Social reading has always been an integral part of the reading experience. Platforms such as The StoryGraph and Goodreads are a part of this experience. They are a place where readers gather to track their reading and future reading, they read and write reviews, search for recommendations, explore their reading habits through the usage of statistics, and build communities. These places gather a wealth of data provided by the users, which has been a growing concern for the users, especially since Goodreads has been purchased by Amazon. In this thesis, the features of these platforms have been explored, along with the discussion on YouTube about them and how they have been used. The results have been explored through the lens of affordance theory and uses and gratification theory. The findings indicate that users are willing to try using The StoryGraph as a newer option with interesting features such as statistics, but they are reluctant to entirely leave Goodreads because it provides them with more vibrant community features and a larger database. The most common reason to entirely leave Goodreads are not the superior features that The StoryGraph provides but rather the ethical and privacy concerns caused by Amazon’s involvement with Goodreads.