Books
Reading
Reading log, challenge, TBR and book reviews.
- Reading Challenge1 page
- To Be Read2 pages
- Reading Log3 pages
- Book Review24 pages
Hobbies
Reading Journal 2027 for your challenge, TBR and reviews
A digital reading journal with a book log, to-be-read list, reading challenge and 24 book review pages.
Track your reading challenge, keep a to-be-read list, log every book and write proper reviews. Comes in our Dark Academia theme by default.
- 111 linked pages in the sample
- Free preview before you pay
- $12 once, or unlimited on Pro
Real pages from this reading journal
Rendered by the same engine that builds yours, in the Dark Academia theme for iPad portrait.
What's inside
The pages, section by section.
Each section gets its own side tab. You can switch any of them off, or add sections from other planners, in the builder.
Goals
Goals
Goal planners, vision board and reviews.
- Vision Board1 page
- Goal Planner4 pages
- Quarterly Reset4 pages
- Year in Review1 page
Plus the linked calendar every planner has
Cover and contents · 2 pages
A cover with your name and a linked contents page that every tab returns to.
Year overview · 1 page
The whole year on one page. Tap any date to open it.
Year goals · 1 page
Your goals and their milestones in one place, filled in by the AI if you use it.
Monthly calendars · every month
A month grid with a focus list and notes. Every date links to its day or week.
Weekly pages · every week
One page per week with your weekly goal actions and priorities.
Notes · 20 pages
Lined, dotted, grid or blank pages. You choose how many, up to 100.
The sample above comes to 111 pages over 12 months. Yours changes with the months, sections and notes pages you choose.
Who it's for
Who reaches for this one
- Book lovers and BookTokers
- Book club members
- Students reading for class
AI goal planning
Goals people plan with it
Type a goal like one of these and the AI breaks it into a milestone for each month and a small action for each week, then prints them on your month and week pages. You read and edit every line before you download.
Your goal
Read 52 books this year
12 monthly milestonesWeekly actionsA motto each monthYour goal
Finish one classic a month
12 monthly milestonesWeekly actionsA motto each month
Guide
How to use a reading journal
A reading journal makes you a more thoughtful reader without slowing you down. A line in the log takes seconds, a review takes ten minutes, and a year later you have a record of everything you read and what you thought of it.
Set a reading challenge you can enjoy
The challenge page has 52 numbered squares. Aim for a number that feels relaxed, then colour a square for every book you finish.
Keep a to-be-read list
Every recommendation goes on the TBR pages. When you finish a book, choose the next one from the list instead of scrolling for ideas.
Log every book
Title, author, start and finish dates and a rating. This is the page you'll look back on most at the end of the year.
Review the books that stay with you
Each review page has title, author, genre and rating, then space for what it was about and favourite moments. You don't need to review everything.
Bring it to book club
Your review pages make it easy to remember what you wanted to say about a book you finished three weeks ago.
Look back at the end of the year
In December, read through the log and pick your favourites. Patterns are easy to see: the genres you finish fastest, the months you read most, the authors you went back to.
What to include in a reading journal
A reading journal should be quick to keep up and nice to look back on. This one includes:
Calendar
Weekly and monthly pages
Month calendars and a weekly page for noting reading time or library due dates. You can switch weekly pages off for an even lighter journal that's mostly reading pages.
Books
Reading
A 52-book reading challenge, two to-be-read pages, three reading log pages and 24 book review pages.
- Reading Challenge · 1 page
- To Be Read · 2 pages
- Reading Log · 3 pages
- Book Review · 24 pages
Goals
Goals
Goal pages for reading goals beyond the number, like finishing a classic each month or reading more widely.
- Vision Board · 1 page
- Goal Planner · 4 pages
- Quarterly Reset · 4 pages
- Year in Review · 1 page
Every section can be switched off in the builder, and sections from other planners can be added.
Digital vs printable reading journal
A digital reading journal fits well on a Kindle Scribe, next to the books you're reading, or in GoodNotes on an iPad, where you can paste book covers onto review pages. It uses the Dark Academia theme by default, and the E-ink format suits e-ink tablets.
