Quick Reads
51 books are estimated to take under 90 minutes. Examples include Among the Hills (62 min) and Poems by Betham (63 min).
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 estimates based on word count and a typical reading pace of about 240 words per minute. These are approximate, as actual reading speed varies by person and text difficulty.
For the catalog, the median reading time is 117 minutes. This means half of the books take longer, half take less. Use the tool to plan your reading sessions, whether you have a spare hour or a whole weekend.
Steady Reads
27 books fall in the 90-180 minute range. Georgian poetry, 1920-22 takes about 129 minutes.
Immersive and Marathon
14 books are over 3 hours, and 3 are over 6 hours. For instance, Poems Household Edition takes 277 minutes, and Collected Poems: Volume Two takes 468.
Steady Progress, Page by Page
The Reading Tracker is designed for the long haul. It records progress in pages, with a current page, total pages, and a daily page goal. There is no requirement to log sections or minutes; the focus is on pages, which is a simple and sustainable unit. If a fixed catalog page count is unavailable, the tracker estimates pages from word count using a default of 250 words per page.
Setting a Realistic Goal
The default daily goal is 20 pages, which is a reasonable starting point for many readers. But you can adjust it to fit your schedule. For example, Georgian poetry, 1920-22 — Story, Setting & Ideas has an estimated 129 minutes and about 5 pages per 250 words, so a 20-page goal would take roughly 5 days if you read every day. That is a manageable commitment for a book of that size.
The tracker calculates estimated finish days as ceil(remaining_pages / daily_page_goal). If you set a goal of 10 pages a day, the same book would take about 10 days. The tool does not judge your pace; it simply helps you see the timeline.
Adjusting to Your Edition
The tracker allows you to replace the estimated total page count with the total shown by your own reading app or edition. This is important because page counts vary by format. A paperback edition of Georgian poetry, 1920-22 — Story, Setting & Ideas might have 120 pages, while a Kindle version might show 150. Using your edition's count makes the progress more accurate.
The estimated remaining time is proportional: estimated_minutes × remaining_pages / total_pages. So if you have read half of a book, the tracker estimates you have half the time left. This keeps your planning grounded in actual progress.
Privacy and Persistence
Progress history is stored in localStorage in your current browser, and no account is required. This means your data stays on your device, and you can use the tracker without any sign-up. The trade-off is that clearing your browser data will erase your progress, so it is best used on a device you regularly use.
The tracker is a tool for planning, not a scorekeeper. It does not record sections or minutes as progress because its unit is the page. That simplicity is its strength: you always know where you are and how far you have to go.