Start from a daily goal
Pick pages or minutes a day. BookWorm turns it into a number of books for the year, so the target matches a day you can actually keep.
Reading challenge tracker
Your year in books, one spine at a time.
A reading challenge works when it's built from days, not from a big number in January. Choose what you can read each day, and BookWorm shows the books it adds up to.
How the challenge works
One daily habit underneath, one shelf on top.
A shelf that fills
Every book you finish this year stands on your shelf as a spine, next to empty places for the ones still to come.
Always know your pace
A gold flag marks where today's pace says you should be. Ahead of it, behind it, or right on it, you see it at a glance.
Every format counts
Paper books, ebooks and audiobooks all count toward the same challenge. Listening on a walk is reading.
How many pages a day for your challenge
For books of about 300 pages, read every day of the year:
| Books a year | Pages a day | Minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 10 | 15 |
| 24 | 20 | 30 |
| 36 | 30 | 45 |
| 52 | 43 | 65 |
At about 1.5 minutes a page. Your numbers will differ: the calculator works them out for your own books and speed.
Open the reading goal calculatorQuestions about reading challenges
How many books should I aim for this year?
Start from the time you have. Fifteen minutes a day is about a book a month for most readers. If last year was six books, twelve is a real stretch. The challenge ideas guide has more ways to choose.
What if I fall behind?
Nothing breaks. The flag shows where your pace is, and the goal is yours to change. Plenty of readers catch up in summer or on holiday.
Do audiobooks count toward a reading challenge?
In BookWorm they do. Minutes of listening count toward the same daily goal as pages, and a finished audiobook takes its place on the shelf.
Can I share my progress?
You can share each finished book as a library checkout card, and on the first of each month BookWorm shows a recap of the month you read.
Keep reading
Tool
Reading goal calculator
Turn a yearly goal or a finish date into pages a day.
Work it out → GuideReading challenge ideas for 2027
Number goals, theme goals and gentle goals, and how to pick one.
Read the guide → GuideHow to read more books
Twelve honest ways to find more reading time in an ordinary week.
Read the guide →Bring it to your iPhone.
BookWorm keeps your page, your goal and your streak, one tap at a time.