Finder
Narrow down the catalog by category, length, reading time, or subject. The finder matches your preferences to available books, helping you discover a title that suits your interests and schedule.
Do more with this book catalog
This collection brings together 93 public-domain works, organized into four thematic areas. Whether you are interested in historical narratives, tales of adventure, stories for younger readers, or speculative visions of technology and airships, these tools help you find a book that fits your mood and available time.
Each tool draws on the catalog's own data—word counts, reading times, subjects, and categories—so you can make informed choices before you begin. The collection spans a range of lengths, from short pieces to epic sagas, and includes both well-known and lesser-known titles.
93
books in this catalog
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catalog categories
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books with reading-time data
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Ways the catalog data becomes useful
Compare
Place two books side by side to see their word counts, reading times, and subject headings. This tool makes it easy to weigh options before committing to a read.
Reading Guide
For each book, find an honest estimate of reading time based on median reading speed, along with details on structure and sentence complexity. Use this to plan your reading sessions.
Choosing a Path Through the Collection
The TEYQU library holds 93 public-domain works, and the catalog tools exist to help you find a book that fits your interests and available time. They do not rate literary quality; they make the collection's variety visible.
Because the categories and length labels overlap in useful ways, the tools work best when used together. A quick look at the Finder can suggest a title, the Compare view can reveal what a commitment looks like, and the Reading Tracker can turn that commitment into a manageable plan.
Start with the Finder
The Book Finder narrows the collection by category, length, reading time, chapter rhythm, sentence flow, and subjects. With 37 works in Relationships Society Historical Narratives and 19 each in the other three categories, the Finder prevents the catalog from feeling like an undifferentiated shelf.
For instance, Comrade Yetta — Key Ideas to Explore sits in the largest category and runs to about 128,000 words. If you know you want a social-problem novel but have limited time, the Finder lets you set a shorter length and still see titles like The Lucky Piece, a 54,000-word love story set in the Adirondacks.
Confirm with Compare
Once the Finder surfaces two or three possibilities, the Compare tool shows side-by-side metrics: word count, estimated reading time, text sections, sentence flow, chapter rhythm, and subjects. The numbers are descriptive, not judgmental.
Comparing a 97,000-word novel with 9 text sections against a 77,000-word novel with 9 sections might reveal similar pacing, even though the word counts differ. That kind of detail helps you decide if a book feels like a weekend read or a longer companion.
Plan with the Tracker
The Reading Tracker records your progress in pages, not minutes or chapters. It uses a default of 250 words per page and a daily goal of 20 pages, but you can adjust both to match your own rhythm.
If a book has no fixed page count, the tracker estimates one from the word count. You can replace that estimate with the page total from your own edition. The estimated finish date is simply the remaining pages divided by your daily goal, so a 300-page book at 20 pages a day takes about 15 days.