diff --git a/api/widget.js b/api/widget.js
index 38d3361..711dead 100644
--- a/api/widget.js
+++ b/api/widget.js
@@ -26,15 +26,18 @@ const FALLBACK_AVATAR = `data:image/svg+xml;base64,${Buffer.from(`<svg xmlns="ht
  *   - flag                    : Country data never changes; 24-hour cache maximises CDN hits.
  */
 const CACHE_POLICIES = {
+  // Weather data - refresh every 30 minutes to avoid hitting API rate limits
+  weather:  'public, max-age=1800, s-maxage=1800, stale-while-revalidate=600',
+
+  // Reading status - refresh every hour
+  book:     'public, max-age=3600, s-maxage=3600, stale-while-revalidate=1200',
+  
   // Real-time widgets — refresh every 60 seconds
   time:     'public, max-age=60, s-maxage=60, stale-while-revalidate=30',
   clock:    'public, max-age=60, s-maxage=60, stale-while-revalidate=30',
   timezone: 'public, max-age=60, s-maxage=60, stale-while-revalidate=30',
   skyline:  'public, max-age=60, s-maxage=60, stale-while-revalidate=30',
 
-  // Weather data - refresh every 30 minutes to avoid hitting API rate limits
-  weather:  'public, max-age=1800, s-maxage=1800, stale-while-revalidate=600',
-
   // Daily-change widgets — refresh every hour
 
   date:    'public, max-age=3600, s-maxage=3600, stale-while-revalidate=600',
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 9af21b2..c7c14a5 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     cursor:pointer;
     transition:all .12s ease;
   }
-  .tab-btn:hover{background:var(--paper-2);}
+  .tab-btn:hover{background:var(--paper-2); color:var(--ink);}
   .tab-btn-active{background:var(--ink);color:var(--paper);}
   .input-field{
     background:var(--paper);
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
   }
   .note-box strong{font-weight:800;}
   .embed-tabs .tab-btn{background:transparent;color:var(--paper);border:2px solid var(--paper);}
-  .embed-tabs .tab-btn:hover{background:rgba(244,241,234,0.12);}
+  .embed-tabs .tab-btn:hover{background:rgba(244,241,234,0.12); color:var(--paper);}
   .embed-tabs .tab-btn-active{background:var(--paper);color:var(--ink);border-color:var(--paper);}
   .preview-stage svg, .preview-card svg{max-width:100%;height:auto;}
   @media (max-width:640px){
@@ -812,6 +812,9 @@ <h4 class="font-serif font-black text-3xl leading-none">Stylish Readme</h4>
     city: 'Tokyo',
     tempUnit: 'C',
     weatherStyle: 'detailed',
+    bookPlatform: 'goodreads',
+    bookUsername: '12345678',
+    bookStatus: 'currently-reading',
     eventName: 'Hacktoberfest',
     targetDate: '2026-10-31',
     // YouTube
@@ -1113,6 +1116,32 @@ <h4 class="font-serif font-black text-3xl leading-none">Stylish Readme</h4>
         </div>
       `;
     }
+    else if (state.widget==='book'){
+      html += `
+        <div class="mb-5">
+          <label class="label-tag">Platform</label>
+          <select class="input-field" onchange="setField('bookPlatform',this.value)">
+            <option value="goodreads" ${state.bookPlatform==='goodreads'?'selected':''}>Goodreads</option>
+          </select>
+        </div>
+        <div class="mb-5">
+          <label class="label-tag">Profile Username/ID</label>
+          <input class="input-field" value="${state.bookUsername}" oninput="setField('bookUsername',this.value,false)" placeholder="e.g. 12345678"/>
+        </div>
+        <div class="mb-5">
+          <label class="label-tag">Shelf / Status</label>
+          <select class="input-field" onchange="setField('bookStatus',this.value)">
+            <option value="currently-reading" ${state.bookStatus==='currently-reading'?'selected':''}>Currently Reading</option>
+            <option value="read" ${state.bookStatus==='read'?'selected':''}>Read</option>
+            <option value="to-read" ${state.bookStatus==='to-read'?'selected':''}>To Read</option>
+          </select>
+        </div>
+        <div class="mb-5">
+          <label class="label-tag">Theme</label>
+          ${themeSwatches()}
+        </div>
+      `;
+    }
     else if (state.widget==='countdown'){
       html += `
         <div class="mb-5">
@@ -2826,6 +2855,18 @@ <h4 class="font-serif font-black text-3xl leading-none">Stylish Readme</h4>
     }
   }
 
