Top 10 Free Books Templates in Notion

Books play a crucial role in our lives by expanding our knowledge, sparking our imagination, and providing entertainment. A book template can help you organize your reading list, set goals, and track your progress, making the reading experience more enjoyable and efficient.

Before creating your own book reading system, explore these free book templates to make the process easier.

What Makes a Great Books Template?

Creating a book template involves considering numerous variables to ensure it caters to your unique reading preferences and goals. A well-designed book system can significantly enhance your reading experience.

Reading progress tracking: Monitor your progress through each book and see how much you've accomplished.
Goal setting: Establish achievable reading goals to stay motivated and focused.
New book discovery: Find new titles to add to your reading list based on personalized recommendations.
Organization: Keep your book collection organized and easily accessible.
Community engagement: Connect with fellow readers to share insights, recommendations, and experiences.

1Book Tracker

This Notion template helps you track your reading list and remember lessons and insights. You can add quotes or highlights from the book, view your reading progress and status, and keep a list of your favorite book genres.

2Reading hub

This template allows you to set reading goals for each year and track your progress. This system was created as an alternative to Goodreads. It has separate database for authors and genres so you can mange your books with ease.

3Book Journal

This template is perfect for functioning as your virtual book journal! You can track what books you read every single month and log all of your thoughts on those books. You can also use the 'Books Read This Year' counter to keep track of your progress towards your yearly reading goal. Once the year is complete, fill out the 'Year in Review' prompts to reflect on all the books you read throughout the year. Happy reading!

4Reading list

The modern day reading list includes more than just books. We've created a dashboard to help you track all of the articles, videos, podcasts, blog posts, Twitter threads, and — yes, books — you want to read now or later.

With Notion Web Clipper, you can easily save any of this from the web to your Notion workspace so it's right there whenever you need it.

5Reading Planner

Designed with your reading experience in mind, this template is your compass to navigate the vast realm of literature, keeping you engaged, organized, and inspired every step of the way.

📚 Stay Organized: No more losing track of your ongoing reads. The Library Page lets you effortlessly monitor titles, authors, and progress.

📖 Deeper Insights: Dive beyond the surface with Detailed Book Pages. Categorize by ratings, dates, and more for a comprehensive overview of your literary exploration. Each page contains a dedicated Book Analysis template.

🖋️ Capture Wisdom: Those thought-provoking quotes that touch your soul deserve a home. The Quotes Collection empowers you to preserve the essence of each reading gem.

6Ali Abdaal's book notes

Take book notes using Ali Abdaal's system. In this template, you'll find database templates for both fiction and non-fiction books. Watch to learn more.

A template preview for Ali Abdaal's book notes

7Writing a Book

Template will help you organize your book. It's a basic template that requires little effort to costumize. Have fun writing!

8Digital Library

An organised space for avid readers to log their current and past reads as well as their TBRs. From lists to progress tracks and spaces for reviews, this template has it all in one space! :)

9Reading Journal

This reading journal is a simple and easy-to-use planner that helps you track your reading goals and progress. On a single page, you can track what you are currently reading, keep your reading log up-to-date, and track and your progress towards reading goals.