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Know what's worth finishing. Remember what you already read.

ReadHQ is the Reading Operating System — the Notion system that turns every reading session, highlight, and finished book into one calm dashboard, replacing the Notes app, a Goodreads account you stopped updating, library due-date texts, and the guilt of a to-be-read pile you've stopped looking at. Built for physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks — not just whatever you happen to be holding right now.

Built for: readers with a real backlog across formats and sources — one system for library holds, owned books, and audiobooks, no separate app per format.

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★★★★★ 4.64/5 from 113 reviews
ReadHQ

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Ends Sept 30

  • Every format in one system — physical, ebook, and audiobook
  • Instant download after checkout
  • Works on Notion's free plan — desktop, web & mobile
  • 3-step onboarding — live in under 5 minutes
  • Lifetime access + future structural updates
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One Price, Everything Included

Everything inside ReadHQ.

No subscriptions, no locked tiers — the full system, every page, unlocked at $47. Most reading apps charge a recurring fee or bury real tracking behind a paywall; ReadHQ is one payment, once, and it's yours for as long as you're reading.

Core system

  • ReadHQ master dashboard
  • Today command center
  • Full-system overview
  • Individual, living book pages
  • This Season calendar view
  • Guided 3-step onboarding + sample book setup

Deeper tools & extras

  • Three-layer Memory log — notes, highlights, season retro
  • Reference library & saved links
  • Format field — physical, ebook, and audiobook
  • Library-hold and due-date tracking
  • Book Club and reread flags
  • Yearly reading-season archive

What you're actually choosing between:

Option 1

Notes App & Memory

Free, but scattered across a notes app, a bookmark, and a to-be-read pile you've stopped looking at.

Option 2

~$60–120/Year

A typical reading-tracker subscription — social features you didn't ask for, billed every month, gone the day you stop paying.

This Is ReadHQ

$47, Forever

Every format, every book, one structured home — yours for good, no recurring charge.

Your Daily Loop

Four pages. One calm home base.

ReadHQ is organized around the way real readers actually think — built so you always know what to pick up today, and what you already finished.

Today

Your daily command center. See what's currently being read, what a review is due on, and what needs a highlight logged — without digging through a database.

Overview

One screen shows the health of your whole reading system — how many books are in each stage, what's overdue, and where to focus next.

Book Registry

Every book gets its own living page — stage, format, shelf, history, and a built-in reflection template for the moment you finish it.

This Season

Tracks your current reading season against a fixed calendar view, so you always know where you are — not just what happened last week.

Go Deeper When You Need To

The core stays simple. The system runs deep.

Two optional tools open up when you want more depth — neither is required to get value on day one.

Memory

A three-layer log — raw notes, curated highlights, and an end-of-season retro — that turns this reading season's lessons into next season's plan automatically.

Explore

Optional extras — reference library, saved links, and archives — kept out of the way of your core loop until you actually want them.

See It In Action

What's actually inside, screen by screen.

No mockups from a stock kit — this is the real template's layout. Full-resolution screenshots and a walkthrough video are coming soon.

Video walkthrough coming soon We're recording a full walkthrough of ReadHQ — check back soon, or read the FAQ below for exactly what's inside.
ReadHQ Today page placeholder, showing what's due and currently reading

Today. What's due, what you're reading, at a glance. (Placeholder.)

ReadHQ Overview page placeholder, showing books by lifecycle stage

Overview. Every book, grouped by stage, at a glance. (Placeholder.)

ReadHQ Book Registry placeholder, showing an individual book profile page

Book Registry. Every book, its own living page. (Placeholder.)

ReadHQ This Season placeholder, showing the current reading season calendar

This Season. A fixed calendar view of where you are right now. (Placeholder.)

ReadHQ Memory placeholder, showing highlights and season retro

Memory. Notes, highlights, and a season retro. (Placeholder.)

ReadHQ Explore placeholder, showing the reference library and archives

Explore. Reference library and archives, out of your way until needed. (Placeholder.)

Set it up once — five minutes, start to finish — and let the system grow with your reading.

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Made For More Than One Format

Richer tracking for however you actually read.

ReadHQ isn't built around the assumption that every book is a physical copy you finish start to end. Format is a first-class field, and library holds and audiobooks get real tracking — something a lot of trackers bolt on as an afterthought.

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The Journey

Every book moves through a real lifecycle.

ReadHQ tracks each book from to-read to finished — no more losing track of what stage something is actually in.

To-ReadReadingFinishedReviewedReread-Worthy
Designed To Get Easier, Not More Complicated

Three steps. Then the system starts building the memory for you.

ReadHQ deliberately hides its complexity — you don't need to configure ten databases before you can use it.

1

Add a book

Title, author, and format. That's the whole setup.

2

Log one session

Record a reading session or a highlight from something you're reading right now — anything.

3

You're ready

From here, the system starts building the memory for you. Everything else is optional, added only when and if you need it.

Before & After

From scattered notes to one living system.

Before ReadHQ
  • Notes app
  • A Goodreads account you stopped updating
  • Library due-date texts
  • A 40-book to-be-read pile you've stopped looking at
  • Half-remembered highlights
  • Buying the same book twice
  • Your memory
After ReadHQ
  • One calm place that tells you what's worth finishing
  • Remembers what you already read, automatically
  • Gets more valuable every reading season you use it
  • Less shame about the books you put down
Good Fit

ReadHQ is for you if…

  • Your to-be-read pile is 40 books deep across three apps and a bookmark on your nightstand.
  • You finish a book and forget the best line by next week — you want your highlights somewhere real.
  • You read across formats — physical, ebook, and audiobook — and want them in one place, not three.
  • You want a genuine yearly reading log, not just a star rating you'll never look at again.
Not A Fit

It's probably not for you if…

  • You read one book a year casually and don't need a system for it.
  • You want social features like following friends' reading — this is a personal tracker, not a social network.
TrueStackers Say

ReadHQ reviews

113 reviews from real TrueStack customers.

FAQ

Common questions about ReadHQ

Yes — add books manually or paste in a list; each gets its own page in the Book Registry with stage, format, and notes.

Yes — Format is a field on every book, so physical, ebook, and audiobook all live in the same system, and library holds get their own due-date tracking so you're not relying on a text from the library app.

No. Onboarding is three steps — add a book, log one session, you're ready — and gets you from blank template to a working dashboard in under five minutes.

You'll get an email with your template link. Open it and click Notion's "Duplicate" button in the top right to add your own copy — then follow the 3-step Setup guide inside. No account, install, or waiting involved.

They live directly on each book's page in the Book Registry and roll into your Memory log, so your best lines and takeaways are searchable in one place, forever.

Probably. The core loop (Today, Overview, Book Registry, This Season) is built for readers with a real, ongoing backlog. If you read casually and don't have a to-be-read pile to manage, a plain notes app will do the job just as well.

Yes, lifetime access for one price — no subscription.

If something's actually broken — a bad link, a missing page, or the template not matching what's shown here — tell us within 30 days and we'll fix it or refund you. Full terms in our Refund Policy.

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