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Goodreads Book Scraper

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Extract book data from Goodreads: titles, authors, ratings, reviews, genres, ISBN, publisher, and more. HTTP-based, no proxy required.

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from $1.00 / 1,000 results

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5.0

(23)

Developer

Crawler Bros

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

25 days ago

Last modified

Features

Extract book details from direct Goodreads URLs
Search Goodreads by keyword and scrape matching books
19 output fields including ratings, genres, ISBN, publisher, author URLs
HTTP-based (no browser) — fast and reliable
No proxy, cookies, or authentication needed
Works with any public Goodreads book page

Input

Field	Type	Description
`bookUrls`	Array	Direct Goodreads book URLs
`searchQueries`	Array	Search terms to find books
`maxResultsPerQuery`	Integer	Max books per search (default 10)

Example Input

{
    "bookUrls": [
        "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4671.The_Great_Gatsby",
        "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 5
}

Output

Field	Type	Description
`title`	String	Book title
`url`	String	Goodreads book URL
`bookId`	String	Goodreads book ID
`authors`	Array	Author names
`authorUrls`	Array	Author profile URLs on Goodreads
`description`	String	Book description
`isbn`	String	ISBN-10
`isbn13`	String	ISBN-13
`averageRating`	Number	Average rating (0-5)
`ratingsCount`	Integer	Number of ratings
`reviewsCount`	Integer	Number of reviews
`pagesCount`	Integer	Number of pages
`publishedYear`	Integer	Year of publication
`publisher`	String	Publisher name
`language`	String	Language
`format`	String	Paperback, Hardcover, etc.
`genres`	Array	List of genres
`coverImage`	String	Cover image URL
`scrapedAt`	String	ISO timestamp

Use Cases

Book database enrichment
Literature research and analysis
Author bibliography collection
Reading recommendation systems
Publishing industry research

FAQ

Is a proxy required?

No. Goodreads' public pages are accessible without a proxy. The scraper uses httpx for direct HTTP requests.

How does the scraper work?

It parses the JSON-LD structured data and __NEXT_DATA__ embedded in Goodreads book pages, extracting all metadata reliably.

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