For people who consider a love of books a dating prerequisite, Readme could be the app worth checking out. The new dating platform puts reading habits and book preferences at the centre of matchmaking, connecting people who read, or those who specifically want to date someone who does.
Created by the team behind astrology app Co-Star, Readme takes a different approach from conventional dating profiles, where carefully crafted bios and prompts often become the starting point for a match.
Instead, the app looks to books and reading tastes as a way to reveal shared interests, personality and values.
What is the Readme dating app?
The concept behind Readme is straightforward: connect people who read, or people who want to date someone who reads.
Users can discover matches based on similarities in their book tastes, giving them an immediate conversation starter beyond the usual dating-app prompts. For book lovers, that could mean moving from “What do you do?” to discussing favourite authors, genres or the book currently sitting on the nightstand.
According to Readme’s head of brand Emily Segal, the idea comes from the belief that someone’s taste in books can reveal more about them than a carefully rehearsed dating-app line.
That makes reading preference the app’s central compatibility tool, at least for now.
Why did the Co-Star team create Readme?
Readme comes from the same team behind Co-Star, the popular astrology app founded by Banu Guler.
Guler announced Readme on X this week, sharing a statement from Segal about the new platform.
we're launching a dating app for people who like books pic.twitter.com/n3klQ51S1P
— Banu Guler (@banu__guler) September 8, 2026
The move also builds on something the Co-Star team had already observed among its users: an appetite for compatibility-based dating.
Segal said people have long wanted Co-Star to create a dating app, but the team took time to find an approach that felt authentic. Astrology, she noted, is only one part of compatibility — and Readme instead explores another potential window into someone’s personality: their relationship with books.
Will astrology be part of Readme?
That’s still unclear.
The role astrology may eventually play in Readme has not been confirmed. For now, the app’s identity appears firmly centred on books, reading preferences and connecting people through shared literary interests.
Users can download Readme and explore the matchmaking concept themselves.