Reading Journal Template for 100 Books

This reading journal template keeps your whole reading year in one place. Set a goal of up to 100 books on the first page, and each number on that list opens a page for that book. Around the book pages sit a to-read list, favorite quotes, a series tracker, a reading challenge and a year in review. It comes to about 140 pages, all linked.

What goes on a book page

Each book gets one page with room for the title, author and genre, the dates you started and finished, the number of pages and the format. There’s a rating from 1 to 5, space for notes, and a line for the one sentence you want to remember.

Fill it in as you read or all at once when you finish. Either way, the goal page slowly turns into a reading log you can scan at a glance, and every number on it is a shortcut back to that book.

The rest of the journal

• To-read list: 8 pages with a box to tick when you get the book.
• Quotes: 12 pages of favorite lines, with the book and page for each.
• Series and challenge: a series tracker for each author and how far you’ve read, plus 24 prompts, from a book in translation to one you’d never usually pick.
• Year in books: books and pages by month, your book of the year and what you want to read next.

There are also 10 lined pages for longer reading notes, like a book club summary or thoughts on a slow read you want to come back to.

Nothing is dated, so you can start in January or in August. A contents page and a breadcrumb on every page get you around, and the file has bookmarks for each section too. The journal is drawn at each tablet’s own page size and comes for Supernote, reMarkable, Kindle Scribe, BOOX, Kobo, Quaderno and iPad.