How It Works
Enter your reading speed, and the tool divides the book’s word count by that speed to give an estimated duration.
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 gives you a personalized estimate of how long it will take to read any book in the catalog. Simply enter your reading speed in words per minute, and the tool calculates the hours and minutes.
The median word count across the catalog is 44,786 words, which at a typical pace of 250 words per minute takes about 195 minutes (3 hours and 15 minutes). But books vary widely, so your estimate may differ.
Length Categories
The catalog groups books by length: short (under 20,000 words), medium (20,000–50,000), long (50,000–100,000), and epic (over 100,000).
Time Categories
Based on a median speed, books fall into quick reads (under 1 hour), steady (1–3 hours), immersive (3–6 hours), and marathon (over 6 hours).
Making Steady Progress with the Page-Based Tracker
The Reading Tracker is a simple tool for planning your progress through a book. It records your current page, the total pages, and a daily page goal. From these, it calculates the estimated remaining time and the expected finish date. The tracker uses pages, not sections or minutes, as its unit of progress. This means you need to know how many pages your edition has.
If the catalog does not provide a fixed page count, the tracker estimates it by dividing the word count by 250, which is the configured words-per-page value. You can override this with the total shown by your own reading app or edition. The default daily goal is 20 pages, but you can adjust it to anything that fits your schedule.
Setting a Realistic Daily Goal
The daily page goal is the lever that determines your finish date. If you set it to 20 pages, the tracker will estimate the number of days needed based on that pace. For a book like A manual of face brick construction — Edition Insights (id 299), which has about 38,472 words, the estimated page count is 154 pages (38,472 divided by 250). At 20 pages per day, you would finish in about 8 days. If you can manage 30 pages per day, you would finish in 6 days.
A useful approach is to choose a goal that is sustainable. A goal that is too high may lead to skipping days; a goal that is too low may extend the reading over months. The tracker allows you to adjust the goal at any time, so you can start with a modest target and increase it as you build momentum.
Updating Your Progress
Each time you finish a reading session, update the current page in the tracker. The tracker stores your history in your browser's localStorage, so you can close the page and return later without losing your data. No account is required. This makes it easy to track multiple books simultaneously, as long as you remember to update each one.
The estimated remaining time is calculated proportionally: if you have read half the pages, you have roughly half the estimated reading time left. This is a helpful way to see For readers who are on track. For example, if you are 50 pages into a 200-page book, you have completed 25% of the reading, and the remaining time estimate will reflect that.
Using the Tracker with the Catalog
The tracker is most useful when paired with the Finder and Compare tools. Use the Finder to select a book with a manageable length, use Compare to see its structure, and then set up the tracker with a daily goal. The catalog's median word count is 44,786, which translates to about 179 pages at 250 words per page. At 20 pages per day, that is a 9-day read. Knowing this can help you plan your reading list.
Remember, the tracker does not record sections or minutes. It is purely page-based. If your edition has different pagination, adjust the total pages accordingly. This flexibility ensures that the tracker works with whatever format you are reading, whether it is a print book, an e-reader, or a PDF.