Quick Reads
Books under 20,000 words, which might take less than 90 minutes. There are 13 such titles, including 'Canterbury' at about 15,000 words.
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 estimates how long it might take to read a book from this catalog. The estimate is based on the book's word count and an average reading speed of about 230 words per minute. The catalog's median word count is 63,440 words, which would take roughly 276 minutes to read.
Keep in mind that reading speed varies by individual and by the difficulty of the text. Books with longer sentences may take longer to process. The tool provides a starting point for planning your reading, not a precise promise.
Immersive Reads
Books between 60,000 and 100,000 words, often taking 4–8 hours. The catalog has 27 titles in this range, such as 'Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas'.
Marathon Reads
Books over 100,000 words, which may take 8 hours or more. There are 26 epic titles, including 'Recollections of Europe' at nearly 129,000 words.
Planning Your Reading with the Reading Tracker
The Reading Tracker is built around pages, not minutes. You record your current page, the total pages, and a daily page goal. If the catalog does not have a fixed page count, the tracker estimates one by dividing the word count by 250. You can override that estimate with the total from your own reading app or edition. This page-based approach is simple and flexible, allowing you to track progress without worrying about exact reading time.
For example, "Eight days in New-Orleans in February, 1847 — Key Ideas to Explore" has 13,227 words. With the default 250 words per page, that comes to about 53 pages. If you set a daily goal of 20 pages, you could finish in about 3 days. The tracker would show that estimate, and you could adjust the goal up or down based on your actual pace.
Setting a Realistic Daily Goal
The default daily goal is 20 pages, but you can change it to match your reading habits. If you have limited time, you might set a lower goal, such as 10 pages per day, and accept a longer finish time. For the New Orleans book, that would mean about 6 days instead of 3. Conversely, if you have more time, you could increase the goal and finish sooner.
The tracker calculates estimated finish days as the ceiling of remaining pages divided by your daily goal. So if you have 53 pages and a goal of 20, it will show 3 days. If you read 25 pages one day, the remaining pages drop, and the estimate updates. This gives you a concrete sense of progress.
Keep in mind that the tracker does not record sections or minutes as progress. Only pages count. That means if your edition has different pagination than the estimate, you should update the total pages to match your edition. Otherwise, the progress percentage and finish date may be inaccurate.
Using the Tracker with Longer Books
For longer books, the page estimate can be daunting. For instance, "Rambles and Studies in Greece — Background and Themes" has 140,525 words, which would be about 562 pages at 250 words per page. At 20 pages per day, that is 29 days of reading. But you might prefer to break it into smaller daily goals or read only on certain days.
The tracker's flexibility means you can adjust the daily goal as you go. If you find you are reading more or less than planned, simply update the goal. The estimated finish days will recalculate. This makes it easier to commit to a long book without feeling overwhelmed.
Because progress is stored in your browser's localStorage, you do not need an account. You can close the page and return later; your current page and goal will be saved. This is useful for a book that you read over several weeks.