Books were made to be read.
They weren't written to be shoved in the back of a drawer, or boxed up in the attic, or left on a shelf collecting dust.
Ever finished a book and thought: this one deserves to stay in circulation, to keep moving, to keep telling its story?
Gift it to a reader who wants it, free, and see where it travels, from reader to reader.
Every book deserves another reader. Share the books you've finished. Discover the ones waiting near you. Together, we're building a circular library. One book at a time.
Coming to the App Store and Google Play. New, and starting in London.
A note from Steph
Someone's name is in the front of that book.
You've found one before. A name in biro on the flyleaf, a date, sometimes a message. To Sarah, Christmas 1998. And for about four seconds you wonder who Sarah was, and how her book ended up in your hands.
Pass a book on here and you don't vanish from it. You're the first name in its journey. The next reader sees you. So does the one after them. Years from now, someone you might never meet opens that book and finds you at the beginning of it.
I started this after finishing Becoming on a beach in Mexico. I wanted to pass it on. I didn't want to lose the story there.
How it works
Put your shelf up.
Photograph a row of books, or scan one. Check what it found, and it's up.
See a book you want? Ask for it.
If it's a yes, you agree where to meet in the app. It's yours to keep, and it's free.
Finished it? Pass it on.
Gift it to the next reader who asks.
Watch where it goes.
When a book you gave is passed on inside NoBookEnds, you see it.