Book Finder
Narrow the catalog by category, length, reading time, or subject. Each match is a suggestion based on your preferences, not a judgment of quality.
Do more with this book catalog
This library brings together 98 public-domain books in four curated categories: Young Readers Enchanted Adventures, Wandering Heroes Classic Adventures, Science Fiction Utopias, and Historical Psychological Social Fiction. Each title has been prepared with a clear text layout and simple navigation so you can settle into the story without distraction.
Beyond the books themselves, the catalog offers three reader tools. They are designed to help you choose what to read next, see how books compare in length and reading time, and estimate how long a particular title will take to finish. These tools use only the facts of the catalog, so you can plan your reading with confidence.
98
books in this catalog
4
catalog categories
98
books with reading-time data
Made for this collection
Ways the catalog data becomes useful
Compare Books
Place two titles side by side and view their word counts, reading times, and subject tags. Useful for deciding what fits your schedule.
Reading Time
See estimated reading times for individual books, based on typical reading speeds. Plan a quick read or a longer immersion.
Choosing a Reading Path in the IRTVI Public Domain Library
With 98 public-domain titles spread across four categories, the IRTVI catalog can feel both inviting and overwhelming. The library’s three working tools—Book Finder, Compare Books, and Reading Tracker—are designed to be used together, each answering a different question. Book Finder narrows the field, Compare Books tests a shortlist, and Reading Tracker turns a selection into a sustainable plan. None of them rate literary quality; they simply make the catalog’s facts visible.
Start with Book Finder
Book Finder is the entry point when you have a general sense of what you want—a category like Science Fiction Utopias, a certain length, or a subject that catches your eye. The tool lets you combine criteria without penalizing books that don’t match your preferences. For instance, if you know you want something compact and historical, you can filter by the Historical Psychological Social Fiction category and the shortest length band. The catalog’s median word count is just over 60,000 words, so a book like Remarks on Clarissa (1749) — Context and Discussion, at roughly 19,600 words, stands out as a focused read.
Refine with Compare Books
Once Book Finder gives you two or three candidates, Compare Books puts them side by side. The comparison shows word count, estimated reading time, text sections, sentence flow, chapter rhythm, and subjects. These are descriptive metrics, not judgments. A book with long sentences and few sections may feel very different from one with short sentences and many chapters, even if their word counts are similar. Comparing helps you anticipate the texture of the reading experience.
For example, you might compare a dense 18th-century critical work with a brisk juvenile adventure. The numbers make the difference tangible: one may have an average sentence length over 36 words, while the other hovers around 12. That difference tells you more about pacing than any summary could.
Plan with Reading Tracker
After you choose, Reading Tracker helps you plan the actual reading. It records progress in pages, not minutes or sections, and lets you set a daily page goal. The default goal is 20 pages, but you can adjust it. The tracker estimates remaining time and finish dates based on your goal, and it stores your history in the browser without requiring an account.
A Worked Example
Suppose you are drawn to historical fiction. Book Finder can narrow the catalog to the Historical Psychological Social Fiction category. Compare Books might reveal that Remarks on Clarissa (1749) — Context and Discussion is a short, sentence-dense text, while another title in the same category is longer and more conversational. You choose based on your available time and preferred pace.
Then Reading Tracker turns that choice into a plan. If the book is 86 pages and you read 20 pages a day, you will finish in about five days. The tools work best in sequence: find, compare, track. Each step uses the catalog’s facts to support your decisions without prescribing them.