How it works

It starts with a conversation about what you read.

Not a genre checkbox. Rebook asks what you loved, what bored you, what you are avoiding, and what you want reading to do for you right now. Everything below is the real thing — try it.

Step 1

Tell us what you actually read

This is the real onboarding questionnaire, running live. In the app your answers become a structured brief that the curation model reads — the more specific you are, the sharper the result.

Answer at least 4 sections to start — 4 of 8 answered. The more you share, the sharper the curation.

Books you have read and loved

Type a title and press Enter to add it

  • Piranesi
  • The Remains of the Day

Books or authors that did not land

We will steer away from these

Genres you gravitate toward

Categorical preferences

Identity, political, and historical lenses — pick any that matter

Movies and shows you love

Screen taste tells us a lot about page taste

What do you want from reading right now

Pick as many as apply

Your reading rhythm

Pick one

Anything else we should know (optional)

Add a book you loved, or pick a few genres.

Step 2

Say what you want reading to do for you

Goals shape the curation as much as genre does. Someone reading for stress management gets a different shelf from someone reading for specialised learning — even with identical taste.

Logical analysis

Logical analysis

Reading nonfiction or complex texts can improve your ability to spot logical fallacies and analyze arguments, estimated improvements of 10–25% in critical thinking tests if done consistently over a year.

Creative thinking

Creative thinking

Creative writing or brainstorming studies note that participants who read widely (especially across genres) show higher average idea-generation metrics—5–15% more unique ideas or solutions in group tasks.

Emotional clarity

Emotional clarity

Especially with literary or psychological texts, some readers show an increased ability to identify and name nuanced emotions—alexithymia (difficulty in naming feelings) can improve by a few percentage points with deliberate reading.

Specialised learning

Specialised learning

Reading diverse books—biographies, historical novels, or science texts—can lead to measurable increases in domain-specific knowledge tests (some studies show 5–15% improvement after finishing a related book).

Self improvement

Self improvement

“Bibliotherapy”—reading targeted self-help or fiction—has been shown in some clinical trials to aid in managing mild to moderate depression and anxiety, sometimes improving mood metrics by 10–30% over a few months.

Theory of mind

Theory of mind

Reading fiction, particularly literary fiction, has been linked to improvements in Theory of Mind—the ability to understand others’ feelings and perspectives—by an average of 10–15% on standardized tests like the “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” task (Mar et al., Kidd & Castano).

Sleep quality

Sleep quality

Nighttime reading (on paper rather than screens) is associated with higher self-reported sleep quality. Some small studies suggest it could cut time-to-fall-asleep by 5–20% compared to non-readers.

Stress management

Stress management

Reading a physically relaxing book (like gentle fiction) can lower heart rate by an average of 3–8 BPM and systolic blood pressure by 2–4 points.

Attention span

Attention span

With consistent reading (especially longer sessions), attention span can expand. People who push their reading beyond 15 minutes daily can increase their “focused reading stamina” by 10–30% over a few months, per anecdotal and self-reported data in reading communities.

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