New AI Shelfie Decoder

What does your shelf say about you?

Snap your bookshelf. Our AI reads the spines, decodes your reading personality, and hands you a shareable verdict from LoveReading — the UK's book-recommendation site of twenty years, plus the three books you should read next.

Upload a photo of your bookshelf

Any shelf, any phone. The clearer the spines, the sharper your decode. Your photo is never stored.

🔒 Private by design: the image is analysed in the moment and discarded. Free, no sign-up to see your result.

Reading your shelf…

Detecting book spines…

The spines are talking. Please hold the line.

We couldn't read that shelf

Try a clearer, straight-on photo where the spines are readable.

LoveReading

My shelf says I'm…

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Your spirit author

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Decode your shelf →

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Your shelf has been decoded.

Here's your reading personality, the books we spotted, and your next three reads — picked by AI and deep-linked to LoveReading wherever we stock them.

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Your reading personality

AI taste profile

Your hidden theme

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Your reading mood

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Your next three reads

Matched to your shelf

Twelve kinds of reader. Which one is hiding on your shelf?

Every shelf tells on its owner. These are the archetypes the decoder reaches for — your exact verdict is written fresh from your spines.

One photo. A few seconds. A verdict worth sending.

01 — Snap

Point your phone at any shelf

Straight-on works best. Piles, stacks and chaos shelves welcome — the AI has seen worse.

02 — Decode

The spines give you away

Every legible title is read, weighed and decoded — then your picks are deep-linked to LoveReading.

03 — Share

Your verdict, ready for the group chat

A named archetype, your spirit author, your blind spot — on a card built to be screenshotted.

Built for the group chat

Every verdict ships as a card that says something true (and mildly incriminating) about its owner. Sending yours is the whole point.

mum this is you. this is literally you 🫖

“at least one suspicious death” — attacked, frankly

it knows about the 2am chapters. it KNOWS 🌙