Cross-book connections
Your books have more in common than you think
A novel and a psychology textbook. A history and a memoir. Read months apart, they might be saying the same thing — but your brain doesn't make the connection. Avid does.
Real connections, real books
Kahneman's narrative fallacy — the stories we tell to make sense of randomness — is exactly what Stevens does throughout the novel. He rewrites his entire life into a story of loyal service to avoid confronting what he actually felt.
Daniel Kahneman · Kazuo Ishiguro
Harari argues that shared fictions hold societies together. Gatsby is a character who takes that idea to its extreme — manufacturing an entire identity from a collective fiction about wealth and reinvention that 1920s America desperately wanted to believe.
Yuval Noah Harari · F. Scott Fitzgerald
Clear's idea that we don't rise to the level of our goals but fall to the level of our systems — Anna's tragedy unfolds precisely because the social systems around her are designed to punish deviation, regardless of her intentions.
James Clear · Leo Tolstoy
How it works
How Avid finds connections
Avid remembers every conversation you've had about every book. When you discuss a new idea, it draws on your entire reading history to surface unexpected resonances.
Across genres
Fiction illuminates nonfiction. Science challenges philosophy. The most surprising connections cross boundaries.
Across time
A book you read six months ago suddenly becomes relevant. Avid has the memory you don't — it notices what you've forgotten.
Across ideas
Two authors disagreeing. Three books converging on the same truth. Avid maps the intellectual landscape of your reading.