diff --git a/cps/__init__.py b/cps/__init__.py
index 621705fd..9601c63b 100755
--- a/cps/__init__.py
+++ b/cps/__init__.py
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ def create_app():
         services.ldap.init_app(app, config)
     if services.goodreads_support:
         services.goodreads_support.connect(config.config_goodreads_api_key,
-                                           config.config_goodreads_api_secret_e,
                                            config.config_use_goodreads)
     config.store_calibre_uuid(calibre_db, db.Library_Id)
     # Configure rate limiter
diff --git a/cps/admin.py b/cps/admin.py
index 86e59317..b709764b 100755
--- a/cps/admin.py
+++ b/cps/admin.py
@@ -1806,11 +1806,8 @@ def _configuration_update_helper():
         # Goodreads configuration
         _config_checkbox(to_save, "config_use_goodreads")
         _config_string(to_save, "config_goodreads_api_key")
-        if to_save.get("config_goodreads_api_secret_e", ""):
-            _config_string(to_save, "config_goodreads_api_secret_e")
         if services.goodreads_support:
             services.goodreads_support.connect(config.config_goodreads_api_key,
-                                               config.config_goodreads_api_secret_e,
                                                config.config_use_goodreads)
 
         _config_int(to_save, "config_updatechannel")
diff --git a/cps/config_sql.py b/cps/config_sql.py
index a781f2c5..4ea4a9e0 100644
--- a/cps/config_sql.py
+++ b/cps/config_sql.py
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ class _Settings(_Base):
 
     config_use_goodreads = Column(Boolean, default=False)
     config_goodreads_api_key = Column(String)
-    config_goodreads_api_secret_e = Column(String)
-    config_goodreads_api_secret = Column(String)
     config_register_email = Column(Boolean, default=False)
     config_login_type = Column(Integer, default=0)
 
@@ -422,19 +420,13 @@ def _encrypt_fields(session, secret_key):
     except OperationalError:
         with session.bind.connect() as conn:
             conn.execute(text("ALTER TABLE settings ADD column 'mail_password_e' String"))
-            conn.execute(text("ALTER TABLE settings ADD column 'config_goodreads_api_secret_e' String"))
             conn.execute(text("ALTER TABLE settings ADD column 'config_ldap_serv_password_e' String"))
         session.commit()
         crypter = Fernet(secret_key)
-        settings = session.query(_Settings.mail_password, _Settings.config_goodreads_api_secret,
-                                 _Settings.config_ldap_serv_password).first()
+        settings = session.query(_Settings.mail_password, _Settings.config_ldap_serv_password).first()
         if settings.mail_password:
             session.query(_Settings).update(
                 {_Settings.mail_password_e: crypter.encrypt(settings.mail_password.encode())})
-        if settings.config_goodreads_api_secret:
-            session.query(_Settings).update(
-                {_Settings.config_goodreads_api_secret_e:
-                     crypter.encrypt(settings.config_goodreads_api_secret.encode())})
         if settings.config_ldap_serv_password:
             session.query(_Settings).update(
                 {_Settings.config_ldap_serv_password_e:
diff --git a/cps/services/goodreads_support.py b/cps/services/goodreads_support.py
index 74e6eba9..a4425ee4 100644
--- a/cps/services/goodreads_support.py
+++ b/cps/services/goodreads_support.py
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 import time
 from functools import reduce
+import requests
+import xmltodict
 
-try:
-    from goodreads.client import GoodreadsClient
-except ImportError:
-    from betterreads.client import GoodreadsClient
+from goodreads.client import GoodreadsClient
+from goodreads.request import GoodreadsRequest
 
 try: import Levenshtein
 except ImportError: Levenshtein = False
@@ -30,6 +30,37 @@ except ImportError: Levenshtein = False
 from .. import logger
 
 
+class my_GoodreadsClient(GoodreadsClient):
+
+    def request(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Create a GoodreadsRequest object and make that request"""
+        req = my_GoodreadsRequest(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        return req.request()
+
+class GoodreadsRequestException(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, error_msg, url):
+        self.error_msg = error_msg
+        self.url = url
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.url, ':', self.error_msg
+
+
+class my_GoodreadsRequest(GoodreadsRequest):
+
+    def request(self):
+        resp = requests.get(self.host+self.path, params=self.params,
+                            headers={"User-agent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:125.0) "
+                                                  "Gecko/20100101 Firefox/125.0"})
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            raise GoodreadsRequestException(resp.reason, self.path)
+        if self.req_format == 'xml':
+            data_dict = xmltodict.parse(resp.content)
+            return data_dict['GoodreadsResponse']
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Invalid format")
+
+
 log = logger.create()
 _client = None  # type: GoodreadsClient
 
@@ -38,20 +69,20 @@ _CACHE_TIMEOUT = 23 * 60 * 60  # 23 hours (in seconds)
 _AUTHORS_CACHE = {}
 
 
-def connect(key=None, secret=None, enabled=True):
+def connect(key=None, enabled=True):
     global _client
 
-    if not enabled or not key or not secret:
+    if not enabled or not key:
         _client = None
         return
 
     if _client:
         # make sure the configuration has not changed since last we used the client
-        if _client.client_key != key or _client.client_secret != secret:
+        if _client.client_key != key:
             _client = None
 
     if not _client:
-        _client = GoodreadsClient(key, secret)
+        _client = GoodreadsClient(key, None)
 
 
 def get_author_info(author_name):
diff --git a/cps/templates/config_edit.html b/cps/templates/config_edit.html
index 8035d03f..b03b7d6d 100755
--- a/cps/templates/config_edit.html
+++ b/cps/templates/config_edit.html
@@ -162,10 +162,6 @@
         <label for="config_goodreads_api_key">{{_('Goodreads API Key')}}</label>
         <input type="text" class="form-control" id="config_goodreads_api_key" name="config_goodreads_api_key" value="{% if config.config_goodreads_api_key != None %}{{ config.config_goodreads_api_key }}{% endif %}" autocomplete="off">
       </div>
-      <div class="form-group">
-        <label for="config_goodreads_api_secret_e">{{_('Goodreads API Secret')}}</label>
-        <input type="password" class="form-control" id="config_goodreads_api_secret_e" name="config_goodreads_api_secret_e" value="" autocomplete="off">
-      </div>
     </div>
     {% endif %}
     <div class="form-group">