Free tool

What should I read next?

A free book recommendation quiz. Answer 6 quick questions and get 3 books matched to your mood, your pace and the time you actually have.

Instead of guessing from bestseller lists, it asks how you want to feel, then finds your next book from a hand-curated pool of modern favourites and classics. No signup, no email, and it takes under a minute.

Question 1 of 6

What mood are you in right now?

How the quiz finds your next book

1 Tell us your mood Six questions cover mood, fiction versus non-fiction, pace, length, reading time and what you want to walk away with.
2 We match, right here Your answers are scored against a curated pool of widely loved books, entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is tracked.
3 Get 3 picks, then read You get a top pick plus 2 backups, each with a one-line reason. Save them to your shelf in booksense and start a reading streak.
Nothing leaves the page The pool ships with the page, so the matching runs on your own device. No account, no email, and you can retake it as many times as you like.

Books this quiz can recommend

28

Every recommendation comes from this hand-picked pool, chosen for being widely loved and genuinely easy to recommend. If you have read most of them already, our guide to organizing your TBR will help you pick from your own pile, and if nothing sounds appealing you might be in a reading slump.

Fiction

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Circe by Madeline Miller
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Non-fiction

Atomic Habits by James Clear
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Educated by Tara Westover
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Quiet by Susan Cain

Frequently asked questions

How does this book recommendation quiz work?

The quiz asks 6 quick questions about your mood, whether you want fiction or non-fiction, your preferred pace and length, how much reading time you have, and what you want to get out of the book. Your answers are scored against a hand-curated pool of widely loved books across genres, and the 3 best matches are shown. Everything runs in your browser, so there is no signup and nothing is sent anywhere.

What should I read next if I am in a reading slump?

Pick something short and fast-paced that matches your current mood rather than the book you feel you should read. In the quiz, choosing a short length and a fast pace will surface page-turners like And Then There Were None, The Midnight Library or The Psychology of Money, which are all easy to finish and great for rebuilding momentum.

Is this book quiz really free?

Yes. The quiz is completely free, there is no email capture, no account, and you can retake it as many times as you like. It exists because we make booksense, a free iOS reading app, and helping people find and finish books is the whole point.

Can I save the books the quiz recommends?

Yes. Download booksense for free on iOS, add your picks to your shelf, and track your progress with a built-in reading timer, streaks and goals. If you already track your reading on Goodreads, booksense imports your whole Goodreads library, including ratings, reviews and shelves, so your picks land next to your existing books.

How were the books in the pool chosen?

The pool is a curated mix of about 28 widely loved books: thrillers, fantasy, literary fiction, romance, memoir, science, business and self-improvement. Each one is tagged by mood, pace, length and payoff, so the quiz can match books to how you actually feel like reading, not just to genres you have read before.

A pick is only a pick until you start it. Save the three books to your shelf in booksense, start a timed session tonight, and keep a streak going until you finish them. Download for free