Length Categories
Short (5 titles), medium (21), long (46), and epic (19). Most books are long or epic, but there are shorter options.
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
Reading time estimates are based on the median word count of 73,416 words and a median reading time of 320 minutes. This gives you a rough idea of how long a typical book might take.
The catalog includes everything from short stories to epic novels. Use the reading cards to see the distribution and find a title that fits your available time.
Time Categories
Quick (4), steady (14), immersive (56), and marathon (17). The majority are immersive, meaning several hours of reading.
Median Averages
The median word count is 73,416 and the median reading time is 320 minutes (about 5.3 hours).
Steady Progress with Reading Tracker
Reading Tracker is a practical tool for anyone who wants to finish a book without losing momentum. It records progress in pages, not minutes or sections. You set a daily page goal, and the tracker estimates how many days it will take to reach the end. This works especially well with the public domain titles here, which vary widely in length.
For example, Desert Dust — Key Ideas to Explore has a word count of 73,220. At the default 250 words per page, that translates to roughly 293 pages. If you set a daily goal of 20 pages, you would finish in about 15 days. The tracker calculates this automatically, so you can adjust your goal to fit your schedule.
Getting Started
When you open the tracker, you enter the current page you are on and the total pages in your edition. If the catalog does not provide a fixed page count, the tracker estimates it as word count divided by 250. For Desert Dust, that gives approximately 293 pages. You can replace this with the total shown by your own reading app or printed edition, which may differ. The tracker then uses your actual page count for all calculations.
The default daily goal is 20 pages, but you can change it to anything that works for you. A lower goal, like 10 pages, might be more sustainable for a busy week; a higher goal, like 40 pages, can help you finish faster. The tracker will show the estimated finish date based on your goal.
Understanding the Estimates
The tracker calculates remaining time as estimated minutes × remaining pages / total pages. This is proportional, so if you are halfway through a book, you have roughly half the estimated reading time left. For Desert Dust, the estimated reading time is 319 minutes. If you have read 100 pages, you have about 193 pages left, which would take about 210 minutes at the same pace.
Finish days are calculated as remaining pages divided by your daily page goal, rounded up. If you have 293 pages and a goal of 20 pages per day, that is 15 days. This gives you a concrete target to work toward.
Tracking Your Progress
Progress history is stored in your browser's localStorage, so you do not need an account. Simply update your current page as you read, and the tracker will keep your history. This is useful for seeing how your pace changes over time. The tracker does not record sections or minutes as progress; it is strictly page-based, which keeps the focus on the actual pages you have covered.
For a book like Desert Dust, you might start with a goal of 20 pages per day and adjust after a few days. If you find you are reading faster, you can increase the goal to finish sooner. The tracker adapts to your actual reading speed, making it a flexible companion for any public domain title in this library.