Share books with
readers near you

Abu Dhabi has readers. Your shelf has books they need.

Koottar starts with sharing because that is what makes the community useful. Add the books you have finished, help another reader discover them, and borrow from nearby shelves when you need something new.

Abu Dhabi's café scene has matured rapidly over the past decade. From the shaded terraces along the Corniche to the specialty coffee bars of Al Reem Island and the cultural cafés around Saadiyat, the city has developed a rich infrastructure for people who want to sit, slow down, and read. Koottar connects the readers who already inhabit these spaces.

The capital has a uniquely concentrated reading population. Government employees, academics, diplomats, and a large expat professional community all bring personal libraries with them. Arabic literature circulates here alongside English fiction, French non-fiction, and South Asian novels. Koottar's 3 km radius is designed exactly for this kind of multilingual, neighbourhood-first sharing.

We launch in Dubai in May 2026 and expand to Abu Dhabi in the second half of the year. Register now to be a founding member when Koottar arrives in Abu Dhabi.