Quick Reads
Quick reads are books with an estimated reading time under 1 hour. The catalog has 18 such books, many of them short stories. These are ideal for a single sitting.
Reading Tracker
Choose a book, record where you are, and set a daily goal. Your progress is stored in localStorage in this browser; it is not uploaded to a user account.
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If the EPUB has no fixed print pagination, the tool starts with an estimated page count and lets you replace it with the page total shown by your own reader.
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How the progress estimate works
The reading tool gives you a realistic sense of how long it will take to read a book. It uses the book's word count and an average reading speed to estimate minutes. This estimate is a guide, not a guarantee, because individual reading speeds vary.
Beyond time, the tool also shows text sections and average sentence length. These details can help you anticipate the reading experience, such as whether the prose is dense or more straightforward.
Steady Reads
Steady reads take about 1 to 2 hours. With 18 in the catalog, they offer a balanced length for an evening or a commute.
Immersive Reads
Immersive reads typically take 2 to 5 hours. The largest group, with 49 books, these are substantial works that invite a deeper commitment.
Planning Your Reading with the Tracker
The Reading Tracker is a simple tool for a specific job: it helps you plan how many pages to read each day and estimate when you will finish a book. It records progress in pages, not sections or minutes. You set a daily page goal, and the tracker calculates how many days remain based on that pace.
The tracker is flexible. If the catalog does not have a fixed page count for a book, it estimates one using a standard of 250 words per page. You can replace that estimate with the total page count from your own reading app or edition, which is especially useful for public domain texts that may have multiple editions with different pagination.
Setting Your Daily Page Goal
The default daily goal is 20 pages, but you can adjust it to match your schedule. The tracker uses this goal to estimate your finish date. If you read 20 pages a day, a book with 200 pages will take 10 days. If you increase the goal to 40 pages, it will take 5 days. The choice is yours, and you can change it at any time.
Estimating Total Pages
When a book lacks a fixed page count, the tracker calculates an estimate by dividing the word count by 250. For example, "Psychology and Copper — Key Ideas to Explore" (id 282) has about 6,200 words, so the estimated page count would be about 25 pages. That is a quick read. A longer book, like "Chicago and the Old Northwest" (id 289) at 179,424 words, would be estimated at about 718 pages, a much larger commitment.
You can override this estimate if your edition shows a different number. The tracker then uses your number for all calculations.
Tracking Your Progress
As you read, you update the current page. The tracker shows how many pages remain and recalculates the estimated remaining time and finish date. The remaining time is proportional: if you have read half the pages, you have about half the estimated reading time left. The finish date is based on your daily goal, so it changes if you adjust the goal.
Privacy and Persistence
Your progress is stored in your browser's localStorage, so it stays on your device. No account is needed. This means you can close the page and come back later to find your place saved, as long as you use the same browser.