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Obsidian plugin· Active · beta · not yet released

Books & Shelves

Shelves across Obsidian, Calibre and Audible, as an Obsidian plugin over the shelf engine.

Beta. Books & Shelves is not released yet. These pages describe the build in progress.

Keep a reading list

Track what you want to read, what is up next, what you are reading and what you finished.

Reading status

Each book note has a reading_status property, with one of five values: want to read, up next, reading, read or set aside. Started and finished dates are kept beside it.

From a book note, run:

  • Add this book to up next
  • Start reading this book
  • Finished this book

You can also add a book from a shelf card, or with Add a book to up next from the command palette.

The queue

What is up next is a plain numbered list of links in one note, Books/Up Next.md. Edit it by hand whenever you like. Settings → Books & Shelves → Shelves → Reading list opens it and lets you choose another note.

The reading list view

Run Books & Shelves: Open the reading list. It shows:

  • what you are reading;
  • what is up next, which you can drag to reorder;
  • suggestions near the book you finished last;
  • what you finished recently.

Covers carry badges where they apply: not owned, audiobook only, and book N of M in a series.

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