Goodreads Book Scraper

Extract book data from Goodreads, the world's largest book community. Search by title, author, or ISBN to get ratings, reviews, page counts, genres, descriptions, and author information.

Features

• Search by anything — find books by title, author name, or ISBN
• JSON-LD extraction — leverages Goodreads structured data for accurate metadata
• Rich book details — title, author, rating, pages, ISBN, format, language, genres, series, awards
• Ratings & reviews — aggregate rating, rating count, and review count
• Author info — author names with profile URLs
• Direct URL support — provide specific Goodreads book URLs for targeted scraping

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	string[]	Search terms (title, author, ISBN)
bookUrls	string[]	Direct Goodreads book URLs
maxBooksPerQuery	number	Max books per search (default: 10)
maxResults	number	Max total results (default: 50)

Output

Each book includes:

{
    "title": "Eloquent JavaScript",
    "author": "Marijn Haverbeke",
    "authors": [{ "name": "Marijn Haverbeke", "url": "https://..." }],
    "rating": 4.14,
    "ratingCount": 3233,
    "reviewCount": 283,
    "format": "Paperback",
    "pages": 224,
    "isbn": "9781593272821",
    "language": "English",
    "description": "A concise and balanced mix of principles...",
    "genres": ["Programming", "Computer Science", "Technology"],
    "publishedDate": "November 15, 2010",
    "series": null,
    "awards": [],
    "imageUrl": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/...",
    "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8910666"
}

Use Cases

• Book recommendation engines — build datasets of rated books with genres
• Reading list curation — gather book data for reading apps
• Publishing research — analyze book ratings and popularity trends
• Library catalogs — enrich catalog data with ratings and reviews
• Content creation — source book data for review blogs and bookstagram

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing at $0.005 per book scraped.