How to Find Your Goodreads User ID & Profile URL (On Phone or Computer)
Goodreads hides your numeric User ID on the generic /review/list My Books URL and inside mobile invite links. Here is the 10-second trick that works on iPhone, Android, and desktop.
Many third-party reading tools (including Borrowable) use your public Goodreads User ID—an 8-to-9 digit number like 22001338—to load your public Want-to-Read shelf without asking for your password.
Finding that number on a computer is easy because it appears in your profile URL (goodreads.com/user/show/12345678-name). On an iPhone or Android phone, however, two frustrating things happen: the "My Books" page only shows a generic goodreads.com/review/list URL with no ID number, and tapping normal Goodreads profile links bounces you into the Goodreads mobile app where there is no address bar to copy!
3 Steps to Get Your Goodreads User ID on Any Device
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Open the Goodreads "Year in Books" Redirect Link in Your Browser
Click or tap https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2025 while signed into Goodreads in Safari or Chrome. Why this specific link? Goodreads explicitly excludes /user/year_in_books/* from its iOS Universal Links configuration—so your iPhone will NOT bounce you into the Goodreads mobile app!
1. Tap link:goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/20252. Auto-redirects to:goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2025/22001338Step 1: The Year in Books URL stays in mobile Safari/Chrome instead of opening the Goodreads app. - 2
Copy the Redirected URL (or Copy the Page)
As soon as the page loads, Goodreads automatically appends your numeric User ID to the end of the URL in your browser’s address bar (for example, goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2025/22001338). Copy that URL from your address bar.
Your Goodreads User ID:22001338Step 2: Your 8-to-9 digit numeric Goodreads User ID is the number right at the end of the URL. - 3
Paste the URL or ID into Borrowable
Paste the full URL (or just the number) into Borrowable. Borrowable automatically extracts your numeric ID and scans your Want-to-Read shelf against your local library’s Libby catalog.
https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2025/22001338Load ShelfStep 3: Paste any Goodreads URL containing your ID number into Borrowable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why doesn’t https://www.goodreads.com/review/list work?
When you click "My Books" on Goodreads, the URL is sometimes just goodreads.com/review/list without any number in it. That generic URL relies on your private browser cookie to know who you are, so another website cannot tell which Goodreads user owns that shelf unless your numeric User ID is in the URL.
Why doesn’t the Goodreads mobile app "Invite Friends" link (goodreads.com/friend/i?...) work?
The "Invite Friends" link in the Goodreads iOS/Android app uses an encrypted invite token (i=...) and redirects to a login wall instead of your public profile page, so it does not reveal your numeric User ID.
What if my Goodreads profile is set to Private?
If your Goodreads profile privacy is set to "Only friends" or "Private", you can either change "Who Can View My Profile" to "Anyone" in your Goodreads Account Settings (Settings → Privacy) or export your Goodreads Library CSV and upload it directly on Borrowable.
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