A Notion template for fantasy readers
The Reader’s Codex is a Notion book tracker and reading journal for fantasy and romantasy readers. Keep track of every book and series you read, plus your notes, ratings and favorite quotes.
Private
Goodreads shows your yearly count on your profile. The Codex lives in your own Notion, so nobody sees your reading unless you share it. Read a lot or a little, reread the same series three times, or put a book down halfway through.
If you’ve ever felt behind on your Goodreads challenge by March, this is a calmer way to keep track.
Series
Started a series years ago and can’t remember a thing? In the Codex, every series has its own page with the books in order, where you left off and your notes on each book. Characters link to the books they show up in, so you can check who’s who before you start the next one.
Goals & Challenges
Set a yearly goal, plan a reread before a new release, or keep a buddy read on track. Each goal counts your finished books for you. Finished goals move to a trophy shelf, and the ones you drop move to their own tab so they’re out of the way.
Book pages
Rate the spice on every book. Tag the tropes you love and the ones you pretend to hate. Keep the quotes, the theories and the 2 a.m. reactions where you’ll find them again.
My Year in Books
Lots of readers use Goodreads for friends, StoryGraph for stats and a notes app for everything else. The Codex puts it all in one place.
In December, My Year in Books pulls everything you read that year onto one page.
Pricing
The free tracker
A simple place to keep track of your unfinished series.
Free
A free Notion template, sent by email
One email with the link, then the occasional note about the Codex. Unsubscribe anytime.
Includes:
The full tracker
For readers who want every book, series and note in one place.
$49
One-time payment
Get the CodexEverything you need to keep your reading in one place:
Rereading ACOTAR before book seven? Start with the free ACOTAR Reread Tracker.
FAQ
Anything else, email [email protected].
Goodreads and StoryGraph are great for finding books and sharing stats. The Codex is your private reading journal in Notion, where every book links to its series, characters, spice rating and your notes, so you can always pick up where you left off. Use it instead of them or alongside them. It’s all in your own Notion, so you share only what you choose.
No. Everything works on the free plan.
Yes. Pick any number you like, or skip it. The goal counts your finished books for you, and you can change it whenever you want.
The tropes, the spice scale and the world-building pages lean fantasy and romantasy, but every part works for any genre.
A one-time purchase of the full Codex. You get a duplicate link and copy the whole thing into your own Notion, example books included, with spoilers tucked inside closed toggles.
There’s a free 2027 Series Tracker: one page that lists the series you’re partway through and where you stopped. The Codex is everything around it: a page for every book, characters, spice, goals and your whole reading year.
