Book tracker

Obsidian book tracker built using Dataview.

Features

• Currently Reading: Shows books with status: reading, sorted by start date
• Want to Read: Backlog of books with status: want-to-read
• Finished This Year: Books completed in 2026 with ratings
• Stats: Inline Dataview count of total finished books

Required Plugins

• Dataview for all query blocks and inline queries

Setup

1. Create a Books/ folder in your vault.
2. Add book notes with properties for author, status, rating, started, finished, and genre.
3. Open Book Tracker.md.

Example Book Note

---
author: Cal Newport
status: reading
genre: productivity
rating:
started: 2026-03-15
finished:
---

Files

• Book Tracker.md