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Your shelf is full of somebody else’s next book.

And theirs is full of yours. bookanear finds the readers near you worth swapping with. No money, no shipping — the books just change hands.

Add books to my libraryThe ones you’ve finished with.Scan a barcode, search a title, or photograph a whole shelf at once.Add books to my wishlistThe ones you’re still after.Private, always. We tell you the moment one turns up nearby.

How it works

  1. Put your books up

    Photograph a shelf and we read the spines, or add them one at a time by barcode or title.

  2. Say what you're after

    Your wishlist stays private. Nobody sees what you're looking for — not even the people you match with.

  3. Meet and swap

    When a reader nearby has one of yours and you have one of theirs, we tell you both. You arrange the rest.

See what people are offering — no account needed to look.