We hope that you'll find StoryGraph easy and intuitive to use with a few minutes of clicking around. However, if you are having trouble finding your feet, this article should help you get to grips with the core functionality of the app! :-)


Adding Your Reading History 


If you have a Goodreads account and would like your data to be transferred to StoryGraph, head to Manage Account in the top right corner menu, or follow this link. Full instructions are given on the import page!


If you tracked your books elsewhere and can get a spreadsheet of your data, you can modify it to match a Goodreads export and import that way. Please email us at support@thestorygraph.com to receive the template and instructions for filling it out. 


Or if you prefer, you can add your reading history manually on StoryGraph. 


Search for the book you're looking for via title and author or ISBN in the search bar at the top. If you're looking for a specific edition, click Editions (or search by ISBN):


Have a scroll or use the filter menu to find the edition you want. Once you've found it, use the dropdown here to assign the status:


If you mark a book as 'read' outright, you'll need to manually add in the finish date by clicking where it says 'No read date'. If you mark your books as currently-reading in real time, we'll autofill the start and finish dates for you. You can then also leave a review/star rating if you'd like by clicking 'Add review'. Personal tags can be added using the little tag icon.


Finding Your Books


Your Profile is your go-to for all of your lists of books. This can be accessed via the bottom right button in the app:



Or the top right corner menu on the desktop site:



On your Profile you'll find your currently-reading, read, to-read and owned lists, as well as links to your stats, tags, five-star reads and reading challenges. On the read books page, you'll also find your list of did-not-finish books in the top right corner. 


If any of your Goodreads books imported without a read date, you can find those by going to Profile > Read Recently > View All > No Date:



From there, you can work down the list adding a finish date (and start dates if you like) - be sure to click Update to save your date! If you don't remember the exact date, you can just enter a month and a year, or even just a year. 


Tracking Progress through a Current Read


To start tracking, you need have the book you're currently reading marked as such in the app:


Once you've done that, you can then make your first progress entry via the book page or by clicking View All under Currently Reading on the homepage:


Make your progress update by entering the page you've gotten up to. Once you've made your first update, subsequent updates can be made from the homepage by clicking the pencil icon:


If you forget to track one day, you can backdate your entry by clicking the pencil > Add Note/Edit Date. In order for your pages to be calculated properly, you must track in chronological order. For example, if you realise on the 15th that you forgot to log for the 13th and 14th, you must add the 13th first, then the 14th, then the 15th. 


Reading Challenges 


Reading challenges are one of StoryGraph's most popular features and there are thousands for you to take part in! If the reading challenge you join requires you to add books to it, there are three ways you can do this:


1. On the book page for the book you're adding, click the three-dot menu if you're in the app. Then click 'Add to reading challenges' and select the challenge you're adding it to. You'll see a list of the prompts. Check off the ones you're adding the book to and click Save. For number challenges, check off the challenge and return to the book page. 

2. On the reading challenge prompt page, use the search bar here:


To search for the book you want to add. When it comes up, select the book and it will be added to the prompt, appearing above the search box. 


3. On the reading challenge prompt page, if you see a book that you also want to use for that prompt, click the + sign here:



Once the book is marked as 'read' with a finish date that falls within the start and end dates of the challenge, the prompt will automatically register as complete. 


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If you still have a question, please have a browse through our other solution articles here. You can always contact us at support@thestorygraph.com if you cannot find the answer to your query, or if you have any feedback. :-)