Quick (under 2 hours)
These books are relatively short, with word counts that can often be finished in a single sitting. They are good for a brief introduction to a topic.
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 gives you a practical estimate of how long it will take to read a book in this catalog. The estimate is based on the book's total word count and an average reading speed of about 230 words per minute. This is a starting point, not a precise prediction.
Your actual reading time may vary depending on the text's complexity, your familiarity with the subject, and how much time you can devote to reading. Use the estimate to plan your next selection, whether you have a free afternoon or a long weekend.
Steady (2-4 hours)
A moderate length that may take a few reading sessions. These books offer more detail without being overwhelming.
Immersive (4-8 hours)
These works are substantial and may require several days to complete. They often provide in-depth coverage of a subject.
Marathon (over 8 hours)
The longest books in the catalog, these are major works that demand a significant time commitment. They are best tackled with patience and dedication.
Planning a Sustainable Pace with Reading Tracker
Reading Tracker is a simple tool for making steady progress through a book. It records your current page, total pages, and a daily page goal, then calculates how long the rest of the book will take. The tracker does not measure sections or minutes; it works in pages, which is the unit most readers actually use.
Setting up your book's page count
When you open a book in the tracker, it needs a total page count. If the catalog does not provide one, the tracker estimates it by dividing the word count by 250 words per page. For example, Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa — Key Ideas to Explore has about 32,791 words, so the estimate would be around 131 pages. That is a reasonable starting point, but you can replace it with the page count from your own edition or reading app, which may differ.
The tracker also asks for your current page and a daily page goal. The default goal is 20 pages per day, but you can adjust it to anything that fits your schedule. A useful approach is to choose a goal you can sustain, not one that feels heroic.
Using the estimates to plan your finish date
Once you have entered the total pages, current page, and daily goal, the tracker calculates two things: estimated remaining time and estimated finish days. The remaining time is proportional to the estimated reading minutes, adjusted for how many pages you have left. The finish days are simply the remaining pages divided by your daily goal, rounded up.
For Across the Reef, if you have read 0 pages and set a goal of 20 pages per day, the finish days would be about 7 days (131 / 20 ≈ 6.55, rounded up). That gives you a concrete target. If you increase your goal to 30 pages per day, it drops to about 5 days. The numbers are estimates, but they help you see the trade-off between daily effort and completion time.
Tracking progress without an account
The tracker stores your progress history in your browser's localStorage, so you do not need an account. That means your data stays on your device, and you can pick up where you left off as long as you use the same browser. It is a low-friction way to keep a reading log, especially if you are working through several books at once.
Because the tracker works in pages, it is most useful for books that have a fixed page count. If you are reading a digital edition with variable pagination, you may need to update the total pages occasionally. The tracker is not a substitute for a reading app, but it is a handy companion for planning.
A practical example with Across the Reef
Suppose you want to read Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa — Key Ideas to Explore. The tracker estimates 131 total pages. You set a daily goal of 20 pages. After three days, you have read 60 pages, so your remaining pages are 71. The estimated finish days would be ceil(71 / 20) = 4 days. That means you can expect to finish in about a week from the start, assuming you stick to your goal.
The tracker's value is not in the exactness of its predictions but in the structure it provides. By breaking a book into daily page targets, it turns a vague intention into a manageable routine. And because you can adjust the goal at any time, it adapts to your changing schedule.