+  function svgBook(){
+    const theme = themeObj(state.theme);
+    const borderStyle = theme.border ? `stroke="${theme.fg}" stroke-width="2"` : '';
+    const W = 340, H = 130;
+    const defaultCover = `<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="60" height="90" fill="none" stroke="${theme.fg}" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" opacity="0.5"><path d="M4 19.5v-15A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 6.5 2H20v20H6.5a2.5 2.5 0 0 1 0-5H20"/></svg>`;
+    const statusLabel = (state.bookStatus || 'currently-reading').split('-').join(' ').toUpperCase();
+    return `<svg width="${W}" height="${H}" viewBox="0 0 ${W} ${H}" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" style="font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;">
+      <rect x="1" y="1" width="${W-2}" height="${H-2}" rx="${state.radius||0}" ry="${state.radius||0}" fill="${theme.bg}" ${borderStyle}/>
+      <g transform="translate(15, 20)">${defaultCover}</g>
+      <text x="90" y="35" fill="${theme.fg}" font-size="10" font-weight="700" letter-spacing="2" opacity="0.65">${statusLabel}</text>
+      <text x="90" y="65" fill="${theme.fg}" font-size="18" font-weight="800" font-family="Fraunces,serif">Book Title Preview</text>
+      <text x="90" y="85" fill="${theme.fg}" font-size="13" font-weight="500" opacity="0.8">Author Name Preview</text>
   function svgYoutube(){
     const theme = themeObj(state.theme);
     const borderStyle = theme.border?`stroke:${theme.fg};stroke-width:2;`:'';
@@ -2949,6 +2990,7 @@ <h4 class="font-serif font-black text-3xl leading-none">Stylish Readme</h4>
       case 'glass': return svgGlass();
       case 'countdown': return svgCountdown();
       case 'weather': return svgWeather();
+      case 'book': return svgBook();
       case 'youtube': return svgYoutube();
       case 'extension': return svgExtension();
     }
@@ -3063,6 +3105,7 @@ <h4 class="font-serif font-black text-3xl leading-none">Stylish Readme</h4>
     { title:'Glass Profile', w:'glass', overrides:{glassStyle:'card',glassColor:'coral',name:'Sanjay',role:'Full-Stack Developer',bio:'Building cool things with code. Open-source enthusiast.',skills:'HTML,JS,REACT,NODE,PYTHON,GIT,SQL',handle:'cu-sanjay',avatar:'https://github.com/github.png'} },
     { title:'Hacktoberfest', w:'countdown', overrides:{theme:'terminal',eventName:'Hacktoberfest',targetDate:'2026-10-31'} },
     { title:'Live Weather', w:'weather', overrides:{theme:'retro',city:'London',tempUnit:'C',weatherStyle:'detailed'} },
+    { title:'Currently Reading', w:'book', overrides:{theme:'retro',bookPlatform:'goodreads',bookUsername:'12345678',bookStatus:'currently-reading'} },
     { title:'YouTube Preview', w:'youtube', overrides:{videoId:'dQw4w9WgXcQ',theme:'classic',showTitle:true,showChannel:true} },
     { title:'Chrome Badge', w:'extension', overrides:{extensionName:'Stylish Readme',extensionPlatform:'chrome',extensionId:'jdfhbghjdfg',theme:'classic'} },
     { title:'Firefox Badge', w:'extension', overrides:{extensionName:'Stylish Readme',extensionPlatform:'firefox',extensionId:'stylish-readme',theme:'terminal'} }
diff --git a/lib/widgets.js b/lib/widgets.js
index e13530c..b19b146 100644
--- a/lib/widgets.js
+++ b/lib/widgets.js
@@ -2611,6 +2611,9 @@ function normalizeParams(q) {
 
     skills:      q.skills || 'HTML,CSS,JS,GIT,SQL,REACT,NODE,PYTHON',
     handle:      q.handle || '',
+    bookPlatform: q.bookPlatform || 'goodreads',
+    bookUsername: q.bookUsername || '',
+    bookStatus:   q.bookStatus || 'currently-reading'
 
     // YouTube Widget Params
     videoId:     q.videoId || '',
@@ -2855,6 +2858,7 @@ async function renderWidget(type, query) {
     case 'marker':   return await renderMarker(p);
     case 'glass':    return await renderGlass(p);
     case 'countdown': return renderCountdown(p);
+    case 'book':     return await renderBook(p);
     case 'youtube':   return await renderYoutube(p);
     case 'extension': return svgWrap(320, 80, renderExtension(p), "'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace");
     default:
@@ -2865,6 +2869,92 @@ async function renderWidget(type, query) {
   }
 }
 
