diff --git a/packages/api/src/events/user/user_created.ts b/packages/api/src/events/user/user_created.ts
index 2f1460770..da6bbea76 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/events/user/user_created.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/events/user/user_created.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { IntercomClient } from '../../utils/intercom'
 import { createPubSubClient } from '../../datalayer/pubsub'
 import { env } from '../../env'
 import { analytics } from '../../utils/analytics'
+import { addPopularReadsForNewUser } from '../../services/popular_reads'
 
 @EventSubscriber()
 export class FollowOmnivoreUser implements EntitySubscriberInterface<Profile> {
@@ -114,3 +115,17 @@ export class PublishNewUserEvent implements EntitySubscriberInterface<Profile> {
     )
   }
 }
+
+@EventSubscriber()
+export class AddPopularReadsToNewUser
+  implements EntitySubscriberInterface<Profile>
+{
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types
+  listenTo() {
+    return Profile
+  }
+
+  async afterInsert(event: InsertEvent<Profile>): Promise<void> {
+    await addPopularReadsForNewUser(event.entity.user.id)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/popular_reads.ts b/packages/api/src/services/popular_reads.ts
index efc00a926..fef94277a 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/popular_reads.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/popular_reads.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ type PopularRead = {
   originalHtml: string
 }
 
+interface AddPopularReadResult {
+  pageId?: string
+  name: string
+  status: ArticleSavingRequestStatus
+}
+
 const popularRead = (key: string): PopularRead | undefined => {
   const metadata = popularReads.find((pr) => pr.key === key)
   if (!metadata) {
@@ -88,6 +94,35 @@ export const addPopularRead = async (
   return pageId
 }
 
+const addPopularReads = async (
+  userId: string,
+  ...names: string[]
+): Promise<AddPopularReadResult[]> => {
+  const results: AddPopularReadResult[] = []
+  for (const name of names) {
+    const pageId = await addPopularRead(userId, name)
+    results.push({
+      pageId,
+      name,
+      status: pageId
+        ? ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Succeeded
+        : ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Failed,
+    })
+  }
+  return results
+}
+
+export const addPopularReadsForNewUser = async (
+  userId: string
+): Promise<void> => {
+  await addPopularReads(
+    userId,
+    'omnivore_get_started',
+    'power_read_it_later',
+    'omnivore_organize'
+  )
+}
+
 const popularReads = [
   {
     key: 'omnivore_get_started',
diff --git a/packages/api/test/routers/auth.test.ts b/packages/api/test/routers/auth.test.ts
index 9dfb301ee..7e1f1eaa5 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/routers/auth.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/routers/auth.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import {
 } from '../../src/utils/auth'
 import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai'
 import chai, { expect } from 'chai'
+import { searchPages } from '../../src/elastic/pages'
+import { createPendingUserToken } from '../../src/routers/auth/jwt_helpers'
 
 chai.use(sinonChai)
 
@@ -546,4 +548,54 @@ describe('auth router', () => {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  describe('create account', () => {
+    const createAccountRequest = (
+      bio: string,
+      name: string,
+      username: string,
+      pendingUserAuth: string
+    ): supertest.Test => {
+      return request
+        .post(`${route}/create-account`)
+        .set('Cookie', [`pendingUserAuth=${pendingUserAuth}`])
+        .send({
+          name,
+          bio,
+          username,
+        })
+    }
+
+    context('when inputs are valid and user not exists', () => {
+      let name = 'test_user'
+      let username = 'test_user'
+
+      after(async () => {
+        await deleteTestUser(username)
+      })
+
+      it('adds popular reads to the library', async () => {
+        const pendingUserToken = await createPendingUserToken({
+          sourceUserId: 'test_source_user_id',
+          email: 'test_user@omnivore.app',
+          provider: 'APPLE',
+          name,
+          username,
+        })
+        await createAccountRequest(
+          '',
+          name,
+          username,
+          pendingUserToken!
+        ).expect(200)
+        const user = await getRepository(User).findOneBy({ name })
+        const [popularReads, count] = (await searchPages({}, user?.id!)) || [
+          [],
+          0,
+        ]
+
+        expect(count).to.eql(3)
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })