A reading record for people who read philosophy.

Shelve texts, log pages, keep quotes and reflections tied to the page they came from, and rate how demanding a work really is. Each week you are placed in a pool of readers at your own rank — pages read, weighted by difficulty, decide who rises.

Take a side

Marxism against capitalism, idealism against materialism, theism against atheism. Read the works on both sides, cast your vote, and argue your case with other readers.

Read with Virgil

A Socratic companion for the texts on your shelves. Ask what a passage means, sit for an examination on a book or an idea, or be pointed toward what to read next. Stoa+ readers are met by Beatrice, who goes further.

The ladder

Six tiers, each with three divisions up to Champion.

  • IBronze
  • ISilver
  • IGold
  • IPlatinum
  • IDiamond
  • CChampion

Your library

Search Open Library or add an edition by hand. Everything lands in one shared catalogue.

Open library

Schools & thinkers

Filter by Stoicism, Existentialism, Rationalism, Eastern philosophy and more.

Browse

Curricula

Ordered paths through a tradition — follow one and track it book by book.

See curricula