📚 Goodreads Book Scraper

Scrape detailed book information from Goodreads search results. Perfect for book researchers, publishers, and data analysts who need comprehensive book data.

🎯 Features

• 📖 Search books by keywords
• 🔍 Extract detailed book information including:
  • Book title and URL
  • Author details (name, profile URL, Goodreads author status)
  • Cover image URL
  • Rating information (average rating and number of ratings)
  • Publication year
  • Number of editions
• ⚡ Fast and efficient scraping with built-in pagination handling
• 🛡️ Advanced browser automation with anti-detection measures
• 🎚️ Configurable maximum items limit
• 🌐 Proxy support for reliable data collection

📝 Use Cases

• 📊 Market research for publishers and authors
• 📚 Building book recommendation systems
• 🔍 Competitive analysis of book ratings and popularity
• 📈 Tracking book performance metrics
• 🎯 Finding popular books in specific genres or topics

💡 Tips

• Use specific keywords for more accurate results
• Set appropriate maxItems limit based on your needs
• Enable proxy configuration for better success rates
• Consider rate limits and be respectful to Goodreads servers

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

{
    "keywords": [
        "shaker"
    ],
    "maxItems": 50
}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

[
    {
        "keyword": "shaker",
        "title": "Shaker (Blackwings MC, #5)Teagan Brooks",
        "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43999679-shaker",
        "author": {
            "name": "Teagan Brooks",
            "url": "https://www.goodreads.comhttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18042726.Teagan_Brooks",
            "isGoodreadsAuthor": true
        },
        "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1550046473i/43999679._SY75_.jpg",
        "rating": {
            "average": 4.49,
            "count": 3196
        },
        "publishYear": 2019,
        "editions": 5
    },
    ...
]

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