+function fetchText(urlStr) {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    try {
+      const u = new URL(urlStr);
+      const lib = u.protocol === 'https:' ? require('node:https') : require('node:http');
+      const req = lib.get(u, { headers: { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0' } }, (res) => {
+        if (res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400 && res.headers.location) {
+          return resolve(fetchText(new URL(res.headers.location, urlStr).toString()));
+        }
+        let data = '';
+        res.on('data', chunk => data += chunk);
+        res.on('end', () => resolve(data));
+      });
+      req.on('error', () => resolve(null));
+      req.setTimeout(5000, () => { req.destroy(); resolve(null); });
+    } catch {
+      resolve(null);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+async function fetchBook(username, status) {
+  if (!username) return null;
+  const shelf = status || 'currently-reading';
+  const xml = await fetchText(`https://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/${username}?shelf=${shelf}`);
+  if (!xml) return null;
+
+  const itemMatch = xml.match(/<item>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/item>/);
+  if (!itemMatch) return null;
+  const item = itemMatch[1];
+
+  const titleMatch = item.match(/<title><!\\[CDATA\\[([\\s\\S]*?)\\]\\]><\\/title>/) || item.match(/<title>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/title>/);
+  const authorMatch = item.match(/<author_name><!\\[CDATA\\[([\\s\\S]*?)\\]\\]><\\/author_name>/) || item.match(/<author_name>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/author_name>/);
+  const imgMatch = item.match(/<book_image_url><!\\[CDATA\\[([\\s\\S]*?)\\]\\]><\\/book_image_url>/) || item.match(/<book_image_url>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/book_image_url>/);
+
+  if (!titleMatch) return null;
+
+  const title = titleMatch[1].trim();
+  const author = authorMatch ? authorMatch[1].trim() : 'Unknown';
+  let imageUrl = imgMatch ? imgMatch[1].trim() : '';
+  
+  if (imageUrl && imageUrl.startsWith('http:')) {
+    imageUrl = imageUrl.replace('http:', 'https:');
+  }
+
+  let coverB64 = '';
+  if (imageUrl) {
+    coverB64 = await fetchAvatarDataUrl(imageUrl, 3000);
+  }
+
+  return { title, author, cover: coverB64 };
+}
+
+async function renderBook(p) {
+  const theme = themeObj(p.theme);
+  const borderStyle = theme.border ? `stroke="${theme.fg}" stroke-width="2"` : '';
+  const username = p.bookUsername;
+  const status = p.bookStatus || 'currently-reading';
+
+  const bookData = await fetchBook(username, status);
+  
+  const statusLabel = status.split('-').map(w => w.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + w.slice(1)).join(' ');
+
+  const title = bookData ? escXml(truncateStr(bookData.title, 40)) : 'No book found';
+  const author = bookData ? escXml(truncateStr(bookData.author, 30)) : 'Or invalid username';
+
+  const defaultCover = `<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="60" height="90" fill="none" stroke="${theme.fg}" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" opacity="0.5"><path d="M4 19.5v-15A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 6.5 2H20v20H6.5a2.5 2.5 0 0 1 0-5H20"/></svg>`;
+  
+  const coverSvg = bookData && bookData.cover 
+    ? `<image href="${bookData.cover}" x="15" y="20" width="60" height="90" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice" clip-path="url(#coverClip)"/>` 
+    : `<g transform="translate(15, 20)">${defaultCover}</g>`;
+
+  return svgWrap(340, 130, `
+    <defs>
+      <clipPath id="coverClip">
+        <rect x="15" y="20" width="60" height="90" rx="4" ry="4"/>
+      </clipPath>
+    </defs>
+    <rect x="1" y="1" width="338" height="128" rx="${p.radius||0}" ry="${p.radius||0}" fill="${p.bgColor||theme.bg}" ${borderStyle}/>
+    ${coverSvg}
+    <text x="90" y="35" fill="${theme.fg}" font-size="10" font-weight="700" letter-spacing="2" opacity="0.65" font-family="'JetBrains Mono',monospace">${escXml(statusLabel).toUpperCase()}</text>
+    <text x="90" y="65" fill="${theme.fg}" font-size="18" font-weight="800" font-family="Fraunces,serif">${title}</text>
+    <text x="90" y="85" fill="${theme.fg}" font-size="13" font-weight="500" opacity="0.8">${author}</text>
+  `);
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   renderWidget,
   normalizeParams,