One Place for Every Series
Every series has its books in order, how far you’ve read, and the date the next one is due.
A Notion template for fantasy readers
A Home for Every Series You’ve Ever Read
The Reader’s Codex is a Notion template for fantasy and romantasy readers: one place for every series you’ve read, and every character, quote, and theory that came with it, ready for the day the next book arrives.
Preloaded with
Every fantasy reader knows this
You Loved That Series. Then the Next Book Took Two Years.
You finished book three at one in the morning and couldn’t stop thinking about it. Then came the wait. By the time book four arrives, the names, the alliances, and the cliffhanger you swore you’d never forget have gone soft.
So you reread the whole series, or you start the new book half-lost. The Reader’s Codex is where those details wait for you.
Where your reading lives now
A Notes App Full of Half‑Sentences
Theories typed at midnight, a character list with no book attached, and a quote you can’t place anymore.
A Star Rating and Not Much Else
Goodreads keeps the date and the stars. The characters, the worlds, and the reason you cared are left to memory.
A Special Edition You Won’t Write In
The sprayed edges and the signed page stay pristine, so the margin notes never get written anywhere.
For readers who never stop thinking about the books they love.
You’re not the only one
Overheard in Fantasy Reader Communities
“My sister is reading the Empyrean series for the first time and texts me: ‘this person just died but I have no memory as to who they are.’ Problem being, I can’t remember half of the characters either.”
A reader on Reddit
“There is nothing worse than finishing a good book on cliffhanger and realizing the next one doesn’t come out for six months. In six months, I will have read sixty more books and not even remember the first book.”
A reader on Reddit
“Goodreads is for social, I need a separate tool for actual organization.”
A reader on Reddit
Real posts from public reader communities on Reddit. They’re about reading, not about the Codex.
What would actually help
What You Need:
A Way Back In
Each series keeps a recap and the cliffhangers still open, written while they were fresh and waiting when the next book arrives.
A Cast List You Can Search
Every character links to the books they appear in, so a name you half-remember is one search away.
Somewhere to Write That Isn’t the Book
Quotes keep their chapter and page, journal entries keep their date, and the special edition stays pristine.
So let us introduce
The Reader’s Codex
A Notion template made for the way fantasy readers read: across years, across series, and across whole worlds. It’s one set of linked pages for your books, series, characters, tropes, quotes, and reading life, with a library of popular series already filled in.
Every Book You've Read, Are Reading, or Want to Read
The Library is your whole shelf, with your current reads and their progress at the top. The rest sit on shelves like TBR, Reread Queue, Comfort Reads, and Books That Wrecked Me.
Shelves for every mood Your current reads, with progress
Every Series, and Where You Left Off
Series is one page per series, with the books in order, your progress through them, and the date the next book is due. Each series page has room for a recap and the cliffhangers still open, so the next book picks up where the last one ended.
Your progress in every series The next book’s release date
Every Character, Linked to Their Books
Characters is a gallery of the people in your series, tagged by role and linked to the books they appear in. Each character has a page for their allegiance, powers, relationships, and arc.
Views for FMCs, MMCs, villains, and more Tagged by role
Your Reading Goals, With Progress From Your Books
Goals & Challenges is your yearly challenge, reread campaigns, and readathons, each with a progress bar. Link the books that count toward a goal, and its progress fills in as you finish them.
Challenges, rereads, and readathons Progress from the books you link
Your Reading Year on One Page
My Year in Books is your books finished, pages read, five-star reads, and average rating for the year, beside the goals you completed. The numbers come from the Library, so there is nothing to enter by hand.
Filled in from your Library The goals you completed
And there’s more
Six More Pages, All Linked
Each one connects back to your books, so a book leads to its author, its tropes, and the lines you saved from it.
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Authors
Your authors are ranked by your own ratings, with an auto-buy flag for the ones you never skip.
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Tropes
Each trope links to the books that have it, from enemies to lovers to found family.
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Quotes
The lines you couldn't leave behind are saved with the character, book, and chapter.
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Reading Journal
Your notes while you read are dated on a calendar, a line or a whole page at a time.
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The Waitlist
Preorders, library holds, and the next books in your series are listed with their release dates.
