Goodreads MCP Server

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Goodreads MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 170 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

Read-only MCP server for Goodreads (no API required): search, books, shelves, ratings

Installs per day peak 315 · avg 44 · -12% w/w

a month agotoday

170

Installs / week

pypi · goodreads-mcp-ai

Stars

1 open issue

1 Nov 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

GPL-3.0

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Goodreads MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add goodreads-mcp-ai -- uvx goodreads-mcp-ai

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goodreads-mcp-ai": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "goodreads-mcp-ai"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.goodreads-mcp-ai]
command = "uvx"
args = ["goodreads-mcp-ai"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goodreads-mcp-ai": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "goodreads-mcp-ai"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "goodreads-mcp-ai": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "goodreads-mcp-ai"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: GOODREADS_USER_ID (Numeric Goodreads profile ID (the number in goodreads.com/user/show/<ID>-name). Default user for the shelf tools; optional, can also be passed per tool call).

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Goodreads MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Goodreads MCP?

Goodreads MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package goodreads-mcp-ai was installed 170 times last week.

How do I connect Goodreads MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls goodreads-mcp-ai straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Goodreads MCP?

The pypi package goodreads-mcp-ai was installed 170 times in the last week. Week over week that is -12%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Goodreads MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the GPL-3.0 licence, written in Python, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.