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How To Export Goodreads List Of Books Read To Excel?

Browsing my Goodreads bookshelves and need the data in Excel for tracking. Is exporting your reading list straightforward? Any pitfalls with the CSV download?
2025-07-09 14:26:26
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Daud S Ab
Daud S Ab
So, to track your reading stats outside of Goodreads you can use your Goodreads account’s ‘Export Library’ feature found under ‘Tools’ on the desktop version of Goodreads. This feature will export all of your book data, including the dates you read them and your ratings of them, in a convenient CSV file that opens right up in Excel. I started cataloging my romance reads after finishing HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION(An Erotic Billionaire Romance), a standalone novel where the exportable tension is created by a contract that traps the heroine and the billionaire’s cold calculation is pitted against her desperate resistance. It was a perfect single entry to log after a binge read.
2026-08-01
Gavin
Gavin
I love that I can export my list of Goodreads books to Excel in a CSV file and then download it to open and edit the file in Excel (saving it as an XLSX file helps with functionality). After playing around with the data and deleting columns that don’t pertain to my goals of tracking my reading (e.g. ISBNs), I can sort my list of books by year or by genre. The data that Goodreads tracks for us is pretty in-depth and I’ve found that after sorting my list by year, I can easily see trends in what I like to read within certain genres.

One of the neat things I have discovered for organizing my list of read books is to use the conditional formatting to highlight 5-star rated books or books read in a certain month. I have also joined my list with my reading journal to add in extra columns to record notes and quotes from books that I loved. For other data lovers out there, this feature to export your list of read books from Goodreads as a CSV file is pure gold. It takes a simple list of books that you have read and transforms it into a powerful tool to track reading throughout the year whether for a challenge or just to explore reading habits. My personal librarian knows spreadsheets!
2025-07-10
Talia
Talia
I export my Goodreads list of books I’ve read to Excel on a regular basis to track how much I’m reading and to analyze my reading habits in more detail. To start, I log into my Goodreads account and go to My Books. Then at the bottom of the left-hand sidebar, I click on the word “Import/Export.” From there, I click on the link to export my library, which includes all of the books I’ve marked as read, currently reading, and that I want to read. After that, Goodreads will prepare a CSV file with all of the information about the books that you’ve added to Goodreads, and you can then download that file. Once the file has been downloaded, I open it up in Excel where I can then organize, sort, and filter the information to look at it from whatever angle I’m interested in. This gives me a nice, clean list of all of the books that I’ve read in a structured format.

The process of exporting Goodreads lists and books read to Excel is also very customizable. In Excel, I can make pivot tables that show how many books I read in a month, and sort books by genre or average rating. I like to add columns for my personal opinions on books, whether or not I borrowed the book from a library, and if I bought the book. Using Excel formulas, I can even determine my reading speed in terms of the number of words I read per minute, and make an average of all of the ratings that I gave to a book.
2025-07-11
Opeyemi Adisa
Opeyemi Adisa
There is a Goodreads API which would grant more control over the data should one be able to use it. I imagine for most people importing/exporting data from Goodreads manually via the website would be the way to go. (I refer to the steps outlined in the link above to manually import/export Goodreads data 'My Books' > footer > Import/Export > select database to export > initiate email with CSV file.) Yes, it’s not instantaneous and requires a few minutes of one’s time but that’s the process. (As opposed to the API which would require developer keys plus knowledge of how to write scripts in order to use it. Not really intended for end-users of the Goodreads website and therefore not listed as a method of importing/exporting data from Goodreads for them in this article.)
2026-07-31
Abubakar Danliman
Abubakar Danliman
Export Warning: The export includes ALL books on ALL shelves: to-read, did-not-finish, finished, forgotten, etc. Therefore, Excel files will be very large for long-time users of Goodreads.com. Before you even open the file, be prepared for tens of thousands of rows of data. Although Excel.com can handle that amount of data, it may not be very fast. Consider first filtering the data in a text editor or import to Google Sheets. At first, all that data can be overwhelming. Consider making a copy of the original CSV file before you start deleting rows and/or columns in Excel in order to go back to the raw data for another purpose later.
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