Dark Academia Book Tracker Spreadsheet – Reading Log

Theme: Dark Academia

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Most book trackers hand you empty rows and leave you to work it out. This one opens with a Reading Roadmap: exactly what to do today, every reading day, after each book, every Sunday, at month-end and in December. Follow it and the tracker runs itself. A cosy 15-tab spreadsheet that works in BOTH Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.

Why Readers Choose This One

• The Dera Reading Roadmap: 13 pre-written steps, so you never wonder what to do next
• A Dera Tip on every tab: practical advice right where you need it ("Behind on your goal? Read shorter, not faster.")
• Works in Excel AND Google Sheets (many trackers are Google-only)
• Log a book in 20 seconds, and 8 other tabs update themselves

15 Tabs

1. Start Here: your roadmap, clickable tab map and colour key
2. Setup: name, year, book goal, pages goal, daily minutes goal, plus every dropdown list (genres, formats, shelves, moods)
3. Book Log: 500 rows with title, author, series, genre, format, status, dates, pages, rating, shelf, mood and review. Stars, days to read and pages per day calculate themselves
4. Dashboard: 8 KPIs, goal PACE ("ahead by 2 books" / "1 book every 13 days"), books per month, genre and format charts, what's on your nightstand
5. Gallery: 40 cover tiles that fill in as you finish books (add real covers with Image in Cell)
6. Digital Bookshelves: 8 named shelves with coloured spines that appear by themselves
7. Series Tracker: progress bars, "Next to read: Book 4", owned count and next release date
8. Reading Challenge: 36 original prompts with progress
9. Reading Habit Tracker: daily minutes as a 12-month heat map, best month, hours read
10. Reading Calendar: pick a month and see every start, finish and reading minute
11. Wishlist / TBR: priority, where to get it, price and a running cost
12. Book Reviews: score plot, characters, writing, pacing and feels; the overall works itself out
13. Favourite Quotes
14. Lent & Borrowed: due dates with overdue alerts
15. Year in Review: books, pages, hours, favourite genre, best month, longest book, fastest read, top 5 of the year and 3 reflection prompts

You Will Receive

1. Dera_Book_Tracker_DarkAcademia_BLANK.xlsx: ready for your books
2. Dera_Book_Tracker_DarkAcademia_DEMO.xlsx: filled with sample books so you can explore every feature
3. Dera_Book_Tracker_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf: the roadmap, step-by-step Excel and Google Sheets setup, tab tour and FAQ

Works With

• Microsoft Excel (Windows, Mac, Microsoft 365)
• Google Sheets (free Google account): upload the file and choose File > Save as Google Sheets
• Laptop, desktop, iPad, tablet and phone (free Excel or Google Sheets app)
• No macros, no add-ons, no subscription. Change the year on Setup and use it again next year.

Please Note

• Digital download only. Nothing is shipped.
• Charts may look slightly different in Google Sheets; the numbers are identical.
• Sample books in the DEMO file include public-domain classics and invented titles.
• For personal use. Please do not share or resell the files.
• All designs, text and artwork are original Dera Brand work.
• Questions? Use our Contact page. I reply quickly and I am happy to help.

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