Quick Reads
31 books are under an hour. For instance, 'Reminiscences of the Thirty-Fourth Regiment' is a 30-minute read, perfect for a short 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 an honest estimate of how long each book will take based on its word count. The median book here is about 52,877 words, which translates to roughly 230 minutes of reading.
The estimates assume a typical reading pace. Some books have denser sentences, so actual time may vary. Use these numbers to plan your sessions or to pick a book that fits your schedule.
Steady Pacing
19 books fall in the one to two-hour range. 'History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers' takes about 157 minutes.
Immersive and Marathon
Longer works demand more time. 'Lectures on the French Revolution' runs 586 minutes, while 'The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution' needs 680. Plan these for dedicated reading blocks.
Making Steady Progress, Page by Page
The Reading Tracker helps you turn a large book into a series of manageable steps. It records progress in pages, with a current page, a total page count, and a daily goal. The tracker does not measure minutes or sections; it works with pages, which is how most readers think about their place in a book.
For example, An historical and moral view of the origin and progress of the French Revolution; and the effect it has produced in Europe — Reading Notes is a substantial work of 104,372 words. With the default words-per-page setting of 250, the initial page estimate is about 418 pages. That is a lot, but the tracker lets you set a daily goal and see how many days it will take.
Setting Your Page Goal
The default daily goal is 20 pages. For a 418-page book, that means about 21 days of reading. If you can read more, say 30 pages a day, the finish time drops to about 14 days. The tracker calculates estimated finish days by dividing the remaining pages by your daily goal, rounding up to the nearest whole day.
You can adjust the goal to fit your schedule. A busy week might call for 10 pages a day; a vacation might allow 50. The tracker is flexible, and it stores your progress in your browser's local storage, so you can pick up where you left off without an account.
Adjusting the Total Page Count
The initial total page count is an estimate based on word count and the configured words-per-page value of 250. But your actual edition might have different pagination due to introductions, notes, or illustrations. The tracker allows you to replace the total with the page count shown by your reading app or physical book. This ensures that your progress percentage and estimated remaining time are accurate.
The estimated remaining time is proportional: if you have read half the pages, you have about half the estimated reading time left. For the Wollstonecraft book, the estimated reading time is 454 minutes. If you have read 200 of 418 pages, you have about 218 pages left, which is roughly 237 minutes of reading time, or about 4 hours.
Using the Tracker with Other Tools
The Reading Tracker is most useful after you have chosen a book, but it can also inform your choice. If you know you can read 20 pages a day, you can estimate how many days a particular book will take. For a short work like History of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry — A Closer Reading, with an estimated 71 pages, the tracker would show about 4 days at the default goal. For a longer work like Lectures on the French Revolution — A Closer Reading, at 134,670 words and about 539 pages, it would take 27 days.
The tracker does not record sections or minutes as progress, so it is best used alongside the Compare tool to understand a book's structure. But for the simple act of reading a certain number of pages each day, it is a straightforward companion.