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Using Foxing on the web

How the foxing.app web platform works: finding books, tracking your reading, joining clubs, and following other readers.

Find books

Finding what to read next

The catalog is public-domain literature, free to read and free to browse. No account is needed to open a book. Browse by genre, era, or book length, or use search, which groups results by book and author and forgives a misspelled author name.

  • Literary award winners, organized by award
  • Celebrity picks, organized by club
  • Foxing's own Book of the Month
  • A command palette (Ctrl+K or Cmd+K) for jumping anywhere fast

Read

Reading in the browser

Open any book to read it in the web reader. Your place is saved as you go, so you return to where you left off. The reader shares your account, so a book you start on the web picks up on the mobile app, and the reverse.

Track

Keeping track of your reading

Every book has a shelf selector. Set its status, and it appears in your library.

  • Shelf status per book: Want to Read, Reading, Finished, Paused, Set Aside
  • A reading diary, a dated log of what you finished, with private or public entries
  • Reading goals: an annual target that fills in as you finish books
  • Reading stats: books finished, pages read, average rating, and current streak

Clubs

Joining a book club

foxing.app/clubs lists public reading clubs. Join any of them from the web. Clubs are separate from the celebrity picks at foxing.app/book-clubs and from Foxing's own monthly pick. Creating a club is a Plus feature, and a club can be public, private, or secret.

Follow

Following other readers

Follow any reader from a public profile, and their activity appears in your home feed. A public profile shows favorite books, recent reviews, and reading stats. You control what others see from Settings.

Account

Your account and settings

  • Edit your profile, change your email or username, and set light or dark mode
  • Toggle whether your reading profile and progress are visible to others
  • See your plan and upgrade to Plus
  • Download your account data as JSON, or delete your account permanently

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