Pillar guide
Book tracking for readers
Tracking your reading only works if it takes seconds and tells you something later. This guide covers what to record, how to log progress on paper books and e-readers, and how shelves, ratings and goals turn a list into a reading history worth revisiting.
What to record for every book
Status (want to read, reading, read, DNF), start and finish dates, total pages, a rating and a couple of lines of notes. That is enough to produce pages read per month, genre and format breakdowns, and a yearly goal you can actually see progress against. Everything else — tropes, quotes, spice level, moods — is optional colour.
Guides in this topic
How to keep track of books read
The five things worth capturing for every book, and why shelves beat a plain list.
How the tracker works
Statuses, progress, shelves, ratings and wrap-ups — plus what to do when search misses a book.
Track Kindle and Kobo by percentage
E-readers show percentages, not pages. Log them accurately and keep page stats honest.
Reading log template
A printable log if you like paper, and how a digital tracker does the maths for you.
Book journal: digital vs paper
What a book journal is for, and how to keep one without giving up your notebook.
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