50% off everything in our Etsy shop until Nov 22 Shop the sale →
Sorted Templates Etsy shop

Overview

Add a book to your library and it shows up on a digital shelf as a colored spine, placed in the order you read it, with longer books standing taller. Your yearly goal, page count, average rating and favorite genres all update in the background.

It's made for readers who want a little more than a plain list: half-star ratings, spice levels, series tracking, a to-be-read pile and a reading challenge with 25 prompts that turn gold as you complete them.

  • A shelf that fills up

    Each finished book adds a spine, with room for 132 on the shelf.

  • Stats without math

    Goal progress, pages, ratings, genres and formats are counted for you.

  • Half stars and spice

    Rate in half stars and note the spice level of every book.

  • TBR sorts itself

    Your to-be-read list is pulled from the Library automatically.

What's inside

How it works

  1. 1

    Buy on Etsy, then download the START-HERE PDF and the Excel files from your Etsy Purchases page.

  2. 2

    For Google Sheets, open the link in the PDF and choose Make a copy. For Excel, open the .xlsx file.

  3. 3

    Enter your yearly reading goal, then add your books. The shelf and stats fill in on their own.

Good to know

  • Digital download: nothing is shipped
  • Personal use license: please don't share or resell the template

Questions

How do I track books I read in Google Sheets?

Add each book to the Library tab with its dates, rating and format. The bookshelf, dashboard and TBR update from that one list.

Can I give it as a gift?

Yes. Send the download to the book lover you're buying for.

How many books can I log?

Up to 300 books in the Library. The visual bookshelf shows up to 132 finished books.

Do I need Excel?

No. It works in Google Sheets with a free Google account, on a computer, tablet or phone. It also opens in Microsoft Excel, and Apple Numbers can open the Excel file.

How it's made: designed by Sorted Templates. We use AI tools to help draft text and lay out pages, and every page is reviewed and edited by us before it's listed. Lifestyle and mockup images may be AI-generated or AI-edited; the page previews show the actual files.

You might also like

10 tabsGoogle Sheets + Excel

Project Management Spreadsheet

Tasks, Kanban board, Gantt chart and dashboard in one sheet that keeps itself up to date.

$7.00$14.0050% off
6 tabsGoogle Sheets + Excel

Assignment Tracker Spreadsheet

Enter your syllabus once and see every due date, exam countdown and class grade update.

$3.50$7.0050% off