Goodreads gets a lot of (justifiable) hate, but like a lot of platforms suffers from network effect that is hard to overcome.

Pickwick is designed to be an alternative that focuses on self published authors and a different feature set for discovery.

Recent new features include a slick drag n' drop tier list creator: https://youtu.be/39Db3jyONaU

It's a bootstrapped project and one I've been working on for the better part of 2 years. Wanted to show the HN community!