Create a circle. Invite members with a code. Pick your next read via SwipeNight-style voting. Track progress. Post discussions. Schedule the next meeting by having everyone vote availability — we auto-pick the best slot, generate an iCal invite. And when discussion is stalling, Claude will generate questions tailored to the book.
Start a circle, get a 6-char invite code. Members join, get a dashboard. Admin can rotate codes, manage members, set the current book.
Members swipe yes/no through nominated books. Tally shows top picks. Admin finalizes. Open Library search built in so you never have to type a book's details by hand.
Each member marks their % progress or chapter. Group view shows where everyone is so you don't accidentally spoil. Gentle nudge if someone's falling behind.
Threaded posts per circle. Reactions. Spoiler warnings that respect the progress tracker: hidden until the reader's caught up.
Admin proposes 3-5 candidate time slots. Members vote availability. System auto-picks the best slot. Download iCal for the confirmed meeting. No more doodle-poll email chains.
For the current book: Claude generates 10 open-ended discussion questions tailored to the title + author + description. Uses dangercorn-claude-helper with graceful fallback to curated templates.
Hosted plans are early-access. Self-host today; email tim@dangercorn.net to join the waitlist.
bookcircle is one of 220+ verticals scaffolded from the same template. Each gets a working skeleton for free; individual ones get promoted to full products as demand surfaces.