A social network for book lovers
Read deliberately.
Share it quietly.
Marginaly is a distraction-free, text-first corner of the internet for people who read. No video, no infinite scroll, no algorithm deciding what you see. Just books, and the people reading them.
Free. No ads. No tracking pixels reading over your shoulder.
Mira
@mirareads · 2h ago
“One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.”
Iris Murdoch · The Sea, The Sea
#literary-fiction · 🔖 4 · 💬 2
A read, as it appears on Marginaly
What you get
Everything here exists to serve the reading, not the metrics.
Notes, quotes, reviews
Every read is one thing: a thought while reading, a passage worth keeping, or an honest review with a star rating. Always tied to a real book.
A shelf that fills itself
Finish a book and it lands on your shelf, cover and all. Your profile becomes a record of your reading life, not a highlight reel.
Streaks in roman numerals
Post a read, log your progress, or sit in a room and the day counts. Watch your streak grow from I to XII and beyond.
Reading rooms
Sit and read alongside others in real time. A shared timer, page ticking, a soft chime when the session ends. No camera, no chat, just company.
Genres, not algorithms
Follow the tags you care about and browse shelves of readers and reads by genre. The feed is chronological, from people you chose. Nothing is ranked at you.
Reading is personal
Go private and approve every follower, Instagram-style. Block anyone, ask readers questions they answer on their own terms, and leave whenever. Your data is yours.
Three minutes to your first read
- I
Make an account
A username, an email, and a pixel-art avatar with a name like Night Owl or Margin Scribbler.
- II
Say what you are reading
Search any book, set how far in you are, and your profile is alive.
- III
Share a read
A note, a quote, or a review. Five hundred characters of note, or two thousand of review. That is the whole game.
The margins are waiting.
Bring the book you are reading right now. That is all you need.