I’ve pretty much tried everything. They’re all relatively similar, but I don’t think any have the bulk edit option, and even with the fact that I only can manage a couple lists on goodreads (because I just read too much fiction and ended up erasing them), not having it is too much of a downgrade for me. (Though it has been a little while, and they were all pretty clearly in their infancy when I tried them.)
Rolling my own is going to have to be the way I go, too, eventually. It’s probably the only way I get series and authors as first class citizens in lists, and should make it easy for me to spin up quick lists for specific discussions in a way that is very low friction. I get sidetracked too easily and haven’t just buckled down and done it though.
I had the best results with https://www.librarything.com/. It’s probably the least mentioned alternative yet the most polished.
Though eventually I just went with a custom solution for myself.
I’ve pretty much tried everything. They’re all relatively similar, but I don’t think any have the bulk edit option, and even with the fact that I only can manage a couple lists on goodreads (because I just read too much fiction and ended up erasing them), not having it is too much of a downgrade for me. (Though it has been a little while, and they were all pretty clearly in their infancy when I tried them.)
Rolling my own is going to have to be the way I go, too, eventually. It’s probably the only way I get series and authors as first class citizens in lists, and should make it easy for me to spin up quick lists for specific discussions in a way that is very low friction. I get sidetracked too easily and haven’t just buckled down and done it though.