Quick Reads
Books under 45 minutes. Many are short poetry collections or single ballads, perfect for a brief escape.
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 estimates how long it will take to finish a book based on its word count. These estimates assume a steady reading pace of about 228 words per minute, which is a common average for silent reading.
Your actual reading speed may vary. Use these numbers as a guideline to decide whether a book fits into a lunch break, an evening, or a weekend.
Steady Reads
Books lasting 45 minutes to 2 hours. These are typical for a relaxed reading session.
Immersive and Marathon
Immersive reads take 2–4 hours, while marathons exceed 4 hours. These are for days when you can set aside a larger block.
Planning a Sustainable Pace, Page by Page
The Reading Tracker helps you turn a chosen book into a daily plan based on pages. It records your current page, the total pages, and a daily goal. Progress is measured in pages, not minutes or sections, so your plan is tied to the physical or digital page count of the edition you are reading.
Setting Your Page Count
When you start a book, the tracker needs a total page count. If the catalog does not have a fixed page count, it estimates one by dividing the word count by 250 words per page. For example, The Norse king's bridal — Reading Notes (id 299) has about 13,294 words, so the initial estimate would be roughly 53 pages (13,294 ÷ 250 ≈ 53.2, rounded up).
You can replace that estimate with the total page count from your own reading app or printed edition. This is important because page counts vary widely with font size, margins, and trim size. A book that is 53 pages in the catalog’s estimate might be 70 pages in a paperback or 40 on a small screen. Using your edition’s count makes the tracker accurate for you.
The tracker also asks for a daily page goal. The default is 20 pages, which is a reasonable starting point for many readers, but you can adjust it up or down. If you know you have a busy week, you might set a lower goal; if you are on vacation, a higher one.
Calculating Progress and Finish Dates
As you read, you update your current page. The tracker shows your progress as a fraction of the total: current page divided by total pages. It also estimates the remaining time in minutes by scaling the book’s estimated reading time by the fraction of pages left. For The Norse king's bridal, the estimated reading time is 58 minutes. If you have read 26 of 53 pages, you have about half the book left, so the remaining time estimate would be roughly 29 minutes.
Finish days are calculated by dividing the remaining pages by your daily goal. If you have 27 pages left and a goal of 20 pages per day, the tracker will show 2 days (27 ÷ 20 = 1.35, rounded up to 2). This gives you a concrete target: if you read 20 pages today and 7 tomorrow, you will finish.
Storing Your Progress
The tracker stores your history in your browser’s localStorage, so no account is needed. This means your progress is saved on the device you are using, but it will not sync across devices. If you switch from a phone to a computer, you will need to enter your current page manually on the new device.
The tracker’s focus on pages is a deliberate choice. It does not record sections or minutes as progress, because those can be misleading. A section might be one poem or a long chapter, and minutes depend on your reading speed. Pages are a consistent, tangible unit that you can see in your book.
By setting a realistic daily goal and updating your page count regularly, you can turn a large book into a series of small, achievable steps. For readers who are reading a 58-minute ballad collection or a 500-minute anthology, the tracker helps you find a pace that fits your life.