a way to visualize that invisible link. So I built BookGraph to make that network visible.
🧩 How it works
You add your books by searching them, or manually The app analyzes metadata like subjects, keywords, and descriptions It then visualizes your library as a network of interconnected books
You can literally see how your bookshelf forms clusters of ideas from creativity to human perception, to design, to philosophy.
Just an MVP right now, it’s a personal experiment that will evolve a lot in the coming weeks / months. I’m already working on multi-language support and reading suggestions based on your library, and Goodreads import.
It’s still early days, but the goal is to make BookGraph a tool that helps readers and creators understand their own learning patterns.
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@noelie_rx I didn't even know this was possible but I'm so glad you thought of it! I wonder if you plan on implementing a feature where books are recommended based on the mapping / data?
@dakshita_naik Thank you so much! Don't hesitate to send me the link!
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@noelie_rx hii, I just posted and tagged you on the reel!!
My insta handle is @ thatgirlyintech :)
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@noelie_rx Congratz I see you already added goodreads import functionality yasssss
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I love the idea! And it shows me that I should read more books. It could be a motivational tool in a sense. Maybe with a light gamification: animation showing how the new added book connect with the others or something to reward the effort?
@matthewlls I'm so glad you like it! The Goodreads import feature is definitely a must-have, but unfortunately the export doesn't include book descriptions (which are essential for creating connections), so users still have to do that manually. I'm thinking about a way to automatically fill in the descriptions. 😊
@busmark_w_nika Yes, I completely agree, and I'm the first to be frustrated by it! 🤣 BookGraph is still in the MVP stage. I'm currently working on it to avoid having to re-enter all the books and just have a GoodReads import. Another step would also be to add a database because right now everything is in local storage. And also multilingual support to connect books written in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, and more.
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Hi Product Hunt! 👋
I’m Noëlie, and I built BookGraph, a small side project that turns your book collection into an interactive knowledge graph.
Instead of just listing your books, BookGraph shows how they relate through shared topics, ideas, or themes.
Think of it as a map of your own reading mind 🧠
💡 Why I built it
I love reading across genres (design, philosophy, fantasy, psychology, ...) but after a while, I started forgetting how those books connected.
Sometimes a concept from a novel pops up again in a nonfiction essay, and I wanted a way to visualize that invisible link.
So I built BookGraph to make that network visible.
🧩 How it works
You add your books by searching them, or manually
The app analyzes metadata like subjects, keywords, and descriptions
It then visualizes your library as a network of interconnected books
You can literally see how your bookshelf forms clusters of ideas from creativity to human perception, to design, to philosophy.
Just an MVP right now, it’s a personal experiment that will evolve a lot in the coming weeks / months.
I’m already working on multi-language support and reading suggestions based on your library, and Goodreads import.
It’s still early days, but the goal is to make BookGraph a tool that helps readers and creators understand their own learning patterns.
@noelie_rx I didn't even know this was possible but I'm so glad you thought of it! I wonder if you plan on implementing a feature where books are recommended based on the mapping / data?
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@ysabelle_bookipi Thank you for your feedback, I appreciate it!
Absolutely! That's something I'm thinking about right now, in addition to Goodreads import and multilingual support.
@noelie_rx as a visual learner, this is such a great tool!! I'm putting this on Insta to let other readers knoww!!
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@dakshita_naik Thank you so much! Don't hesitate to send me the link!
@noelie_rx hii, I just posted and tagged you on the reel!!
My insta handle is @ thatgirlyintech :)
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@frank_elda I love the idea, I'll think about how to implement it!
Love books and graph theory so this is definitely for me. As Nika mentioned, a Good Reads integration would be amazing!
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@matthewlls I'm so glad you like it! The Goodreads import feature is definitely a must-have, but unfortunately the export doesn't include book descriptions (which are essential for creating connections), so users still have to do that manually. I'm thinking about a way to automatically fill in the descriptions. 😊
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@matthewlls It's there! Feel free to try it!
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It would be great to have integration with databases like my personal Goodreads.:)
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@busmark_w_nika Yes, I completely agree, and I'm the first to be frustrated by it! 🤣 BookGraph is still in the MVP stage. I'm currently working on it to avoid having to re-enter all the books and just have a GoodReads import. Another step would also be to add a database because right now everything is in local storage. And also multilingual support to connect books written in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, and more.
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@busmark_w_nika It's there! Feel free to try it!
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@noelie_rx Cool! TY!
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Love the concept! Visualizing book connections is brilliant for discovering patterns across your reading journey. 📚✨
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@sanskarix Thank you so much! That's exactly why I created this tool!
Congrats on the launch. 🙌 This is such a creative tool for curious minds — finally, a way to map how ideas cross genres and shape our thinking.