Quick Reads
Under 30 minutes. Many poems and short pieces fall into this group, 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 provides a simple way to estimate how long a work will take to read. Based on the word count and an average reading speed of about 230 words per minute, each title is assigned a reading time in minutes.
You can filter by time category: quick (under 30 minutes), steady (30-90 minutes), immersive (90-180 minutes), or marathon (over 180 minutes). This helps you choose a work that fits your available time.
Steady Reads
30 to 90 minutes. A good length for an evening or a long commute. Includes many medium-length works.
Immersive Reads
90 to 180 minutes. For when you have a few hours to settle into a longer text. These often include collections or novellas.
Marathon Reads
Over 180 minutes. Expect a substantial commitment, often for epic poems or full-length novels. The median reading time in the collection is 84 minutes.
Steady Progress: Planning Your Reading with Pages
The Reading Tracker helps you turn a book's estimated reading time into a concrete, page-based plan. Progress is recorded in pages, with a current page, a total page count, and a daily page goal. The tracker does not measure time spent or sections completed; it focuses solely on pages. This simplicity makes it easy to maintain momentum, especially for longer works.
Setting Your Total Pages
When a book has no fixed page count in the catalog, the tracker estimates the total by dividing the word count by 250 words per page. For The three sphinxes, and other poems — A Closer Reading (id 306), with 13,193 words, that gives an initial estimate of about 53 pages (13,193 ÷ 250 = 52.77, rounded up to 53). You can replace this estimate with the total page count shown by your own reading app or edition, which may differ due to formatting, introductions, or notes. Using your edition's page count makes the tracker more accurate for your specific copy.
The default daily goal is 20 pages, but you can adjust it to match your reading habits. If you set a goal of 20 pages per day, the tracker will estimate that The three sphinxes will take about 3 days (53 ÷ 20 = 2.65, rounded up to 3). If you prefer a slower pace, a 10-page goal would extend that to 6 days. The tracker calculates estimated finish days as the ceiling of remaining pages divided by daily goal, so you always know the minimum number of days to completion.
Tracking Progress and Adjusting
As you read, you update the current page number. The tracker then shows your remaining pages and recalculates the estimated remaining time, using the formula: estimated minutes × remaining pages / total pages. For The three sphinxes, if you have read 20 pages of 53, you have 33 pages left, and the remaining time would be 58 minutes × 33 / 53, or about 36 minutes. This estimate updates each time you log progress, giving you a realistic sense of how much reading time remains.
The tracker stores your history in your browser's localStorage, so no account is needed. You can close the page and return later; your progress will still be there. This makes it easy to maintain a reading habit over days or weeks, without any setup or login.
Planning a Longer Work
For a book like Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough — Background and Themes (id 281), which has 109,429 words, the initial page estimate is 438 pages (109,429 ÷ 250 = 437.7, rounded up). At a daily goal of 20 pages, that would take 22 days. You might adjust the goal to 30 pages to finish in 15 days, or to 10 pages for a more leisurely 44-day read. The tracker's flexibility allows you to plan around your schedule, not the other way around.
The tracker's page-based approach works well for poetry collections, which often have many short sections. Even if you read only a few pages a day, you can see steady progress toward the total. A useful approach is to set a goal that is sustainable, and the tracker will help you stay on course.