Quick Reads
66 titles are estimated to take under 30 minutes. For example, 'It Was the Road to Jericho' (17 minutes) or 'How Rifleman Brown Came to Valhalla' (19 minutes).
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 Estimator gives you a realistic idea of how long a title will take to read, based on its word count. It uses a standard reading speed, so you can plan your reading sessions accordingly.
The catalog includes a wide range of lengths, from quick reads that fit into a lunch break to longer works that might occupy a weekend. Use this tool to find something that matches the time you have available.
Steady Reads
13 titles fall in the 30-90 minute range, like 'Many Gods' (53 minutes) and 'Lancashire Songs' (54 minutes). Good for an evening's reading.
Longer Works
5 titles are immersive (90-180 minutes) and 6 are marathon (over 180 minutes). For example, 'The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth' Volume 6 takes about 530 minutes, and 'Iberia Won' takes 389 minutes.
Planning Your Reading with the Page-Based Tracker
The Reading Tracker is a simple tool for turning a book’s word count into a page-based plan. It records your progress in pages, not minutes or sections, and it helps you estimate how many days a book will take given a daily page goal. This works well for the AUACY catalog, where most titles are short enough to finish in a week or less.
Consider Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 2 — A Closer Reading. This 31,268-word volume is estimated to take 136 minutes to read. With the tracker’s default of 250 words per page, that translates to about 125 pages. If you set a daily goal of 20 pages, you can expect to finish in about seven days—a realistic plan for a busy week.
How the Tracker Estimates Pages and Time
When you open a book in the tracker, it first calculates an estimated page count using the formula: total pages = ceil(word_count / 250). This assumes 250 words per page, which is a common standard for paperbacks. For Robert Bridges’ volume, that gives 125 pages. The tracker then multiplies the estimated reading minutes by the ratio of remaining pages to total pages to estimate remaining reading time. So if you have read 25 pages, you have 100 remaining, and the estimated time left is 136 × (100/125) ≈ 109 minutes.
You can adjust the total page count if your edition differs. If your copy has 150 pages, simply replace the estimate. The tracker will recalculate the remaining time and finish days accordingly. This flexibility is useful because page counts vary between editions, and the catalog’s own word counts are only estimates.
The tracker also calculates estimated finish days as ceil(remaining_pages / daily_page_goal). With a 20-page daily goal and 125 total pages, you would need 7 days (ceil(125/20) = 7). If you increase your goal to 30 pages, that drops to 5 days. The tool makes it easy to see how adjusting your daily target affects your timeline.
Using the Tracker for Different Kinds of Books
The tracker is especially helpful for longer works, but it works equally well for short ones. For a book like The Ballad of Ensign Joy — Reading Companion, with only 5,894 words, the estimated page count is 24 pages. At 20 pages a day, you would finish in two days—or in one day if you read a little more. That kind of clarity helps you decide whether to start a book on a weekday or save it for the weekend.
For a multi-volume work like Wordsworth’s Volume 6, the tracker can help you pace a long-term project. With 121,700 words, the estimated page count is 487 pages. At 20 pages a day, that is 25 days—a month-long commitment. You might choose to read it alongside a shorter title, using the tracker to keep both on schedule.
The tracker stores your progress in your browser’s local storage, so you do not need an account. You can close the page and return later without losing your place. The default daily goal is 20 pages, but you can change it to match your own reading habits. Whether you prefer a steady 10 pages a day or a burst of 50, the tracker adapts to you.