Book Finder
Answer a few questions about length, pace, category, and subject. The finder returns titles that fit your stated preferences, drawn from the library's 95 works.
Do more with this book catalog
The EATCR Public Domain Literature Library offers a curated set of reader-tool pages designed to help you explore its collection of 95 public-domain works. These interactive pages turn catalog data into practical guidance, whether you are choosing a next read, comparing similar titles, or estimating the time a book will take.
Each tool draws on the library's own records—word counts, reading times, subjects, and categories—so the suggestions you see are grounded in the books themselves. Use the Finder to match your preferences, the Compare tool to weigh options side by side, and the Reading tool to plan your session.
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Ways the catalog data becomes useful
Compare Books
Select two or more titles from the catalog to view their key stats side by side: word count, reading time, sections, and sentence length. See how they stack up.
Reading Time Estimator
Estimate how long a book will take to read based on its word count and your personal reading speed. Adjust the pace to see how it changes the total time.
Choosing, Comparing, and Tracking: A Practical Route Through the Catalog
The EATCR Public Domain Literature Library holds 95 works spread across four categories, with word counts that range from a few thousand to well over a hundred thousand. That breadth makes it easy to find a promising title and then lose it in a busy schedule. The three tools on this page—Book Finder, Compare Books, and Reading Tracker—are designed to work as a sequence, not as separate utilities. Using them together turns a vague interest into a realistic reading plan.
Consider a book like The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight — Reading Notes. It sits in Historical Social Novels, runs about 81,000 words, and its sentence flow is close to the catalog median. Without a tool, you might only notice its appealing title and subjects. With the Finder, you can place it alongside other historical novels that match a comfortable length. With Compare, you can see exactly how it stacks up against a shorter or longer alternative. And once you commit, the Tracker helps you pace the 353 estimated minutes across your available days.
Start with the Finder
The Book Finder is the entry point because it narrows the full catalog to a manageable set. You can filter by category, word-count length, estimated reading time, chapter rhythm, sentence flow, and subjects. The catalog's four categories are uneven in size—Historical Social Novels has 45 titles, while Exploration Survival Adventure Tales has 16—so the Finder's filters matter more when you're browsing a crowded category. For instance, if you know you want a quick read in Historical Social Novels, you can set the time filter to 'quick' and see only the 12 titles across the entire catalog that fit that label.
No-preference choices do not penalize books, so you can leave a filter alone if you're flexible. The Finder's real value is in combining two or three criteria that reflect your current mood: a category, a length, and a rhythm. That combination eliminates the paralysis of 95 titles and leaves you with a short list worth exploring.
Use Compare to Make a Choice
Once you have two or three candidates, Compare Books shows their measurable differences side by side. You can see word count, estimated reading time, text sections, sentence flow, chapter rhythm, subjects, and page information when available. These metrics are descriptive, not judgments. A book with a high sentence-flow value isn't better or worse; it simply asks for a different kind of attention.
For example, you might compare a 31,000-word novel with a 92,000-word one. The shorter book will likely have fewer text sections and a lower estimated reading time, but the longer book may offer a richer narrative arc. Compare helps you see that trade-off clearly before you invest hours. The tool also lets you check subjects, so you can confirm that a book's themes match your interest—say, 'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction' or 'Western stories.'
Commit with the Tracker
After you choose a title, the Reading Tracker turns it into a daily habit. It records progress in pages, with a current page, total pages, and a daily page goal. The initial page estimate is calculated from the word count using a default of 250 words per page. For a book like The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight, that works out to roughly 324 pages. If your own edition shows a different total, you can replace that number.
The Tracker then estimates how many days you'll need based on your daily goal. If you set a goal of 20 pages per day, a 324-page book takes about 17 days. That concrete number turns a vague intention into a plan you can follow. Progress history is stored in your browser, so you can pick up where you left off without an account.