# Books, and a library to keep them in

2026-09-12, new. Keep the books you are reading in Roomie, log pages as you go, tie them to a focus area, and let a session record how far it got you.
Canonical: https://roomie.cafe/changelog/books-and-your-library

Focus time and reading time have always overlapped, so Roomie now knows about books. Search the catalog, add a book, and it lands on one of three shelves: **Currently reading**, **To read** and **Read**. Your Library lives on your profile with a row of covers for what you are reading now and a See all link; other people's profiles show theirs too.

Progress is logged the way you actually read: by page or by percent, with quick chips for the usual jumps and a "finished" toggle when you close the back cover. Each book can belong to a focus area, so a Reading area shows its shelf alongside its sessions.

When you finish a session, attach the book and how far you got. The post then carries a small row, "Read 24 pages of Atomic Habits · 61%", with a thin progress bar while the book is still in progress. Grouped posts sum the pages across the whole run, so a morning of three sessions reads as one line rather than three.