I just finished writing a wordpress widget that grabs a list of books from GoodReads (book readers social network) and I’d like to share it with whoever needs it If you want to use this widget you have to use Wordpress and of course have a GoodReads account. 

Features

• Choose any shelf that you want to display
• There are 16 sorting options
• Choose one of the 3 book cover sizes
• Show or hide book title
• Set the length of book title
• Show or hide author name, isbn, user rating, and average rating
• You can also change the display labels for author name, isbn, user rating, and average rating

Download

GoodShelf (247)

Installation

To install it, simply unzip the download file and move/copy goodshelf.php to /wp-content/plugins folder of wordpress. In the admin page, go to Plugin and activate the GoodShelf plugin. After that, you need to configure to get it working. Go to Design or Presentation and select GoodShelf. There is a list of options (mentioned in Features) that you can choose from. The final step is go to Widget to add GoodShelf widget to your sidebar. 

Customization

If you like to customize the widget, below is a list of CSS classes and id associated with the widget that you can style:

• Book list: .goodshelf_ul
• Book item: .goodshelf_li
• Book cover: .goodshelf_cover
• Book description: .goodshelf_text
• Profile link: #profile_link