Simkl vs Trakt: Which Auto-Tracker Wins in 2026?
Simkl and Trakt both promise automatic tracking, but they automate different things. Simkl scrobbles from Netflix and Crunchyroll in your browser.
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Honest tracker comparisons, cross-media discoveries, and guides to getting more from what you read, watch, and hear.
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The Psychology of the Unread Pile
Your backlog of unread books, unwatched films, and unheard albums feels like a time problem. It is a sorting problem. Here is how to triage it.
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What to Watch After Project Hail Mary: Films and Shows
Seven films and shows for people who loved Project Hail Mary and want the next great optimistic hard sci-fi experience. What each one shares with it, and what it does differently.
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What to Read After Cape Fear (Apple TV+, 2026)
Cape Fear started as a 1957 paperback. The reading list after the finale: John D. MacDonald's The Executioners, Patricia Highsmith, Tana French, and William Landay, plus the two
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What to Read After Midsommar
Five books about beautiful communities with monstrous cores, bodies as contested territory, and women who choose their people.
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Best App to Catalog Your Library (Books, Movies, TV, and More)
Looking for one app to catalog your whole library? Goodreads, Letterboxd, Libib, Notion, and Achriom compared for books, films, TV, albums, and anime.
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Comparisons
See all 42 →Every major tracker compared honestly. Our take on how the options stack up.
TV Time Has Shut Down: What Happened and Where to Move Your Shows
TV Time shut down on July 15, 2026 and permanently deleted all watch history. What happened, whether you can still get your data, and the best trackers to move your shows to.
How TV Time Data Export Worked (Before the July 15, 2026 Shutdown)
TV Time deleted all watch history on July 15, 2026, after the official GDPR export got backed up under the shutdown rush. What the export method looked like, what it contained, and where to take your file next.
Cross-Media
See all 30 →The connections between books, films, albums, and TV that no single-format tracker can see.
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What to Read After Fleabag
Six books for the Fleabag hangover: unreliable narrators, performed competence, and grief that hides behind a joke. A cross-media reading list in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's key.
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What to Read After Hereditary
Five books for Hereditary fans, from We Need to Talk About Kevin to Shirley Jackson. Where elevated horror lives on the shelf, plus films for when the reading list runs out.
The Librarian
See all 10 →What your AI librarian can do, how it thinks, and how to get more from it.
I Asked My Librarian to Plan a Year of Reading From My Shelf
Your AI librarian can plan a year of reading from books you already own. The real transcript: one prompt, a month-by-month plan, and the thread it found across the shelf.
How Does AI Recommend Books and Movies?
Most recommendation engines match you to similar users. Here's how AI reads the content itself to understand why you love what you love, across every medium.
30 Questions to Ask Your AI Librarian
30 copy-and-paste questions to explore your taste with your AI librarian — patterns, recommendations, cross-media links, single works, and the gaps in your shelves.
Guides
See all 6 →Practical guides to importing your libraries and setting up Achriom.
How to Export Your Letterboxd Diary (and What to Do With It)
Step-by-step guide to exporting your Letterboxd diary, ratings, reviews, and watchlist. What the files contain, how to import them elsewhere, and what you can't take with you.
How to Organize Your Book Collection (Beyond Alphabetical)
Alphabetical by author is fine. But there are more interesting ways to arrange your books that reveal patterns you didn't know existed.
How to Move from Goodreads to Achriom (Import Your Whole Library)
Switch from Goodreads to Achriom in about two minutes. Export your Goodreads library, import your books, ratings, dates, and shelves, and get a librarian that connects your reading to your films and music.