SeriesLogBook series tracker
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Never lose your place in a series.

Organize the series you're reading, mark each book planned, reading or finished, and watch your completion grow. Entirely private — your shelf lives in your browser.

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Searching Open Library for book covers, authors and series info. No account, no tracking — results go straight to your own shelf.

Why track series separately?

Reading a multi-volume series is different from reading one-off books: you want to know what's next, what you've finished, and how far along the whole arc you are. SeriesLog groups books under the series they belong to and shows a clear completion bar per series, so you always know where you stand.

Ideas for using your series shelf

  • Keep a "currently reading" status so you can jump back in on any device.
  • Use the page-progress field to track how far into a long volume you are.
  • Export your shelf to JSON as a backup, or to move it to another browser.
  • Pair it with NextRead for your overall to-be-read list and yearly goal, and BookBingo for challenge cards.

Reading a series without losing the thread

A multi-volume series asks more of a reader than a standalone: you need to know what's next, what you've finished, and how the whole arc is going. A shelf like this is less a list and more a map.

  • Give every book a status. Planned, reading or finished is enough — a series percentage is only as honest as its statuses.
  • Use the page-progress slider for long volumes. A 1,200-page doorstopper sits on "reading" for weeks; the slider shows how far in you really are.
  • Log novellas and side stories too. They are part of the arc, and skipping them is easy once they are off the shelf.
  • Export before you switch devices. The shelf lives in your browser, so a JSON export is the backup and the way to move it.

Publication order or chronological order?

Most readers start with publication order — the order the author wrote the books — because it is how the world was revealed. Chronological order walks the story's internal timeline instead.

  • The Chronicles of Narnia — publication order opens with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950); internal chronology opens with The Magician's Nephew (1955).
  • The Witcher — the short-story collection The Last Wish (1993) comes first in both orders, before the novels.
  • Discworld — published order is the usual recommendation for a first book, though individual sub-series stand on their own.

Whichever you pick, record it once: add the books to a series in that order and the progress percentage will mean the same thing every time you look.

Frequently asked questions

What does SeriesLog track?

You create series (for example “The Expanse” or “A Song of Ice and Fire”) and add books to each one. Every book has a status — planned, reading, or finished — plus an optional page-progress slider, so each series shows a clear completion percentage.

How do I add books?

Use the search box: SeriesLog queries Open Library and shows matching titles with covers and authors. Tap “Add” to put a book into a series (or create a new series on the fly). If you'd rather, you can add a book manually by title and author — no account needed.

Is my data saved anywhere?

No. Everything lives in your browser's local storage on your own device. You can export the whole shelf as a JSON file at any time and re-import it later or on another device.

Which series can I track?

Any you like — fiction or non-fiction, one-shots you want to revisit, or a twenty-volume epic. SeriesLog is a general reading shelf with series grouping and completion stats.