About BookGraph
What BookGraph does
Great books contain recommendations for other great books. When an author cites a source, references a predecessor, or builds on someone else's framework, that is a signal worth capturing. BookGraph maps those connections so you can follow the trail from one book to the next.
The result is a citation network: a web of books connected by verifiable references. You can search for any title and see which books it draws from, which books cite it, and which other titles share the most overlap with it.
How we source citations
Reading the books
Where possible, we read the book and extract citations directly from the text, notes, bibliographies, and recommended reading sections.
Public sources
We also draw on publicly available book citations: author websites, published endnotes pages, bibliographies shared online, forum discussions, and social media posts where readers identify which books cite which.
Verification
Every citation is checked against the source material before it is added. We do not include unverified recommendations from aggregator sites or algorithmically generated lists.
Current coverage
642
Books in the collection
1,634
Verified citations
- Business and entrepreneurship
- Psychology and behavioural science
- Self-help and productivity
- Science and technology
- History and biography
- Philosophy and Stoicism
What we do not do
- ✗We do not reproduce book content, quotes, or summaries
- ✗We do not use "readers also bought" or algorithmic similarity
- ✗We do not include sponsored placements or paid recommendations
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Search for a book you already know and see what it cites, what cites it, and which other books share the most connections with it. Or browse by category to find the most-cited titles in any field.
Affiliate disclosure
BookGraph is a participant in the Amazon Associates Programme. If you purchase a book through one of our links, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. All book selections and editorial content are our own.