I launched Shepherd.com on a Show HN in April 2021 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26871660), and it has come a long way. We had over 3 million visitors in 2024 (which feels a bit surreal).

For 2024, I added user accounts so that readers could share their 3 favorite reads of 2024. So far, 1,600+ readers have shared their 3 favorite reads, and you can visually browse the results here:

https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024

Check out their top sci-fi reads: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024/science-fiction?only-publishe...

Or, their top nonfiction reads: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024/nonfiction?only-published

You can bounce between most-read and most-read-and-published with the button on top.

What is new this year?

I built a referral setup for book communities to see their group's favorite reads.

For example, here is what Hacker News readers loved the most this year: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024/hacker-news-community?referre...

You can vote here if you want to share your 3 favorite reads: https://shepherd.com/bboy/my-3-fav-reads/join?referrer_id=32...

My email is [email protected] if you want to share feedback or ideas for 2025. My goal is to highlight the books we love the most while helping new authors get a chance to meet readers (it is a super tough environment for new authors right now).

Thanks for reading, Ben

P.S. I have a newsletter for readers here where I share what I am building, new features, my fav book lists: https://ilovebooks.shepherd.com/subscribe