Do more with this book catalog

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.