Find Your Next Book
Use the Finder to browse by subject, category, length, and reading time. It helps you narrow down the catalog to titles that fit your preferences.
Do more with this book catalog
This catalog brings together 95 works of fiction from the public domain, organized into four distinct categories. Whether you are exploring historical social fiction, early science fiction, adventure tales, or stories for younger readers, the tools on this page help you find, compare, and plan your reading.
The library offers a range of lengths and reading times, from quick reads to epic journeys. Use the Finder to match your interests, the Compare tool to weigh different editions, and the Reading Planner to estimate how long a book will take.
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Ways the catalog data becomes useful
Compare Books
The Compare tool lets you put two or more books side by side, looking at length, reading time, and subject overlap to decide which to read next.
Plan Your Reading
The Reading Planner estimates reading time based on word count and your typical pace. It helps you schedule a book into your routine.
Choosing, Comparing, and Tracking: A Hub for Your Reading
The Tajqi Public Domain Literature Library holds 95 public-domain works, from a 7,902-word horror tale to sprawling 193,424-word novels. With four categories and a median reading time of 328 minutes, the collection offers both quick excursions and long commitments. The hub links three practical tools—Book Finder, Compare Books, and Reading Tracker—that work together to help you choose what to read, weigh your options, and plan your progress.
None of these tools rate literary quality. They are built to clarify practical aspects: length, pacing, subject, and scheduling. For instance, if you are drawn to social fiction but have only a few evenings, a glance at the Finder's time filters can steer you toward a work like The Guarded Heights — Story, Setting & Ideas (119,445 words, about 520 minutes) rather than a 799-minute biography. The hub is the starting point for using all three tools in sequence.
When to Start with the Finder
Begin with the Book Finder when you have a general interest but no specific title in mind. The Finder lets you filter by category, length, estimated reading time, chapter rhythm, sentence flow, and subjects. For example, selecting the category "Historical Psychological Social Fiction" and the time filter "steady" narrows the field to works that fit a moderate schedule. The Finder also allows a preference for popular or hidden-gem books, but no-preference choices do not penalize any title.
Once you have a shortlist, the Finder's details—such as word count and text sections—give you a sense of a book's shape. A novel with 12 sections and a 12.1 average sentence length, like The Guarded Heights, may feel more accessible than one with longer sentences. The Finder is designed to help you make an initial cut, not to make the decision for you.
From Finder to Compare and Tracker
When two or three books remain, move to Compare Books. This tool places them side by side, showing word count, estimated reading time, text sections, sentence flow, chapter rhythm, subjects, and page information when available. A side-by-side view can reveal that one book is half the length of another, or that one has a higher chapter count, which might affect how you pace your reading. Compare is about measurable differences, not quality.
After you have chosen a book, the Reading Tracker helps you plan your days. It records progress in pages, with a daily goal you can set. For a book like The Guarded Heights, the initial page estimate is about 478 pages (119,445 divided by 250). If you set a goal of 20 pages per day, the tracker estimates a finish in about 24 days. The tracker stores your history in your browser, so no account is needed. Use the hub to move seamlessly from choosing to comparing to tracking.