The Novel Index

Privacy

Updated 27 October 2026

Short version: we don’t ask for your details and we don’t know who you are. We only set analytics cookies if you say yes.

Who we are

The Novel Index is run by Sciuridae Labs Ltd, a private limited company registered in England and Wales, company number 17213331. Its registered office is 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ. Sciuridae Labs Ltd is the data controller for this site.

For anything about privacy, email info@sciuridae.io.

What we collect

Nothing that identifies you. There are no accounts, no sign-up forms and no newsletter pop-ups.

Cookies

We use Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are useful. It sets cookies, so we ask first. Until you click “Accept” in the cookie banner, nothing from Google loads and no cookies are set. If you click “Reject”, that’s the end of it.

If you accept, Google Analytics sets a cookie called _ga and one starting ga. They let it tell a returning visitor from a new one. We see totals, like how many people visited a page and roughly where from, never who. We also count clicks on our buy buttons, so we can see which pages help people choose a book. We don’t use any of this for ads.

You can change your mind at any time with “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page. If you withdraw, we stop Google Analytics and delete its cookies.

Your choice itself is kept in your browser’s local storage, not a cookie, so we can remember not to ask again.

Book covers

Book covers load from Open Library, which is part of the Internet Archive, and for some books from Amazon. Your browser fetches each cover from their servers, so they see the basic request details any website sees, such as your IP address.

Our buy buttons go to Amazon and Bookshop.org. Once you’re on their sites, their own privacy notices and cookies apply. Amazon tells us which books were bought through our links so it can pay us, but not who bought them.

Our host

The site is hosted by Vercel. Like any web host, it handles basic request details, such as your IP address, to deliver the pages and keep the site secure.

Your rights

You have rights under UK data protection law, including the right to ask what we hold about you (for this site, nothing). If you’re unhappy with how we handle data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.