Currently reading
Each book you’re reading with its cover, the author and a progress bar that fills as you update your page number.
Notion Book Tracker Template
See what you’re reading, what’s next and how your reading year adds up, with a review for every book.
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Sense and Sensibility
32%
of 409
This year
9 books·3,287 pages·4.2 average
9 of 24 books 38%
Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug Sep Oct Nov · Dec ·
9 of 24 prompts
or finish the book yourself.
- Works on the free Notion plan
- Your reading year in one card
- Start and finish a book in one click
At a glance
- What it is
- A book tracker in Notion: what you’re reading with a progress bar, your TBR, a page for each book with your review, and your reading year in numbers.
- Who it’s for
- Readers who want a calm place for their books, from a few a year to one a week. No Notion experience needed.
- Price
- $9, one payment. It’s yours to keep.
- Free Notion plan
- Yes. Databases, formulas and buttons, nothing more.
- Time
- About five minutes to set up, then a few seconds to update your page number.
Watch the 55-second tour
Currently reading, your year in numbers, a book page with its review, the bookshelf and the reading challenge, filmed in the real template.
What it does that most book trackers don’t
Readers who leave a low rating on a book tracker tend to say the same thing: it was confusing. This one keeps to the few things you do with a book, and counts the rest for you.
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Your year in one card
Books, pages, average rating, your goal and how many you read each month, counted from the books you finish.
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Start and finish in one click
Start reading fills in the start date. Mark as finished fills in the finish date and moves the book to your year.
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A fresh start every January
Your stats and the reading challenge count this year’s books on their own. Last year’s stay on the shelf under their year.
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A reading challenge built in
24 prompts, from a classic to a book under 200 pages. Link a book you finished and the prompt is done.
We set it up from a fresh copy, the way you’ll get it: cleared the sample, added a book, clicked Start reading and Mark as finished, rated it and checked that it counted in the year.
What’s inside
The main page shows what you’re reading, your year so far, what’s up next and what you finished lately. Library, the reading challenge and your quotes each have a page of their own.
This year
How many books and pages, your average rating, how close you are to your goal, a bar for each month and the challenge prompts you’ve done.
Book page
Status, dates, pages, rating, genre and mood at the top, how long it took you, then a few lines on what you loved, what you didn’t and who should read it.
Bookshelf
Every book you’ve read with its cover and rating, grouped by year with the newest year first.
Reading challenge
24 prompts for the year. Link a book to a prompt and it shows as done, with a count on the main page.
Also in the template
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TBR and moods
Up next on the main page, and a By mood tab for when you want something cozy, light or dark.
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Quotes
Save the lines you love, each linked to its book.
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Past reads
An Add past reads tab to type in books you already finished this year, fast.
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Sample data
15 classic books with covers. One button clears them and sets your stats back to zero.
How to use it
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When you start a book, add it and click Start reading.
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After you read, open the book and change Current page.
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When you finish, click Mark as finished and pick a rating.
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Write a few lines on the book’s page while it’s fresh, and save a quote or two.
Set it up in about five minutes
You do this once. It’s easiest on a computer.
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Buy it on Etsy and download the Start here PDF. Open the template link in it and click the Duplicate icon (two small squares) at the top. A free Notion account is enough.
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Open Start here and click the button to clear the sample. Your stats go back to zero.
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Open Settings and type how many books you want to read this year.
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Click + Add book on the main page and type the title, author and pages. Then click Start reading.
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As you read, open the book and change Current page. The bar on the main page fills up.
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When you’re done, click Mark as finished and pick a rating.
Already read some books this year? Type them in the Add past reads tab in Library.
Is it right for you?
A good fit if
- You want to see what you read this year without counting.
- You like to rate books and write a few lines about each one.
- You have a long TBR and want to pick by mood.
- You set a yearly goal or like a reading challenge.
Look elsewhere if
- You want to look up books and fill in covers on their own. You add each book yourself.
- You want charts and graphs. The stats are simple text bars.
- You want to log reading time by the minute. It tracks pages, not sessions.
- You track a book club’s reading for many people. It’s made for one reader.
Questions
Does it work on the free Notion plan?
Yes. It runs on databases, formulas and buttons, and the free plan has all three.
Do I need to reset it every January?
No. The stats and the challenge count the books you finish this year. Last year’s books stay in Library under their year.
How do I add a cover?
Open the book and click Cover. Remove the plain one, then add a photo of your copy or an image link. No cover? The plain one looks fine on the shelf.
Does it work for ebooks and audiobooks?
Yes. Type the print page count in Pages so your page total stays right. Halfway through a 300 page book is page 150.
What if I give up on a book?
Change its status to DNF. You’ll find it in Library under DNF, and it doesn’t count in your stats.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes. Setup is easiest on a computer. On a phone, changing your page number or finishing a book takes a couple of taps.
Where does the template go after I pay?
You download a Start here PDF from Etsy with the template link. Open the link and click the Duplicate icon at the top of the page, and the copy is yours to keep and change.
What if I get stuck?
Email us at hello@magnetcreativestudio.com with the template name and what you see, and we’ll help you get it working.
For power users
How it’s built, if you like to change things.
The databases
| Database | What it holds |
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| Books | Status, Author, Pages, Current page, Started, Finished, Rating, Genre, Mood, Format, Owned, Spice, Series, Cover and Favorite. |
| Quotes | The quote and the book it came from. |
| Reading challenge | 24 prompts, each linked to the book that fills it. |
| Reading stats | One row with your yearly goal that adds up every book you finish. |
How it works inside
- Progress
- Current page out of Pages as a bar, then Finished once the book is Read.
- Read in
- Days from start to finish, or a reminder to add the finish date.
- This year
- Books, pages and average rating for books finished in the current year.
- Months
- How many books you finished in each month of the year.
- Start reading and Mark as finished
- Buttons on each book that set the status and fill in the dates.
- Clear the sample
- Hides the sample books and quotes. Your stats start from zero.
See your reading year add up
Pay once, clear the sample and add the book you’re reading now.
