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Three of the shortest recorded reading commitments in this catalog. Times are estimates, not quality ratings.
About 14 minutes
Adventure Picaresque Fiction
3,141 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #22746About 16 minutes
Science Fiction Utopias
3,557 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #2About 19 minutes
Science Fiction Utopias
4,248 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
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Copyright Act of 1976 Source: Title 17, United States Code, Sections 101-810. [Sections 106, 107, and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act are of particular interest to the projected user community of this information. However, in order to have the convenience of access to the complete act available it is provided here in its entirety.] Section 101. Definitions. As used in this title, the following terms and their variant forms mean the following: An "anonymous work" is a work on the copies or pho…
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| Book | Recorded words | Estimated minutes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Copy/South Dossier Issues in the economics, politics, and ideology of copyright in the global South — A Reader’s Guide | 3,141 | 14 | Gutenberg #22746 |
| The United States Bill of Rights The Ten Original Amendments to the Constitution of the United States — Edition Insights | 3,557 | 16 | Gutenberg #2 |
| Federal Stamp Taxes on Drafts, Checks and Promissory Notes, 1919 — A Reader’s Guide | 4,248 | 19 | Gutenberg #51894 |
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Catalog snapshot checked: 2026-09-26. Coverage: 99 public books, 99 available source excerpts.
OQOJI Public Domain Literature Library offers a focused collection of 99 works across four categories. These pages help you explore the catalog by subject, length, reading time, and other practical details, so you can quickly find a book that fits your interests and schedule.
The library is organized into four categories: Adventure Picaresque Fiction, Fantasy Juvenile Worlds, Science Fiction Utopias, and Historical Psychological Social Fiction. Each work includes factual metadata such as word count, reading time, sections, and average sentence length, giving you a clear picture before you start reading.
Browse subject options like 'Prisons' or 'California -- Gold discoveries' to see which titles match. Each subject listing shows how many books cover that topic, making it easy to narrow your search.
Use the comparison tool to line up books by length, reading time, or sentence complexity. This objective view helps you choose between similar works based on the reading experience you prefer.
Each book lists a median reading time based on word count. Whether you have a quick lunch break or a long weekend, you can find a book that fits the time you have available.
A library of 99 public-domain works can feel open-ended. The categories, length labels, and subject tags help, but they only tell part of the story. The three interactive tools on this page—Book Finder, Compare Books, and Reading Tracker—are meant to be used together, each answering a different question you might have before you commit to a title.
Book Finder narrows the field, Compare Books settles a close call between two or three candidates, and Reading Tracker turns a choice into a realistic plan. None of the tools rate literary quality; they simply make the catalog's existing facts easier to work with. Used in sequence, they can move you from a vague interest to a book you can actually finish.
The Finder is where most reading sessions should begin. You can filter by category, word-count length, estimated reading time, chapter rhythm, sentence flow, or subject. For example, if you are drawn to first-person accounts of confinement, the subject 'Anarchists -- United States' appears on only two books, one of which is "A fragment of the prison experiences of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman In the State Prison at Jefferson City, Mo., and the U. S. Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. February — A Reader’s Guide". That kind of precise filter is the Finder's strength.
The Finder also lets you leave criteria as 'no preference' without penalizing books. If you only know you want something short, you can filter by length and ignore the rest. The tool is flexible enough for both a broad browse and a targeted search.
Once the Finder has produced a shortlist, Compare Books can highlight the differences that matter. It shows word count, estimated reading time, text sections, sentence flow, chapter rhythm, subjects, and page information when available. These are descriptive metrics relative to this catalog, not quality judgments.
For instance, you might be weighing two books on prison life. "The Man Behind the Bars — Context and Discussion" runs about 288 minutes, while "Woman in Prison — Text and Context" is closer to 217. That gap of roughly an hour may influence your decision if you have limited reading time.
After you have made a choice, the Reading Tracker turns the estimated reading time into a daily habit. It records progress in pages, not minutes, and lets you set a daily page goal. The default goal is 20 pages, but you can adjust it to fit your schedule.
A typical path might be: use the Finder to identify a few books in a category you like, compare two or three to see which fits your available time, then open the Tracker to set a page goal. The tools are designed to work together, and each one makes the next step easier.