100 Million Books

Explore all the books ever written...and discover the best ideas ever published.

What is 100 Million Books?

'100 Million Books' is a Chrome extension that encourages exploration and discovery of new books and ideas. Every time you open a new tab, you will come across hand-picked quality ideas from various books. The extension does not allow category selection or following friends, making it a purely random, but high-quality intellectual encounter. It's designed to introduce serendipity into your intellectual life in the most minimally intrusive way possible.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2024-05-09 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation

By: Steve Jain

Users: 5,000+

Rating: 4.17 (42)

Version: 5.0.1 (Last updated: 2021-11-12)

Creation date: 2020-04-13

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Overrides new tab: Yes

Permissions:

storage

Size: 14.81M

Email: st*****@100millionbooks.org

URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Algorithms killed wandering. So how does one discover new books by chance nowadays?

You're already opening new tabs all the time. Why not maybe discover a new idea, perspective, or book at the same time?

There's no way to pick categories, and no way to follow your friends...just quality, hand-picked ideas...some you'll love, some you'll hate, and some you won't be sure how to react to at first.

And if you're in a rush, just ignore it and keep going.

This extension is the least intrusive way to inject some good, old-fashioned chance into your intellectual life.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Brings a delightful distraction and introduces users to new books
Non-intrusive and well executed with clean graphics
Helps with improving English vocabulary for non-native speakers
Includes a dark mode which is appreciated by users

Cons

Introduction of payment required to view book history not well received
Some users would prefer the book to not open in a new tab
Only links to Amazon.com, some users would like other regional options like .co.uk

Most mentioned

Enhances browsing experience by recommending books in new tabs
Some users experience unwanted distraction due to the extension
The concept of the extension is widely appreciated
Payment required for certain features is a source of dissatisfaction
Users express a desire for a history feature to keep track of past book recommendations

User reviews

I rarely review apps and extensions, but having used this one from years it deserves at least a quick review. In a world filled with distraction, this is a welcome one. When I'm in the midst of work and changing tabs, this extension sometimes brings me down a rabbit hole into a fictional world or really makes me think beyond the mediocre spreadsheets that make up the vast majority of my time plugged in. Huge shoutout to the developer for creating a delightful experience. I'm hoping they continue building the database behind the effort and also enjoy what they've built!

Mitchell McKinnon, 2024-02-15

Can you please make an option for an extension not to open a book review in new tab but on right click of the extension (which I want to pin for because of that)?