Personalized discovery
Tell Find My Story what you are in the mood for and receive recommendations shaped around the kind of reading experience you want right now.
Find My Story by Secondhand Stories
Find the story that fits today.
Find My Story is a book-discovery experience designed for readers who want something more personal than another generic bestseller list.
You can come in knowing exactly what you want, or barely knowing anything at all. Maybe you want romance. Maybe you want autumn. Maybe you want something hopeful, strange, comforting, adventurous, emotional, funny, or impossible to put down. Find My Story helps turn that feeling into a place to begin.
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How It Works
Start with what you know.
Tell Find My Story what you are looking for in your own words. Every reader uses the same recommendation engine, book catalog, matching logic, and age and content-safety rules. Find My Story considers the request you give it and the information available for books in its catalog.
When you have an account, Find My Story can also consider the lasting reading preferences and history connected to your profile. Guests receive the best recommendation possible from the information provided during their current visit.
The goal is simple: give readers thoughtful possibilities that feel connected to what they actually asked for.
Made for Real Reading Moods
There is more than one way to ask for a book.
More than genre alone
Some days you know exactly what genre you want. Other days you only know the feeling, atmosphere, trope, season, or kind of escape you are looking for. Find My Story is built for both.
A curated catalog
Recommendations come from a growing, intentionally maintained collection of more than 3,500 books rather than an endless stream of random titles.
Your own reading space
Create a free account to keep a permanent reader profile and reading history. Book Lover and VIP members can also save books and build a personal digital library.
Reading Journal
Keep notes about the stories you read, what stayed with you, and the reading moments you want to remember.
Request a Librarian
Looking for something unusually specific? Readers can send a more detailed request or suggest books, authors, and ideas they would love to see considered for Find My Story.
Curated With Intention
More than 3,500 stories—and still growing.
Find My Story is built around a growing collection of more than 3,500 books. The library is personally curated and continues to grow as new titles are discovered, researched, and added.
The collection includes popular books, overlooked stories, indie authors, contemporary reads, vintage books, and titles you may never have seen recommended before. Some books are discovered through bookstores, library sales, thrift stores, vintage shelves, reader recommendations, and unexpected places where a good story happens to be waiting.
The goal is not to include every book ever published. It is to keep building a thoughtful collection with enough variety that readers with different tastes have somewhere interesting to begin.
The Story Behind Find My Story
Built from a love of helping people find books.
Find My Story grew out of Secondhand Stories, where books have been personally selected and curated for readers through thoughtful book experiences and Blind Date with a Book collections.
After helping real customers discover books they may never have chosen for themselves, the idea for Find My Story began to take shape: bring that same joy of discovery to more readers through a growing collection and a more personal way to search for books.
The technology behind Find My Story helps organize and connect information, but the experience remains rooted in human curiosity, research, and a genuine love for finding stories worth sharing.
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Visit Before You Join
Continue as a guest—no account required.
Guests can step inside Secondhand Stories, explore the experience, and use Find My Story without creating an account. Guest recommendations are not a lower-quality version: they use the same curated catalog, matching and scoring logic, and age and content-safety rules as recommendations for registered readers.
As a guest
- ✦Use the complete Find My Story recommendation engine
- ✦Receive five personalized recommendation requests
- ✦Browse and see what Secondhand Stories has to offer
- ✦Keep recommendations from repeating during the current visit
Because there is no permanent profile, guest reading history, favorites, likes, dislikes, and saved books do not carry into a future visit.
When you create a free account
- ✦Build a permanent reader profile
- ✦Keep your reading history between visits
- ✦Use your personal Reading Journal
- ✦Send detailed requests through Request a Librarian
- ✦Receive recommendations that grow more personal over time
Book Lover and VIP memberships add even more, including My Library, saved books, personal notes, ratings, and collectible trinkets.
Memberships
Start free and choose what fits.
Casual Reader
Free
Discover your next favorite book completely free.
A cozy and welcoming place for curious readers who want to experience the magic of personalized book discovery.
- ✦5 personalized recommendation requests every month
- ✦1–3 thoughtfully matched books with each request
- ✦Explore a growing catalog of carefully selected books
- ✦Request books, authors, or ideas through Request a Librarian
Book Lover
$4.99 / month
Turn every recommendation into your personal library.
Perfect for readers who never want to lose another wonderful recommendation.
- ✦Everything included with Casual Reader
- ✦30 personalized recommendation requests every month
- ✦Save books to your personal digital library
- ✦Rate saved books
- ✦Keep personal notes, thoughts, and favorite quotes
- ✦Collect beautiful reading trinkets as your library grows
VIP
$15.99 / month
The complete Secondhand Stories experience.
Designed for passionate readers who want unlimited discovery, exclusive bookstore benefits, and a closer connection to the bookstore behind the recommendations.
- ✦Everything included with Book Lover
- ✦Unlimited personalized recommendation requests
- ✦No advertisements, ever
- ✦A 22% monthly coupon for eligible book-related purchases from Secondhand Stories
- ✦15-day early access to monthly book drops
- ✦15-day early access to new app features
- ✦Exclusive access to the monthly Curator’s Shelf
Your Exclusive Curator’s Shelf
Every month, VIP members are invited behind the scenes of Secondhand Stories through a personal collection of books I have chosen especially to share with them. Sometimes they will be hidden gems, seasonal favorites, books I treasure, books I am excited to read, or fascinating discoveries made while sourcing books. I’ll share what caught my attention and why I think each title is worth discovering.
Ready When You Are
Your next story could be one search away.
Try Find My Story as a guest, or create a free account for a lasting reader profile and a more personalized experience over time.