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Reading Goal Planner

See how many audiobooks your listening habit adds up to this year, or set a goal and find the minutes a day it takes.

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Your listening

Your books

Most novels run 8–14 hours as audiobooks; epic fantasy often passes 20.

Or start from a goal

needs 35 min a day on every day at 1.25× ·

Books you’ll finish in a year

31

about 2.6 a month · a book every 12 days

Listening
273 h 45 min
a year
Book time
342 h 11 min
heard at 1.25×
Goal
✓
of 24 books
When will I finish this one?

Where it runs

Works in any current browser, on a computer, phone or tablet. Nothing to install, and nothing you type is sent anywhere.

How to use it

4 simple steps.

  1. 01

    Your daily minutes

    How long you listen on a listening day, and how many days a week.

  2. 02

    Your speed

    The playback speed you like: 1.25× and 1.5× add up fast.

  3. 03

    Your books

    The average length of the audiobooks you choose, in hours.

  4. 04

    Your year

    Watch the shelf fill, or set a goal to see the minutes a day it needs.

The formula

books a year = minutes a day × listening days a year × speed ÷ (book length in hours × 60)

Listening days a year is your days a week ÷ 7 × 365. Turn it around to plan a goal:

minutes a day = books × book length × 60 ÷ (listening days a year × speed)

Some habits, over a year (11-hour books)

Habitat 1×at 1.5×
20 min, weekdays7.9 books11.9 books
45 min, every day24.9 books37.3 books
90 min, every day49.8 books74.7 books

Planning a single book? The finish date calculator puts the day you’ll finish in your calendar.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

How many audiobooks can I listen to in a year?

Multiply your minutes a day by your listening days and your speed, then divide by the average book length. 45 minutes every day at 1.25× is about 342 hours of book a year: 31 eleven-hour audiobooks.

How long is an average audiobook?

Most novels run about 8 to 14 hours as audiobooks. Thrillers and romance are often shorter, epic fantasy and history often over 20 hours.

How many minutes a day do I need to finish 52 audiobooks a year?

At 11 hours a book and normal speed, about 94 minutes every day. At 1.5× it drops to about 63 minutes. Enter your own goal and the calculator works it out.

Does listening faster count?

Yes. At 1.5×, every hour you listen covers an hour and a half of the book. Most people adjust to 1.25× quickly; try the speed calculator to see the time saved on one book.

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