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Book Club
This month's pick, the meeting details, and every past meeting are on one page.
Also inside: Start Here, a short guide to setting up your Codex.
Every book, every world, every character, every line you loved.
All of it opens from one Dashboard, designed for both of Notion’s themes.
After you buy
How It Works
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Step 1
Check Out
Checkout is through Lemon Squeezy. Your receipt and the link to the Codex arrive by email within minutes.
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Step 2
Duplicate It Into Notion
Open the link and press Duplicate. The Codex copies into your own Notion, where every page is yours to change.
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Step 3
Start on the Dashboard
The Codex opens on the Dashboard, and its welcome box links to Start Here. Start Here covers adding your first book, finishing a book, and bringing in your Goodreads library.
Coming from Goodreads
“But What About All of the Books I’ve Already Tracked in Goodreads?”
Bring them with you. The free Goodreads importer turns your Goodreads export into a file for the Codex, with your ratings, shelves, reviews, reading dates, and a cover for most books. Your file stays in your browser, and only titles, authors, and ISBNs are sent out, to find covers.
Pricing
Yours to Keep, for the Price of Two Hardcovers
The Reader's Codex
$49
One-time purchase
- Open a book and its series, characters, tropes, and quotes are one click away. Add something once and it shows up everywhere it belongs. a reader needs, linked together: The Library, Series, Characters, Authors, Tropes, Quotes, Reading Journal, Goals & Challenges, Book Club, The Waitlist, and My Year in Books
- A Popular series come with their books in reading order, plus characters and tropes already added. Every book starts on your TBR, so you mark only what you’ve read. of popular fantasy and romantasy series, with page counts, genres, and spice levels filled in, so your Codex is full from the first day
- A It opens from the Dashboard and covers adding your first book, finishing a book, and bringing in your Goodreads library. inside the Codex that walks you through setup, step by step
- The free Your ratings, shelves, reviews, and reading dates come across, with a cover for most books. Your file stays in your browser., so your reading history comes with you
- Works on the You don’t need a paid Notion account. Pay once and the Codex is yours to keep., with no subscription
Delivered by email within minutes. Secure checkout through Lemon Squeezy. All sales are final.
Free demo
See Inside Before You Buy
The demo is a read-only copy of the Codex, filled in the way a reader's library looks a year in. Open any page, click into a series or a character, and see how the pages connect.
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FAQ
You’ve Got Questions. We’ve Got Answers.
Anything else, email [email protected].
01What is The Reader's Codex?
The Reader's Codex is a Notion template for fantasy and romantasy readers. It is a set of linked pages for your books, series, characters, authors, tropes, quotes, reading journal, goals, and book club, with a library of popular series already filled in.
02Is it a one-time payment?
Yes. The Codex is $49 once, with no subscription, and it's yours to keep.
03What comes preloaded?
A library of popular fantasy and romantasy series, with the books in order and page counts, genres, and spice levels filled in. Keep the series you read and remove the rest.
04Do I need a paid Notion plan?
No. The Codex works on Notion's free plan.
05Do I need to know Notion?
No. The Codex opens on the Dashboard, and its welcome box links to Start Here, a short guide to adding your first book, finishing one, and importing from Goodreads. The Field Guide covers every page in more detail.
06Can I bring in my Goodreads library?
Yes. Export your library from Goodreads, run the file through the free Goodreads importer, and merge it into the Codex. Your ratings, shelves, reviews, and reading dates come across, and Start Here has the steps.
07Can I add my own books and series?
Yes. Everything in the Codex is editable, and the preloaded series are a starting point. Start Here explains how to remove the series you don't read.
08Does it work on my phone or iPad?
Yes. The Codex works anywhere Notion does: the desktop app, the browser, and Notion's iPhone, iPad, and Android apps.
09How is it different from Goodreads?
Goodreads records what you read and when. The Codex is for everything that comes with the reading: the characters, the theories, the worlds, and the years between releases. Many readers keep both.
10How do I get help?
Email [email protected].
Your Reading Life Is Waiting
Every series you’ve started, every book you mean to return to, and every world you’ve loved, in one place.
Get the Codex · $49One-time purchase. Works on the free Notion plan.