NeighborBook
Share Books, Build Community.
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Share Books, Build Community.
NeighborBook turns the books on your shelf into a library your neighbors can borrow from. List the titles you'd actually recommend, see what readers nearby are sharing, and meet up to trade. It's free, it's local, and nothing ships.
Finished a novel and want it to keep going? Lend it out. Looking for your next read? Borrow one from a few blocks away. No seller fees, no boxes in the mail, and nobody three states over. Just neighbors who read.
HOW IT WORKS
1. List your books
Add a book in a few seconds. Post the ones you're happy to share — the titles you'd hand to a friend. Each one becomes available to readers near you.
2. See what's nearby
Browse books in your neighborhood by title, author, or genre. You set the range, anywhere from a single block out to 20 miles.
3. Ask to borrow
Found something good? Request it, and start a chat with the owner. A simple credit system keeps things fair: lend your books to earn credits, spend them to
borrow others.
4. Meet up and trade
Pick a public spot you like — a cafe, a library, a park — and hand the book over in person. A quick QR scan confirms the trade. Sometimes you walk away with a
new read. Sometimes you walk away with a new friend.
HOW CREDITS WORK
NeighborBook runs on Community Credits instead of money. They keep the exchange balanced so everyone gives as well as takes.
• You start with 3 credits when you join
• Lend a book, earn 1
• Borrow a book, spend 1
No cash, no checkout, no catch. Share to read more. Loans run about three months when an owner wants a book back, and returns run on goodwill, not penalties.
WHAT'S INSIDE
• Free to use — list, lend, borrow, and trade at no cost
• Local discovery — find books near you, not across the country
• Your range, your call — set a search radius from 1 to 20 miles
• Search by title, author, or genre
• Community Credits — a fair system where everyone contributes
• Meet on your terms — pick the public spots you're comfortable with
• In-app chat — message a book's owner to set up a trade
• Real neighbors — every member passes a quick selfie check (handled privately
by our partner Persona) before they can swap or message
• Private by default — your exact address is never shared; neighbors only see
approximate distance
• Push notifications — know when someone wants your book or a new one lands nearby
WHY WE BUILT IT
NeighborBook was started in 2025 by two friends in Los Angeles who wanted a better way to share books with the people around them — their friends down the block and the stranger reading outside the coffee shop.
We think a local network of readers is worth building. In a moment of political suspicion and isolating feeds, a shared book is a small reminder of how much we
have in common: the same odd interests, the same belief that reading matters. Other apps are built to ship used books and take a cut. NeighborBook is built for
the in-person part. The book is just the excuse to meet.
GOOD FOR
• Fast readers who always need the next one
• Anyone thinning out an overstuffed shelf
• People who'd like to actually meet their neighbors
• Book clubs hunting for local copies
• Students and families trading textbooks and kids' books
• Anyone who'd rather borrow and lend than buy new
Download NeighborBook and open your shelf to the block. Trade books, find your next read, and get to know the readers next door — all for free.
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Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Avery Gonzales
- Size
- 59.9 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 Kappa Corp.