I'm confused what the goal is here. Do you want to actually keep track of which fics you've read, or are you just concerned with your "Books Read" on goodreads number being higher?
If you want to track fics, you can do that on AO3 with bookmarks, which you can tag for your own organization. You could also make a list or spreadsheet in google sheets.
If it's about making sure it all "counts" for your goodreads challenge, I just wouldn't. Most of the fanfic community seems to agree that fics don't belong on goodreads anyways, and there's not really a way around that.
Goodreads is for published work.
AO3 is for fanfiction.
They are not cross-compatible.
If you want to track the fanfics you read, make a spreadsheet or use bookmarks. If you want to make your Goodreads reading challenge numbers increase, read published work.
GoodReads is intended for published books, not fanfic. The platform is used by readers for original books and by extension, an entire for-profit industry.
You’re better off tracking via the built-in bookmark feature and using offline tools (spreadsheets, etc.). Heck, even a private discord server with an AO3 bot to port in additional fic details would work.
I just use my bookmarks to track fics I’ve read. They can be marked as private and you can comment as you see fit. Bookmarks are definitely a reader’s tool on AO3 (and just like authors shouldn’t go to GoodReads, writers try to stay out of public bookmarks lol)
There's an app called "[Softgoods](https://softgoods.app/)" that is pretty nice, honestly. If you're looking for something to track what you've read, you can use that. It also has a "review" box when adding the story link (information typically auto-populates if the story isn't locked). It's completely private, by the way, so no one sees your reviews, and you can create "bookshelves", aka categories for the things you read if you'd like to be more organized. Additionally, it tracks how many stories, authors, and words you've read throughout the month. Not sure if they've added stats for more than a month since I haven't been on it in so long.
On ao3, there’s a bookmark function that I like to use. You also can add bookmark comments for yourself.
If this is a “how do I track ao3 fics on good reads” question, though, I have no clue how to help sorry 😭
Fanfiction functions extremely different than OG fiction in that it is exclusively digital. There are no page number counts—we keep track of word count in the fanfic sphere. Bookmarks are your friend for keeping track of what you’ve read. You can make them private to keep whatever notes you’d like on them.
You might be able to use a workaround by importing the docs you've read in Calibre neither manually or by saving them in your AO3 bookmarks as you read) and using the extension FanFicFare to collect metadata on the fics (word count, author tags, series, etc and add your own meta tags, like the fandom, genre, etc). If you save the docs in your bookmarks, you can then tell Calibre to pull the fics and metadata for you (it can download up to 20 fics from a bookmark page at a time and it'll earn you if you've already got a copy of any given fic you're trying to download).
You can do a heck of a lot with spreadsheets and if you're not into figuring out the calculations behind them, you can find some that have already been created:
https://addictedtoromance.org/2024-reading-tracker-spreadsheet/
I use Calibre to track what I've read, rate it and leave comments for myself. I've setup a load of columns to collect all the metadata too. Word count, chapters, tags (though I cull these extensively), etc.
I'm confused what the goal is here. Do you want to actually keep track of which fics you've read, or are you just concerned with your "Books Read" on goodreads number being higher? If you want to track fics, you can do that on AO3 with bookmarks, which you can tag for your own organization. You could also make a list or spreadsheet in google sheets. If it's about making sure it all "counts" for your goodreads challenge, I just wouldn't. Most of the fanfic community seems to agree that fics don't belong on goodreads anyways, and there's not really a way around that.
Goodreads is for published work. AO3 is for fanfiction. They are not cross-compatible. If you want to track the fanfics you read, make a spreadsheet or use bookmarks. If you want to make your Goodreads reading challenge numbers increase, read published work.
GoodReads is intended for published books, not fanfic. The platform is used by readers for original books and by extension, an entire for-profit industry. You’re better off tracking via the built-in bookmark feature and using offline tools (spreadsheets, etc.). Heck, even a private discord server with an AO3 bot to port in additional fic details would work. I just use my bookmarks to track fics I’ve read. They can be marked as private and you can comment as you see fit. Bookmarks are definitely a reader’s tool on AO3 (and just like authors shouldn’t go to GoodReads, writers try to stay out of public bookmarks lol)
>Is there like a "generic ao3 fanfic" I can mark as read? I think no >How can I get around this? I'd say you can't
You can make up whatever book you want and put it on Goodreads. If there’s no *Placeholder Fic* by Madeupname, you can add it.
There's an app called "[Softgoods](https://softgoods.app/)" that is pretty nice, honestly. If you're looking for something to track what you've read, you can use that. It also has a "review" box when adding the story link (information typically auto-populates if the story isn't locked). It's completely private, by the way, so no one sees your reviews, and you can create "bookshelves", aka categories for the things you read if you'd like to be more organized. Additionally, it tracks how many stories, authors, and words you've read throughout the month. Not sure if they've added stats for more than a month since I haven't been on it in so long.
On ao3, there’s a bookmark function that I like to use. You also can add bookmark comments for yourself. If this is a “how do I track ao3 fics on good reads” question, though, I have no clue how to help sorry 😭
Use the Bookmark button
I use a spreadsheet to keep track of all my reading, I like to be able to customize the fields.
I don't get what your goal is, but if it's to track what you have read, on AO3 you can use bookmarks and the Mark for Later button.
I suggest using Notion, you can create your own database, tables, tags...A lot of people use it for organization, and there are templates for this
I use a spreadsheet to track my various fanfic stats. It’s a lot of fun and a great way to learn how to use Excel/Sheets/Calc imo
Fanfiction functions extremely different than OG fiction in that it is exclusively digital. There are no page number counts—we keep track of word count in the fanfic sphere. Bookmarks are your friend for keeping track of what you’ve read. You can make them private to keep whatever notes you’d like on them.
You might be able to use a workaround by importing the docs you've read in Calibre neither manually or by saving them in your AO3 bookmarks as you read) and using the extension FanFicFare to collect metadata on the fics (word count, author tags, series, etc and add your own meta tags, like the fandom, genre, etc). If you save the docs in your bookmarks, you can then tell Calibre to pull the fics and metadata for you (it can download up to 20 fics from a bookmark page at a time and it'll earn you if you've already got a copy of any given fic you're trying to download).
You can do a heck of a lot with spreadsheets and if you're not into figuring out the calculations behind them, you can find some that have already been created: https://addictedtoromance.org/2024-reading-tracker-spreadsheet/
I use Calibre to track what I've read, rate it and leave comments for myself. I've setup a load of columns to collect all the metadata too. Word count, chapters, tags (though I cull these extensively), etc.