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ruanyf/reading-list — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2026-06-07

★ 1,397Audience · generalComplexity · 1/5MaintainedSetup · easy

TL;DR

A personal reading log of books someone has read since 2010, organized by category and rated, doubling as a book recommendation guide.

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Logs books read
      Rates with symbols
      Organizes by category
    Categories
      Literature
      History
      Science and tech
      Biography
    Use cases
      Find recommended books
      Share reading habits
      Search by topic
    Audience
      Readers
      Writers and educators
    Format
      Title and author
      Date finished
      Rating symbol

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Browse a curated list of recommended books across literature, history, and science.

REASON 2

Find what one reader strongly recommended in a specific category like history or technology.

REASON 3

Get book recommendation ideas from someone with broad, long-term reading habits.

REASON 4

Use the rating symbols to quickly separate must-reads from books that weren't worth it.

How it stacks up

ruanyf/reading-list521xueweihan/pythonsignerlabs/shipswift
Stars1,3971,3971,395
Language—PythonSwift
Last pushed2026-06-07——
MaintenanceMaintained——
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity1/51/52/5
Audiencegeneralvibe coderdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Summarize the books this reading list rated as strongly recommended in history.
Prompt 2
What technology or programming books appear in this reading list, and how were they rated?
Prompt 3
Based on this reading list, suggest similar books I might enjoy in literature or biography.
Prompt 4
Group the entries in this reading list by author and tell me which authors appear most often.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is reading-list?

A personal reading log of books someone has read since 2010, organized by category and rated, doubling as a book recommendation guide.

Is reading-list actively maintained?

Maintained — commit in last 6 months (last push 2026-06-07).

How hard is reading-list to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is reading-list for?

Mainly general.

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