Novel Route

Your round of local street libraries.

Find the free book boxes near you, log each visit, and see at a glance which ones you haven't checked in a while. New books turn up all the time.

Help us test How it works

Coming soon to Google Play. Android first; iPhone later.

Novel Route map of central Adelaide showing street libraries as coloured dots, with the user's location

Made for regular visitors

Every library on one map

Street libraries across Australia, clustered when you zoom out so you can find the busy neighbourhoods.

A log of every visit

Log a visit in one tap. Your history shows when you last stopped by, and you can edit it any time.

Nudges when you're close

Walk within 100 metres of a library you haven't checked in a month and Novel Route offers to log a visit.

Yours, on your phone

No account and no ads. Your visit history never leaves your device.

See what's due for a visit

Each library's colour shows how long it's been since you last checked it, so planning a round is easy.

  • Never visited
  • Visited in the last month
  • Visited in the last six months
  • Not visited for over six months
Library details in Novel Route: description, last visited today, buttons to log a visit and navigate, and the visit history

About

Novel Route is a small independent project built by a street library fan. It's free, and the source code is on GitHub.

Library locations come from Street Library Australia. If you look after a street library that isn't on the map, register it with them.

Novel Route is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Street Library Australia.