A printable reading journal suits people who like a physical book journal on the shelf. Print it on A5 or Half Letter and add pages as you go; the review pages print well for a binder.
- Digital sizes
- iPad portrait, iPad landscape, Android portrait, Android landscape, E-ink
- Printable sizes
- A5 print, A4 print, Letter print, Half letter
An example week in a reading journal
One goal, followed through a single week. The milestone and weekly actions are the kind of lines the AI goal step writes onto your month and week pages; the daily notes are what you add by hand.
Goal
Read 52 books this year
Milestone for March
Book 12 finished by the end of March
This week's actions
- Read 30 minutes before bed
- Pick the next book from the TBR list
- Write one review this week
- MondayFinished book 10. Logged it with a 4-star rating and coloured square 10.
- TuesdayPicked the next book from the TBR list: a mystery recommended by book club.
- WednesdayRead 40 minutes. Wrote a review of book 10 while it was fresh.
- ThursdayAdded three books to the TBR from a friend's list. Read 25 minutes on the train.
- FridayLibrary due date on the month page. Renewed online.
- SundayHalfway through book 11. On pace for 12 by the end of the month.
Formats
Download it for your device.
Every format is included in the price. Switch between them and download again whenever you like.
iPad — Portrait
GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo, Collanote, ZoomNotes
iPad — Landscape
GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo
Android tablet — Portrait
Samsung Notes, Penly, Flexcil, Xodo, Noteshelf
Android tablet — Landscape
Samsung Notes, Penly, Flexcil, Xodo
E-ink tablet
reMarkable, Kindle Scribe, Boox, Supernote
Printable — A5
Print at home or at a print shop, fits A5 binders
Printable — A4
Print at home on standard A4 paper
Printable — US Letter
Print at home on US Letter paper
Printable — Half Letter
Fits Happy Planner classic and half-letter discs
Theme
Starts in this look.
Dark Academia
Dark mode with warm brown leather and old-library gold.
Prefer something else? Pick from 13 themes, including dark mode and an e-ink theme, and change the accent colour.
See all themesDo I need the calendar pages?
You can switch off weekly pages for a lighter reading journal.
Can I change the theme?
Yes — any theme, any format.
Does it work on Kindle Scribe?
Yes. Choose the E-ink format, which uses the high-contrast E-ink Mono theme, and send the PDF with Send to Kindle so you can write on it. Kindle Scribe supports links in PDFs, so the tabs still work, though page changes are slower than on an iPad.
Is there a free reading journal?
You can build this reading journal and flip through every page in your browser for free, with a watermark. The tabs and links work in the preview, so you can check the layout before you pay. The clean PDF is $12 once, or included in Pro at $49 a year for unlimited planners. There is no free download of the full planner.
Does it work with GoodNotes, Notability, Samsung Notes and e-ink tablets?
Yes. Download the iPad size for GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo, Collanote or ZoomNotes; the Android size for Samsung Notes, Penly, Flexcil or Xodo; or the E-ink size for reMarkable, Kindle Scribe, Boox and Supernote. The links work in any app that follows PDF links, usually in read mode rather than pen mode. Every size is included in the price.
Can I print the reading journal?
Yes. Choose A5, A4, US Letter or Half Letter in the builder for a printable PDF with a wider inner margin for hole punching. Printable and digital sizes come with the same purchase, so you can use the reading journal on a tablet and print the pages you want on paper.
Is the reading journal dated or undated?
Dated by default, starting in January 2027. You can pick any start month and year (including this month), 12 or 18 months, and Monday or Sunday weeks. Or switch to undated and write the dates in yourself, so a skipped week isn't wasted.
Does the AI fill in the reading journal for me?
Only the goal parts, and only if you want it to. Type up to six goals and the AI writes a milestone for each month and a short action for each week onto your month and week pages, plus a motto for each month. You can edit every line before you download. Everything else, from the calendar pages to the trackers, is yours to fill in by hand. You can try it 3 times a day without an account.
Make it yours in about a minute.
Set your dates, device and goals, flip through the preview free, and pay only when it's right.
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