Quick Reads
25 books are estimated to take under 60 minutes. Examples include 'Stepping backwards [Night watches, Part 5.] — Context and Discussion' at 29 minutes and 'Too old to fly — Themes and Context' at 39 minutes.
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 Time tool provides honest estimates of how long it will take to read a book from this catalog. These estimates are based on the book's word count and an average reading speed of about 230 words per minute. The catalog's median reading time is 242 minutes, but individual books range from quick 29-minute reads to marathon sessions.
Remember that reading speed varies by person and text complexity. The average sentence length can give you a hint about the prose: longer sentences might slow you down, while shorter ones may speed you up. Use these estimates as a guide, not a guarantee.
Steady and Immersive
21 books fall in the steady range (60-120 minutes), and 45 are immersive (120-300 minutes). Most of the catalog falls into these middle bands, offering substantial reading without a huge time commitment.
Marathon Reads
Only 2 books are marathon-length, exceeding 300 minutes. If you have a long stretch of time, these will keep you occupied for several hours.
Planning Your Pages
The Reading Tracker is a simple tool for pacing yourself through a book. It records progress in pages, not minutes or sections, so you set a daily page goal and see how many days it will take to finish. The tracker uses a default of 250 words per page to estimate total pages when the catalog does not provide a fixed page count, and you can adjust that to match your own edition.
Setting a Daily Goal
The default daily goal is 20 pages, which works for many readers, but you can change it to anything that fits your schedule. A lower goal, like 10 pages, might be more realistic if you read only before bed, while a higher goal, like 40 pages, could suit a weekend readathon. The tracker calculates estimated finish days as the ceiling of remaining pages divided by your daily goal.
For example, Seven Men [Excerpts] — Background and Themes (id 213) has a word count of 36,984. At 250 words per page, that is about 148 pages. With a 20-page daily goal, you would finish in about 8 days. If you lowered the goal to 10 pages, it would take 15 days. The estimate is approximate, but it gives you a concrete plan.
Adjusting the Page Count
The initial page estimate is based on 250 words per page, but your actual edition may have a different page count. If you are reading in an app or a printed book that shows a total page count, you can replace the tracker’s estimate with that number. This makes the progress percentage more accurate.
The tracker also estimates remaining time proportionally: estimated minutes multiplied by remaining pages divided by total pages. So if you are halfway through Seven Men [Excerpts] — Background and Themes (id 213), you have about 74 pages left, and at 20 pages per day, you will finish in about 4 days. The tool keeps your history in the browser’s local storage, so no account is needed.
Using the Tracker with the Catalog
The Reading Tracker pairs well with the other tools. After using Book Finder to select a book and Compare Books to confirm its length, you can set a realistic daily goal based on your available time. For a longer book like The Emperor of Elam, and other stories — Story, Setting & Ideas (id 287) at about 101,572 words, the tracker would estimate roughly 407 pages, and at 20 pages per day, that is about 21 days.
If that feels too long, you can either increase your daily goal or choose a shorter book. The tracker is flexible, and the point is to help you finish, not to pressure you. By recording pages, it keeps your progress visible and your plan manageable.