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A writing desk at night: an open journal and a pen, a lit candle, a glass of red wine, two clothbound books and a brass vase of dark flowers.

Slowburn

For the books
that stay with you.

A private reading journal for romance readers.
Your journal stays on your phone. No account required.
Keep the feeling. Read with your people. Shape what comes next.

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Some stories don’t just entertain you. They rearrange you.

The Journal

Romance

The Psychology of the Slow Burn

Why the longest wait in romance is also the most addictive one.

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All stories

Your reading life all in one place.

My shelf
The Slowburn shelf: rows of book spines with coloured ribbons marking progress.
View shelf → Your Reading Identity
A Reading Identity card: The Held Breath, with heat, pace and what you fall for.
See yours → The Burn
The Burn dial: five flames, the fifth lit, and the curve of five nights with one book.
Watch it → Monthly Post-Mortem
The Monthly Post-Mortem: a proper month, eight books, the month's numbers.
See full recap →
Watch the burnHow badly does the book have you, right now?A rating tells you how it ended. The Burn remembers how it felt getting there. Keep the feelingWrite the book down while it’s still in you.Rating, spice, tropes, moods, the line you kept, the note nobody reads. Discover your reading identityWhat kind of reader you are, with receipts.Ten insights, each with its receipts: how many books, and what it still needs.

Starting

You don’t have to start over.

With the launch release, Slowburn reads your Goodreads or StoryGraph export on your phone, keeps what your old shelf knew, and leaves its own fields blank rather than guessing at them. Your export file never leaves your phone.

  • Import from GoodreadsThe library export, read on your phone.
  • Import from StoryGraphQuarter stars converted, the original kept.
  • Add a few recent readsThe last handful you finished, in a minute or two.
  • Start with the book in your handsEverything else can wait.
A long table after a book club: leather chairs pushed back, open books at every place, wine, petals, a sealed envelope and one candle still burning.

Community

Read alone.
Belong somewhere.

A reader community around taste, not popularity. It starts close: people you chose, a book read together, a say in what gets built.

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CircleA few people you invited, one at a time. Buddy ReadsRead together. Suffer, in a good way, together.
A Buddy Read: two readers' positions on the same page bar, with a sealed note waiting.
SharingA book, a verdict, a month, a burn. On your terms.

Shape Slowburn

You’re early. That’s the point.

Vote on ideas. See what’s next. Help build what you wish existed.

In development

  • The Slowburn Library 0

Under consideration

  • Back up my shelf 0
  • Series tracking 0
  • Reread history 0
  • My limits 0
  • Book clubs 0
  • Hear when an idea you voted for moves 0

Shipped

  • The Burn ✓
  • Reading Identity ✓
  • Monthly Post-Mortem ✓
  • Circle ✓
  • Buddy Reads ✓
  • Home-screen widgets ✓
  • Import from Goodreads and StoryGraph ✓
  • Export your journal ✓

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Explore by obsession

For reader voices

Your voice.
Our future.

Reviews, takes, stories and a reader page that is yours are the next chapter, not this one. Reader profiles, pen names and public reading identities are being built now, in the open, and the creators who apply today help decide how they work.

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A book creator's study: a desk lamp over an open notebook, a camera, a microphone, stacks of tabbed paperbacks and notes pinned to the wall.
The Slowburn widget: the book you're inside, its saved line, your page and the current burn.

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Keep your reading life somewhere worth returning to.

Slowburn Free is a complete reading journal. Premium goes deeper into the patterns behind your reading. Fourteen days free.

Your journal stays on your phone. No account required. You choose what you share.

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Coming to the App Store and Google Play. iPhone first.

The first chapter is being written now.

If you’ve ever wished a reading platform understood romance culture better, help build one that does.

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