I have loved tracking my reading and books with this spreadsheet this year. I discovered the tracker on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books near the end of last year and fell in love with it! It suited my needs better than most of the trackers I’ve come across and their post was so helpful for someone like me who knows feck all about using spreadsheets. Thanks to them, I figured out how to edit their tracker to make it really work for me and eventually, after some tinkering around, I figured out how to prettify it as well.
Please check out their post on how to do these things. I wish I could explain it all but I am very much a novice at this stuff and probably wouldn’t do it right.
Since I got my first spreadsheet looking just how I liked I made a copy of it for 2022 and decided to share it with you all. The screenshots below show you what I entered and how the data was used for the graphs. You can change all of these things for your own spreadsheet and the Smart Bitches, Trashy Books post can help you with this.
I’m such a nerd for all of those graphs and pie charts. I freaking love ’em! Once December 31st passes I will be printing my spreadsheet on tea-stained paper and adding it to my reading journal. Click the button below to get a blank copy of this spreadsheet for 2022. Be sure to create a copy of the spreadsheet so you can add your own data.
The spread sheet is set to view only so you must make a copy to use as your own.
Thank you so much to Smart Bitches, Trashy Books for creating and sharing such an amazing spreadsheet 🧡🧡
2022 Reading & Books Tracking Spreadsheet for Google Sheets from @elainehowlin_
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What does ARC stand for?
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It stands for Advanced Reader Copy. It means a pre-release version of a book before final edits.
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Reblogged this on Book Reviews by the Reluctant Retiree and commented:
This sounds so interesting! I may just have to give it a shot.
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Thank you for sharing I was only looking for a new spreadsheet yesterday!! I love piecharts 😍
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I’m also using a spreadsheet one but I love the stats page you have! Thanks for sharing. ♥
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Thank you! I love seeing stats on my reading
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Hi Elaine
We think, such a spreadsheet is too detailed. One usually doesn’t need that. As more detailed such a spreadsheet is as bigger the chance to forget about it after a while. We just write 3-5 sentences about the books we read and the date we finished it and that’s all. We do this for years and that’s enough even as we are kind of professional readers.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Hi Fab Four, I’m glad you have a system that works for you all and frees up your time for reading 🙂
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This looks like an amazing tracker! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you and you’re welcome 😀
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Love a good spreadsheet!
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Thank you so much for the template for tracking my books read. I plan to move away from using Goodreads for tracking books and keep up with it myself. Thanks.
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Thank you, I’m so happy you like it!! Goodreads tracking does leave a lot to be desired. I don’t always want my reading to be socialised as well…
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Thanks for sharing this! I was considering starting a tracker in 2022 but I didn’t know where to start. But now you have solved my dilemma!
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Thank you!! I’m so glad you’ll find it useful. It might give you some ideas if you decide to create your own one later 🙂
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This looks like a super helpful tracker Elaine, I’ll have to check it! I’ve been getting into reading trackers more this year & I’d love to try this one out to see all the features it has!😍
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Thank you!! I hope you find it helpful with your tracking. I think it’s so cool to see all of your reading stats at the end of the year.
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Thanks for sharing. Usually I just do all those stats and graphs by hand, but this next year I’ll have a go at this tracker.
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Thank you!! Must be a lot of work creating all your stats by hand! It’s so satisfying seeing your reading stats though, isn’t it? I love it!
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I’m going to have a go at this, I’m a bit of nerd when it comes to stats. Thanks for sharing. 😊
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Thank you! I’m glad you like it. I love checking my reading stats as well.
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