Quick Reads
Under 2 hours – about 16 titles fall into this range.
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
Reading time estimates are based on word count and an average reading speed of about 230 words per minute. The median text in this catalog takes roughly 347 minutes to read.
These estimates provide a practical guide, but your own pace may vary. Use them to choose a text that fits your available time and reading habits.
Steady Reads
2 to 4 hours – around 19 titles.
Immersive Reads
4 to 8 hours – about 27 titles.
Marathon Reads
8+ hours – roughly 29 titles.
Sustainable Progress with the Reading Tracker
The Reading Tracker is built around pages, not abstract metrics. You set a current page, a total page count, and a daily page goal. The tracker then estimates how many days remain and how much time you will spend each day. It stores your history in the browser, so no account is needed. This simplicity makes it easy to maintain a realistic reading habit.
For books without a fixed catalog page count, the tracker estimates the total as the word count divided by 250 words per page. You can replace that estimate with the page count from your own edition, which is useful if you are reading a print or e-book that paginates differently.
Setting a Daily Goal
The default daily goal is 20 pages, which is a reasonable starting point for many readers. But you can adjust it to fit your schedule. If you know you have a busy week, you might set a lower goal, like 10 pages, and accept a longer finish time. If you are on vacation, you might raise it to 40 pages and finish sooner. The tracker uses your goal to calculate estimated finish days as the ceiling of remaining pages divided by the daily goal.
For example, consider Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric Life Accompanied by Fragments of the Ethical Writings of certain Pythagoreans in the Doric dialect; and a collection of — A Reader’s Guide. Its word count is 83,261, which gives an estimated page count of 333 (since 83,261 ÷ 250 = 333). If you start at page 1 and set a goal of 20 pages per day, you would finish in about 17 days (ceil(333 / 20) = 17). That is a manageable commitment for a book that might otherwise seem long.
Adjusting the goal changes the timeline. A 30-page daily goal would reduce the estimate to 12 days (ceil(333 / 30) = 12). A 10-page goal stretches it to 34 days. The tracker makes these trade-offs explicit, so you can choose a pace that feels sustainable rather than overwhelming.
Tracking Progress and Estimating Time
As you update your current page, the tracker recalculates the remaining time. The estimated remaining time is proportional to the original estimated minutes, scaled by the fraction of pages left. For the Iamblichus book, the estimated reading time is 363 minutes. If you have read 100 pages out of 333, the remaining pages are 233, so the estimated remaining time is 363 × 233 / 333, which is about 254 minutes. That is a concrete way to see how much time you still need to invest.
This proportional estimate assumes you read at a consistent pace, which is rarely true, but it gives you a ballpark. If you find you are reading faster or slower than the estimate, you can adjust your daily goal or simply use the tracker as a loose guide. The focus on pages, rather than minutes or sections, keeps the process straightforward. You are not tracking every sentence or chapter; you are simply moving through the book one page at a time.
The tracker's history is stored locally in your browser, so you can close the page and return later without losing your place. That persistence makes it easy to maintain a long-term reading project. For readers who are working through a dense ethical treatise or a collection of essays, the tracker helps you break the work into daily, achievable steps.