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My Personal Book Read Tracking System

I like to read books. The usual rate of my book reading is 1 book per month. As of now, I use Zoho Sheets to keep track of all the books I want to read, already read and currently reading. The tracking sheet has following information of the books I am tracking

  • Title
    • Title Of the Book
  • Authors
    • Authors of the Book
  • Bought - YES/NO
    • Whether I own the copy of the book or not
  • Read Status - To Read/Currently Reading/Read
    • current state of the book reading
  • Country - India/Other
    • Is the book primarily published in India (to make a decision of where to buy it)
  • Reference Count
    • how many references I have got for the book. More references means more preferred pick for reading next.
  • Reference Source - Office/Blog/X/Podcast/Search/Personal Recommendation/Random
    • From where the recommendations are coming in. This will help to decide which book to pick for reading
  • Comments
    • Usually gives more details of the reference source. Actual source like x link or podcast reference. Again helps with book reading decision.
  • Language
    • Language of the book. I primarily read either English or Kannada. Sometimes I get recommendations of other languages usually Indian language books.
  • For Kids - YES/NO
    • Is this a book for kids that I want to buy and give it.
  • Category
    • This puts the book in a certain topic. There is no list of known topics rather which ever I feel this book resonated with.
  • Category Rating
    • Within that category how does this book stand in my view. The rating system I have explained below.
  • Links In My blog
    • This links my blog posts that is referring this book.

For external reference, I also mark the currently reading book in GoodReads as well as in my personal blog.

Rating System

This is a rating system I use to put the book in particular sorting that is applicable to me.

  • 5 - Must Read - want to read multiple Times/lots of learning/enjoyed
  • 4 - Good Read - Lots of learning/single time read/enjoyed
  • 3 - Okay Read - some learning/single time read/passed through
  • 2 - Not Bad Read - single time read/no learning/passed through
  • 1 - Bad Read - could not complete /wrong teachings/negative/not applicable to me

Future

There is a future plan to display this whole tracking sheet in my personal blog. I have just started this system and I will evolve it as I use it more.