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Reading Shelf Maker for the Books of Your Year

The year's books standing on one shelf, each spine as thick as the book.

Runs in your browser

A sample shelf of classics until you type your own books.

Spines
Paper for the tracker

Type one book per line, as you would say it: "Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, 498 pages, 5 stars"; the pages and the stars are optional. Each book stands on a wooden shelf with its title up the spine, as thick as the book is long; tap a spine to pull the book out and see its card. Under the shelf go the year's numbers: the books, the pages, the stars on average and the longest read. Download it as a story for your phone or a post, or print a tracker with your books filled in and empty spines up to your goal, to color in as the year goes on. Everything happens in your browser; nothing is uploaded and there is no account.

More for New Year

Open the New Year page

What the shelf shows

On the shelfWhere it comes from
Spine widththe page count you typed, about one step per 9 pages
Title up the spineyour line, up to “by”
The card when you tap a booktitle, author, pages and stars
The numbers under itbooks, pages, average stars, the longest book

Three ways to use it

  1. A story at the end of the year: the shelf and the numbers in one picture.
  2. A post in the middle of the year: what is on the shelf so far.
  3. A printed tracker on the wall from January: one spine colored for every book finished.

For the other end-of-year pictures there is the friend wrapped maker, and more for the new year is on the New Year page.

Questions

How do I type a book?

One per line, the title first: "The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, 310 pages, 5 stars". Only the title is needed. "by" starts the author; a number followed by "pages" is the length; a number followed by "stars" (or ★★★★) is your rating, half stars too.

Why are the spines different widths?

A spine is as wide as the book is long: about one step of width per 9 pages, so a 900-page epic stands out next to a 150-page novella. Books without a page count get the width of a 300-page book. Heights and colors vary a little from book to book, the same every time for the same book.

How does the printed tracker work?

Set a goal, say 24 books. The tracker prints that many spines on shelves: the books you have read already are colored with their titles, the rest are empty outlines. Each time you finish a book, color a spine and write its title on it.

How many books fit on the shelf?

The story holds four shelves and the post three, about 40 books of an ordinary length. A longer year still shows every book on the printed tracker, which holds up to 200 spines, and the story says how many more did not fit.

Is my reading list uploaded?

No. It stays in your browser, where it is remembered for next time, and the pictures and the tracker are made there.