Goodreads Books & Reviews Scraper
Scrape Goodreads books by keyword, book URL, author, list or shelf: ratings, ISBN, genres, series, description and reviews. Export JSON, CSV, Excel.
{ "imageUrl": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed…", "title": "Dune Messiah", "titleComplete": "Dune Messiah (Dune #2)", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44492285-d…", "bookId": 44492285, "workId": 3634570, "authorName": "Frank Herbert", "authorUrl": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/58.Frank…", "authors": ["Frank Herbert","Brian Herbert"] }
Every run returns clean, typed records, ready for your CRM, spreadsheet or database.
- One clean record per result, deduped and normalized
- Stable schema in JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it via the Apify API
- Pay per use in the cloud, nothing to install or maintain
A real example record, exactly the shape you receive.
| Image Url | Title | Title Complete | Url |
|---|---|---|---|
| https://m.media-amazon.com/images… | Dune Messiah | Dune Messiah (Dune #2) | https://www.goodreads.com/book/sh… |
| https://m.media-amazon.com/images… | Dune | Dune (Dune, #1) | https://www.goodreads.com/book/sh… |
| https://m.media-amazon.com/images… | God Emperor of Dune | God Emperor of Dune (Dune, #4) | https://www.goodreads.com/book/sh… |
| https://m.media-amazon.com/images… | Children of Dune | Children of Dune (Dune #3) | https://www.goodreads.com/book/sh… |
| https://m.media-amazon.com/images… | The Butlerian Jihad | The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of D… | https://www.goodreads.com/book/sh… |
{ "imageUrl": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed…", "title": "Dune Messiah", "titleComplete": "Dune Messiah (Dune #2)", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44492285-d…", "bookId": 44492285, "workId": 3634570, "authorName": "Frank Herbert", "authorUrl": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/58.Frank…", "authors": ["Frank Herbert","Brian Herbert"] }
Frequently asked questions
What can I search on Goodreads with this scraper?
You can pass search keywords (book titles or author names), direct Goodreads book URLs, an author page or author book list, a Listopia list, or a shelf URL. Any mix works in a single run, and results are combined and de-duplicated up to Max Books.
How many books can one run return?
There is no fixed ceiling beyond the Max Books you set. Lists and shelves are paginated automatically, so a single list URL can yield hundreds of books. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 books per run; paid plans are unlimited.
Can I get the reviews for each book?
Yes. Turn on Include Reviews and each book comes with a sample of its most-liked recent reviews, including the reviewer name and profile, star rating, full review text, date, and like count. Up to about 30 reviews per book are available.
Do keyword searches return every matching book?
Each keyword returns the top matching books ranked by Goodreads relevance. For exhaustive coverage of an author or theme, use the author page, a Listopia list or a shelf URL instead, which the scraper paginates in full.
What happens when a field is missing for a book?
Fields that Goodreads does not list for a given title, such as awards, characters or a series, are returned empty rather than guessed. Every record includes an error field that stays empty on success.
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