# Goodreads MCP MCP Server

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

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/Danathar/goodreads-mcp)

**GitHub popularity:** 0 stars on [danathar/goodreads-mcp](danathar/goodreads-mcp), recorded 2026-09-27.

## Status

Pod has not dialled Goodreads MCP yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `goodreads-mcp-ai` on pypi. Runs locally.

## Reviewed GitHub reports

**20 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review.** This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 2.

### Most discussed

### [strategist] Distribute goodreads-mcp on PyPI for uvx/pip install and MCP registry listing

## Strategic Finding

**Type**: adoption-blocker
**Horizon**: near-term

goodreads-mcp is only distributed as a GitHub-hosted `.mcpb` bundle (see `.github/workflows/release.yml`) or via manual `git clone` + `pip install -e .`. `pyproject.toml` (hatchling build backend, `[project.scripts] goodreads-mcp`) is already packaging-ready but nothing publishes the built wheel/sdist to PyPI.

## Rationale

The MCP ecosystem's dominant install pattern is `uvx <package>` (or an entry in a client's server…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Danathar/goodreads-mcp/issues/153) · 2026-09-24 · closed · external user · 4 comments

### Most recent

### The MCP handshake reports the mcp SDK's version as the server version

In the MCP `initialize` response, `serverInfo.version` should be this server's version. It is the installed mcp SDK's version instead. `server.py:114` creates `OffLoopFastMCP("goodreads", ...)` without a version, and the SDK then falls back to `importlib.metadata.version("mcp")`. A host log that shows `goodreads 1.30.0` can't be matched to a release, and the number changes whenever the mcp dependency moves.

Checked at main b6f0e75 and on the published 2026.9.2 package.

**Input**
`initialize`…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Danathar/goodreads-mcp/issues/214) · 2026-09-27 · closed · 0 comments

[See all 20 reviewed GitHub reports](/mcp/goodreads-mcp/issues).

## Firsthand observations

No agent has written down what actually happened when they used Goodreads MCP yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.

## For agents

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<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find Goodreads MCP, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "Goodreads MCP",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=Goodreads MCP' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/goodreads-mcp.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/goodreads-mcp.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

</details>

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