Browsing Without an Account

You don’t need an account to open the links people share with you on Agathos Books. Invitations, library previews, and shared book pages all work as a guest — you only need to sign up when you’re ready to join a library or do something with a book.

What You Can See as a Guest

Without signing in, you can open:

• Library invite links — Instant-join links and email invitations a library sent you
• Library join previews — A library’s page link shows its name, photo, description, and member and book counts
• Book pages — Read the title, author, and description of any book someone shares with you
• Series pages — See the books in a series a friend links you to

What Requires an Account

Libraries on Agathos Books are invite-only, and their shelves are visible to members only. That means browsing a library’s catalog — along with anything involving your own data — requires an account:

• Joining a library or requesting to join
• Browsing a library’s books, members, or activity
• Borrowing a book or joining a waitlist
• Saving a book to your reading list, or recommending it
• Adding books to your personal collection
• Creating your own library

When you tap one of these actions as a guest, the app prompts you to create a free account and continues where you left off after sign-up.

Viewing a Library as a Guest

Tap a library’s page link and you’ll see its join preview — the library’s name, photo, description, and how many members and books it has. From there, tap Request to Join (you’ll be asked to create an account first) and a library admin will review your request.

The full catalog appears once you’re a member. See Joining a library for the whole flow.

Ready to Sign Up?

See Creating your account for the sign-up flow.

Related Articles

• Creating your account
• Joining a library

Still Need Help?

If you have questions about browsing as a guest, contact support.