An experiment by Otherland · Berlin

What are your five?

Five books. You don’t have to say more.

How it works

1

Your five

The books that made you the reader you are, plus what you are reading now and want to read next. That is your whole profile: no photo, no age, no profile text.

2

Look around

People who share your books may have a few you haven’t read yet. When a couple of your books are on someone’s shelf, you can write to each other, if you like.

3

Talk about the book

Every book has a room. Read along, or join in when you feel like it. A new book arrives on your shelf after a day; then you see who else is in its room, and they see you.

No photo · No age · No swiping · Shelves are visible to members only

Who is behind it: Otherland is Berlin’s bookshop for SF, fantasy and horror. date-a-book is their experiment, made with Jan Mühlig (relevantive) and Wolf Tress (Otherland). It is an early version: things will change, and your feedback shapes it. Books come from Open Library and ISBNdb. How it started · otherland-berlin.de · relevantive.de

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Scan the code with your phone or tap the button. Free, on iPhone, Android or simply in the browser.

iPhone

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Beta testers: the next version via TestFlight ›

Android

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Same app, same account. Works on any phone or laptop.