Book Shelves: Street Libraries

ook Shelves is a live map of street libraries near you — the public bookcases, little free libraries and book exchange boxes on street corners, in parks and outside cafés. Take a book, leave a book. Free, works offline, no account needed. Most maps tell you where a street library is. Book Shelves tells you whether it is worth walking to. 📍 STREET LIBRARIES NEAR YOU Find street libraries, community bookcases, book exchange boxes and bookshops around you on one live map. Get directions, see recent photos, and switch off the layers you do not care about. ✅ SEE WHAT IS ON THE SHELF RIGHT NOW A map is only useful if it is true. Standing at a bookcase? Tell everyone whether it is full or empty and add a photo. Scan the cabinet's QR sticker to check in with one tap. Every check-in keeps the map honest for the next reader. 🙏 ASK FOR A STREET LIBRARY WHERE THERE ISN'T ONE Mark the spot where your neighborhood needs a book exchange and gather votes from neighbors. The more people who want one, the more likely it gets built. 📚 CATALOG YOUR OWN BOOKS Scan a barcode or ISBN — or just photograph the cover and we will read the title and author off it. Search by title, author, notes or location. Works fully offline; no account required. 🔄 GIVE AWAY, SWAP OR SELL Offer any book to people nearby: give it away, swap it, or sell it. Leave it in a street library, or let people message you — publicly or anonymously. Your exact location is never shown to anyone. 📖 TRACK YOUR READING Reading progress, dates, ratings and notes, plus a personal insights dashboard. There is a built-in speed reader, and a reader for your own EPUB and PDF files. 🌍 FOUR LANGUAGES English, German, Russian and Hebrew (full right-to-left). Book Shelves is free and community-run. No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases. Join the readers in your neighborhood and help books find their next home.