Goodreads Book Info Extractor

Goodreads Book Details Scraper

This worker extracts structured book information from Goodreads book detail pages. Provide one or more Goodreads book URLs, and the worker returns a table with the book title, page URL, description, identifiers, publishing details, genres, awards, characters, rating, and rating count.

What It Does

Use this worker when you need to collect book metadata from Goodreads pages for research, catalog enrichment, reading lists, or content analysis.

The worker reads each submitted Goodreads book URL, loads the page content, parses the embedded book data, and returns one output row per successfully processed book.

Input

The input field is GoodRead URL.

Add one or more Goodreads book detail page URLs, for example:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40961427-1984

Use direct Goodreads book pages. Search pages, author pages, list pages, review pages, and non-Goodreads URLs are not supported.

Output Fields

The worker returns these fields when the book page can be parsed:

Important Notes

Goodreads pages do not all expose data in the same way. Some URLs may return complete data, while others may fail or produce incomplete fields if the page structure is different, the book data is missing, or Goodreads blocks or changes the response.

Before using this worker for a large task, test it with several different Goodreads book URLs on the platform. Include common books, newer books, books with sparse metadata, and the exact URL formats you plan to use in production.

Known examples that may require extra testing:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199531828-this-motherless-land
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207252770-the-blue-hour

Best Practices

• Submit direct book detail URLs only.
• Test a small batch before running a larger list.
• Review the output for missing isbn, asin, awards, or characters, because those fields may not exist on every Goodreads page.
• If a specific URL fails, try another Goodreads URL variant for the same book when available.
• Re-test the worker periodically, because Goodreads page markup can change.

Limitations

This worker depends on the current Goodreads page structure. It is not guaranteed to support every book page, region, language, or future Goodreads layout. It does not search Goodreads by keyword and does not enrich data from other book databases.