The CozyShelf press kit
Everything you need to write about CozyShelf in one place: descriptions, key facts, the founder story, screenshots, logos and our press release. Use anything here freely in coverage.
At a glance
What CozyShelf is
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CozyShelf is a visual reading tracker and mood journal for readers who choose their next book by how they feel.
CozyShelf is a reading tracker for mood readers. Every book becomes a spine on a visual bookshelf, dressed in one of seven ambiences, from Romantasy to Dark Academia. Readers note how a story makes them feel in the moment, and CozyShelf turns those feelings into a constellation of their reading year.
See it in action
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Logo and colors
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Joanna Leslie is the founder and designer of CozyShelf. She has been reading for fun since she was nine, and she describes herself as a mood reader. After seven years as a data analyst, she spent the next ten organizing online communities, in both paid and volunteer roles, and is a certified online community manager. Today she hosts an in-person book club while living abroad with her family. She designed and built CozyShelf from scratch and launched it on the App Store in June 2026. Alongside CozyShelf, she runs a video media company.
“Some people hear a song and they’re right back in a certain year. For me it’s books. I know exactly where I was in life when I read a story and how it hit me, whether I was seeing myself in the pages or meeting someone completely new. Reading has been the one constant in my life, and it has always been about the feeling. The apps I tried were built to catalog and count. I wanted one that holds on to those moments and still feels playful now, while I crash out over my favorite main characters.”
Joanna Leslie, founder of CozyShelf
What readers get
Most of CozyShelf is free. Features marked Pro are part of CozyShelf Pro, $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year.
A shelf worth looking at
Every book appears as a spine on a real bookshelf, starting with what you are reading now and what is waiting on your to-read pile.
Seven ambiences, all free
Classic, Romantasy, Enchanted Library, Winter Reading, Cottage Core, Cozy Halloween and Dark Academia, each with its own shelf, colors and gentle motion like fairy lights and drifting dandelion seeds.
A mood journal
Quick notes written in the moment and tagged with 19 moods, from Yearning and Wonder to Heartbreak and Devastation.
Made for series readers
Add a book from a popular series and CozyShelf offers the rest in reading order, straight to the to-read shelf.
Easy to start
Scan a barcode to add a book, or bring an existing library over from Goodreads, StoryGraph or Kobo.
Rereads and guilt-free DNF
Rereads count as rereads, not duplicates. Putting a book down is recorded, never treated as a failure.
Your library everywhere
Cloud backup and sync across iPhone, Android and the web, free for everyone.
Stats, goals and a calendar, free
Reading goals, series progress, reading seasons, genre and format breakdowns, year over year and a reading calendar.
Your year in stars Pro
Logged moods become a reading constellation and a stained glass window, a keepsake of how the year felt.
Your whole library on shelves Pro
The Read shelf, custom shelves, grouping by status, rating, genre or year, and spine colors you choose yourself.
Blind Date with your TBR Pro
Answer a few questions and unwrap your next read from your own shelf. The first date is free. Pro gives you three a night.
Timer and habits Pro
A focused reading timer with ambient sounds, plus daily habit and streak tracking.
CozyShelf Gives Mood Readers a Bookshelf They Want to Look At and a Journal That Remembers How Every Book Felt
October 5, 2026. Two pages, PDF.
Talk to us
For interviews, review access to CozyShelf Pro, or anything you need that is not here, email us.
Please put “Press” in the subject line.