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📚 Reading Time Tracker

Add a book, log the page you've reached, and watch the progress bar and chart move. Optional reading time per session too. Saves in your browser. Free.

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📚 Free reading time tracker
✅ Progress bar per book✅ Optional reading time✅ Trend chart✅ Free, private

Key takeaways:

  • Add any book with total pages, then log the page you've reached over time
  • Progress bar and percentage update automatically from your latest entry
  • Optional minutes-read field for a reading-time record alongside pages
  • Track multiple books at once, each with its own saved history

What Is a Reading Time Tracker?

This tracker logs reading progress for any book — set-text or personal reading — by page number over time, turning "how far through am I" into an actual progress bar instead of a guess. Add the book once with its total page count, then log your current page whenever you pick it back up.

Reading time is optional: log it if you want a record of minutes spent, or skip it and just track pages if that's all you need.

Getting the Most From This Tracker

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Log the actual page number you've reached, not pages read that session
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Use notes for chapter markers — useful when you pick a book back up later
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Set a target date only if it helps you, it's not required
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Export a CSV before clearing your browser data

Why Track Reading Like Any Other Progress

A textbook or set reading list is easier to get through when progress is visible rather than an open-ended pile. Logging the current page each time turns a vague "still reading it" into an actual percentage — useful for pacing coursework reading across a semester, or just for the satisfaction of watching a long book's bar fill up.

Pair this with the Student Notes Organizer to file notes as you read, and the Study Hours Tracker if reading is part of a broader study log.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is reading progress calculated?

Pages completed ÷ total pages, as a percentage. Log your current page number each time you read, and the progress bar and percentage update from your latest entry.

Can I track more than one book at a time?

Yes — add each book separately and switch between them with the chart dropdown. Every book keeps its own saved reading history.

Do I need to log reading time?

No — it's optional. You can log just the page you've reached, or add minutes read as well if you want a time record alongside your page progress.

Where is my reading log stored?

Entirely in this browser's local storage, on this device. Nothing is uploaded. Export a CSV as a backup or to move to another device.

What's a target date for?

An optional finish-by date, purely for your own planning — the tool doesn't calculate a required reading pace from it, just shows it alongside your progress.

Can I delete a book?

Yes — delete removes the book and its full reading history. Export a CSV first if you want to keep a record.