Try the new bookshelves here…

• Science Fiction

  • We’ve added an all-time best section, trending books, new books, book list, and more!

• Fantasy

• Artificial intelligence

• Hard science fiction

• Biographies

• Books for 8-year-olds

• Fiction

• Historical fiction

• History

• Horror

• Literary fiction

• Mythology

• Nonfiction

• Science Fiction

• Spy books

• Travel

• Women’s fiction

• World War 2

Or search the 3,000+ options here on Shepherd.com

Please hit reply and let me know what you think of the new pages. Also, if you spot any bugs, please let me know.

What did we add?

• The all-time best book page is one of the most requested features by readers. They want to see what books are recommended the most, and we are trying to push them further outside of that silo so they can explore by decade, age, and related shelves.

• The trending book page updates every month and shows readers what books are discussed the most on Shepherd.

• The new book page shows the most recommended books within that bookshelf that were published in the last 3 years.

• The Lists by Experts/Fans pages help readers find book recommendation lists by authors, and are another great way to bump into books you might love.

What have we been building?

Here's a timeline of all the new features we’ve added to Shepherd.

We are a small team, but mighty!

What’s next?

You can see our roadmap of what we are working on next here.

• We are upgrading our book boost perk for authors (adding stats emails, improving ad design, and more) and launching paid book ads for authors who want them.

• Building a big book database as we work toward launching a full app for readers.

• Improving the accuracy of our genre/topic system (and adding themes, tropes, moods, and more).

• Launching our full reader app (like Goodreads but smarter and more personal).

How can you help?

Join as a member for $50 a year, as it funds everything we do. We can’t survive without our members. Join as a reader here, or an author here (great perks for authors as well).

Thank you to our existing members, as we couldn’t create Shepherd without you.

Thanks, Ben