📚 BookWorm - Personalized Book Recommendation & Reading Tracker

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🚀 Project Overview

BookWorm is a modern web application for book lovers, built with Next.js, Node.js, MongoDB, and NextAuth.
It allows users to:

• Discover and track books
• Maintain personalized reading shelves
• Write and read reviews
• Receive personalized recommendations
• Track reading goals and stats
• Watch curated book tutorials

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👥 User Roles

Normal User

• Browse & search books by title, author, genre, rating
• Add books to shelves: Want to Read, Currently Reading, Read
• Track reading progress (% or pages)
• Write reviews & give ratings
• Receive personalized book recommendations
• Participate in reading challenges with stats & charts
• Watch embedded YouTube tutorials

Admin

• Manage users: promote/demote
• Manage books: add, edit, delete
• Manage genres
• Moderate reviews: approve/delete
• Manage tutorials: add/edit/delete embedded YouTube videos
• View admin dashboard with analytics & charts

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🛠 Features

• Fully responsive (mobile, tablet, desktop)
• Server-side authentication using NextAuth
• Image uploads via imgbb
• Role-based access control (Normal User / Admin)
• Personalized recommendations & reading stats
• Search, filter, and sort books
• Reading challenges with charts (Chart.js / Recharts)
• Admin analytics dashboard

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🎨 Design & UI

• Cozy library-inspired theme
• Warm and inviting color palette
• Interactive dashboards & reading charts
• Smooth transitions and loading states
• Clean, modern, and intuitive navigation
• Fully responsive layout for all devices

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💻 Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	Next.js, Tailwind CSS, React Icons
Backend	Node.js, Express.js
Database	MongoDB
Auth	NextAuth.js
Image Hosting	imgbb
Charts	Chart.js / Recharts
Deployment	Vercel (frontend), Render / Heroku (backend)

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🏗️ Installation

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/somrat350/BookWorm.git

2. Install dependencies

cd BookWorm
npm install

3. Configure environment variables

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
DB_NAME=your_db_name
IMG_BB_API=your_imgBB_api
NEXT_PUBLIC_IMG_BB_API=your_imgBB_api
NEXTAUTH_SECRET=your_next_auth_secret

NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
NEXTAUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000

4. Run the application

npm run dev

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📷 Screenshot