Next Chapter
Next Chapter is a University of Jordan graduation project that brings book search, reader ratings, reviews, and personal reading lists into one website. Readers can explore titles from Google Books, choose their favorite genres, and discover suggestions from the community.
Feb 2025 - Jun 2025 · University of Jordan
The supplied demo URL returned HTTP 404 when checked on 27 September 2026. The repository and case study remain available.
See Next Chapter in action
What’s inside
- Book search and genre exploration
- Five reading lists: Favorites, Library, Open Cover, Closed Cover, and Dusty Shelves
- Registration, genre preferences, profile photos, and password reset
- Community ratings, comments, and random reader recommendations
- Google Books API integration
Technical notes
PHP backend with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frontend.
MySQL stores account data, genre preferences, reading lists, ratings, and comments; the report describes Railway hosting.
The report documents PHP sessions, account updates, and email-based password reset.
Discovery combines selected genres with random suggestions drawn from books rated and reviewed by readers.
Source: the original Next Chapter project report and repository. Reported findings describe the graduation project.