📚 Goodreads Book Scraper

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Scrape detailed book information from Goodreads search results. Perfect for book researchers, publishers, and data analysts who need comprehensive book data.

🎯 Features

• 📖 Search books by keywords
• 🔍 Extract detailed book information including:
  • Book title and URL
  • Author details (name, profile URL, Goodreads author status)
  • Cover image URL
  • Rating information (average rating and number of ratings)
  • Publication year
  • Number of editions
• ⚡ Fast and efficient scraping with built-in pagination handling
• 🛡️ Advanced browser automation with anti-detection measures
• 🎚️ Configurable maximum items limit
• 🌐 Proxy support for reliable data collection

📝 Use Cases

• 📊 Market research for publishers and authors
• 📚 Building book recommendation systems
• 🔍 Competitive analysis of book ratings and popularity
• 📈 Tracking book performance metrics
• 🎯 Finding popular books in specific genres or topics

💡 Tips

• Use specific keywords for more accurate results
• Set appropriate maxItems limit based on your needs
• Enable proxy configuration for better success rates
• Consider rate limits and be respectful to Goodreads servers

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

{
"keywords":[
"shaker"
],
"maxItems":50
}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

[
{
"keyword":"shaker",
"title":"Shaker (Blackwings MC, #5)Teagan Brooks",
"url":"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43999679-shaker",
"author":{
"name":"Teagan Brooks",
"url":"https://www.goodreads.comhttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18042726.Teagan_Brooks",
"isGoodreadsAuthor":true
},
"cover":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1550046473i/43999679._SY75_.jpg",
"rating":{
"average":4.49,
"count":3196
},
"publishYear":2019,
"editions":5
},
 ...
]

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