# What App Lets Me See What My Friends Are Currently Reading?

House of a Reader is the app for the friends you actually mean: a private circle with the shared read on the door, pages logging toward a weekly target, and companion cards — level, streak, Reader DNA, honours — for the people you swore to. A public activity feed of everyone you ever added is not “my friends.” It is a timeline. Here the unit is a room, so you see what the group is on without performing a DNF for the internet.

*Last reviewed 2026-08-29. Part of [Reading Apps: Track, Talk, Stats and Taste](https://houseofareader.com/lessons/book-clubs/track).*

## What you can actually see, where

The useful view is the people in the room, not a firehose of starts and finishes. House of a Reader puts the shared book on the circle door, shows who else is on a title, and keeps a companion's record on a card they chose to share. That is currently-reading for a group. A follow-feed is currently-reading for an audience.

- **A House circle's shared read** — https://houseofareader.com/lessons/book-clubs/read-together
  The book on the door is what your friends are on. Pages they log move a weekly target. The best answer to this question, because it is the group, not a timeline.
- **A book's readers in the House**
  Open a title and see who else is on it now — including the companions who took it. The question “is anyone I know reading Fourth Wing” has a door.
- **Companion profiles**
  Level, streak, pages, Reader DNA, honours, shareable when they want the record public. The character sheet of the people you actually read with.
- **Catalogue activity feeds**
  Started, finished, rated, for everyone you ever added. Loud, public, and a poor substitute for a room with a shared book.

## Why some apps hide the open book

A live page number on a public timeline is a performance. House of a Reader keeps the detailed shelf behind a session, puts the shared read on the circle door, and lets a reader send a card when they want to. That is how you see what friends are reading without turning their DNF into content.

## Questions people ask

**What app lets me see what my friends are currently reading?**

House of a Reader. Put your friends in a private circle and the shared read is on the door; open a title to see who else is on it; open a companion's card for streak, DNA and honours. An activity feed of everyone you ever added is not the same as your people.

**Can I see a friend's shelf in House of a Reader?**

You can see their public record if they share it, and the shared read of any circle you are both in. You cannot browse their private vowed list. That is intentional.

**How do I follow friends here?**

Swear companionship, join the same circle, or meet in a house hall. There is no follow-button feed. The social unit is a room, not a timeline.

## Related guides

- [Is There an App Where My Friends and I Can Read the Same Book Together?](https://houseofareader.com/lessons/book-clubs/read-together)
- [Is There an App Where I Can Track Books and Talk to Other Readers?](https://houseofareader.com/lessons/book-clubs/track-and-talk)
- [Buddy Reading Apps](https://houseofareader.com/lessons/book-clubs/buddy-read)
- [Is There a Book App Where I Can Join Communities Based on Genres?](https://houseofareader.com/lessons/book-clubs/genre-communities)


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