Book Finder
Answer a few questions about your preferences, and the finder will suggest titles from the catalog that are a good match.
Do more with this book catalog
This library brings together 99 public-domain works in four themed collections. The tools on this page help you explore the catalog in different ways: find books that match your taste, compare related titles side by side, or estimate the time and attention a book will require. Each tool uses the same underlying data, so the results stay consistent.
Every book in the catalog has been prepared with care. You can see its category, word count, average sentence length, and the subjects it covers. Use these details to choose a book that fits your reading habits, or simply browse the collections to see what is available.
99
books in this catalog
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catalog categories
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books with reading-time data
Made for this collection
Ways the catalog data becomes useful
Compare Books
Select two or more books and view their key details side by side. Useful for deciding between similar titles.
Reading Time
See estimated reading times and word counts for each book. Plan your next read based on how much time you have.
Three Tools, One Reading Path
OMEOV’s public-domain catalog holds ninety-nine books, and the four category shelves are nearly even: twenty-five titles in Adventure Picaresque Fiction, twenty-five in Science Fiction Utopias, twenty-five in Historical Psychological Social Fiction, and twenty-four in Fantasy Juvenile Worlds. With that much variety, the first question is rarely “Is there something for me?” and more often “Which one should I start with?” The hub links three tools—Book Finder, Compare Books, and Reading Tracker—that work best when used in sequence rather than in isolation.
A typical path begins with Book Finder to narrow the catalog by category, length, or reading time. Once a few titles look promising, Compare Books lets you place them side by side to see how their word counts, sentence flow, and chapter rhythms differ. After you commit to a title, Reading Tracker turns that choice into a page-based plan. Together, the three tools cover the full arc from browsing to finishing, and each one answers a different kind of question.
Choosing with Book Finder
Book Finder is the starting point for most readers because it filters the catalog without requiring you to read every description. You can select a category, a length bucket, an estimated reading time, or a subject, and the tool returns a manageable set. For instance, if you know you want an essay collection from the early twentieth century, the subject filter narrows the field to ten American essays from that period—a much easier list to scan than the full ninety-nine.
The finder also lets you leave criteria as “no preference,” which does not penalize any book. That flexibility matters when you are exploring a category like Fantasy Juvenile Worlds, where the twenty-four titles range from short, whimsical pieces to substantial volumes. A quick pass with the finder can surface a title such as Under dispute — Story, Setting & Ideas, which sits in Adventure Picaresque Fiction but carries the subject “American essays -- 20th century,” showing that category labels are not the whole story.
Comparing before Committing
Once the finder has produced a shortlist, Compare Books adds a layer of detail that the finder’s filters do not show. You can select two or three books and see their word counts, estimated reading times, text sections, sentence flow, and chapter rhythm side by side. These metrics are descriptive, not evaluative—they tell you about the shape of the text, not its quality. A book with a high sentence-flow value might feel denser, while one with many short sections might invite frequent pauses.
For example, comparing a 50,000-word essay collection with a 150,000-word diplomatic correspondence reveals more than just length: the shorter book might have fifteen sections and a moderate sentence flow, while the longer one could have twenty sections and a higher flow. That difference helps you predict For readers who are committing to a leisurely read or a sustained project. Compare Books is especially useful when two titles share a subject or category and you need a tie-breaker based on pacing rather than content.
Tracking with a Plan
Reading Tracker takes the final choice and turns it into a concrete daily plan. Progress is recorded in pages, not minutes or sections, so you set a daily page goal and the tool calculates how many days remain. The default goal is twenty pages per day, but you can adjust it to match your schedule. If the catalog does not supply a fixed page count, the tracker estimates one by dividing the word count by 250 words per page, and you can replace that estimate with the page count from your own edition.
The tracker’s remaining-time estimate is proportional: it multiplies the estimated reading minutes by the fraction of pages remaining. That means if you are halfway through a book, the estimate reflects that progress. Because the history is stored in your browser’s localStorage, you do not need an account, but the plan is tied to that browser. The hub’s value is in connecting these steps—finding, comparing, and tracking—so that a choice made in minutes leads to a reading plan you can follow for days.