Time Estimates
Reading times are based on word count and an average reading speed. The median book takes about 141 minutes, but you can filter by quick, steady, immersive, or marathon to match your pace.
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 companion provides honest estimates and structural details for each book in the catalog. These numbers are calculated from the text itself, so you can trust them to plan your reading sessions.
Whether you have a spare half-hour or a whole weekend, this tool helps you decide which book to pick up next. See at a glance how long a book will take and what its layout looks like.
Book Structure
Each book is divided into text sections. Some are single-story shorts, while others have multiple chapters. This can give you a sense of the book's pacing and organization.
Sentence Complexity
Average sentence length is provided as a rough indicator of reading difficulty. Shorter sentences often make for easier reading, while longer ones may require more focus.
A List To Starboard 1909 — Reading Notes
The Reading Tracker in this library is built around a simple, page-based view of progress. You set a daily page goal, note your current page, and the tool shows how many pages remain and when you might finish. Because it relies on pages rather than minutes or chapters, it works cleanly across the different lengths and layouts of the books here.
Starting with a Page Count
When a book does not have a fixed page count in the catalog, the tracker estimates one by dividing the word count by 250. That default assumes roughly 250 words per page, which suits many of the older editions in this collection. For a book like "A List To Starboard 1909 — Reading Notes", with about 8,800 words, the initial estimate lands near 36 pages. You can keep that number or replace it with the total page count from your own reading app or printed edition, which is useful when the formatting differs.
The tracker then calculates remaining time as a simple proportion: estimated minutes times remaining pages divided by total pages. If you are halfway through a book, the remaining time is half the original estimate, regardless of the total. That keeps the projection honest even if your reading speed varies from the catalog's average.
Setting a Daily Goal That Fits
The interface starts you with a default daily goal of 20 pages. For a short piece like "A List To Starboard 1909 — Reading Notes", that goal would suggest a finish in about two days. But the tracker is flexible: you can lower the goal to a single page if you prefer a slower, more deliberate pace, or raise it for a concentrated sitting. The finish date is simply the remaining pages divided by the daily goal, rounded up, so the math stays transparent.
This page-based approach suits the catalog's mix of brief stories and longer novels. A 30-page book and a 300-page book both respond to the same logic: you decide how many pages per day you can manage, and the tracker turns that into a calendar. It does not record minutes or sections, so the focus stays on the physical progress through the text.
Planning with a Concrete Example
Take "A List To Starboard 1909 — Reading Notes" as a practical case. With roughly 36 estimated pages and a daily goal of 20 pages, the tracker would show a finish in two days. If you set a goal of 10 pages, it becomes four days. That difference matters when you are choosing between a short story and a longer novel like "The Bishop of Cottontown", which runs over 160,000 words and would estimate near 650 pages.
The tracker's value is in making such comparisons concrete. Once you know a book's page estimate, you can adjust the daily goal to match your available time. Because the history is stored in your browser, you can return to the same book later and keep your progress without needing an account. The tracker does not judge difficulty or quality; it simply helps you see how a page-by-page commitment plays out.