Type classic books

Practise typing with real books, a page at a time. Each page is a short test, and the book remembers where you stopped.

Random words are good for measuring speed, but real writing is what you type every day: capital letters, commas, quotation marks, long sentences and short ones. Typing a book gives you all of that, and a reason to come back, because you want to know what happens next.

Each book is split into pages of about 125 words, one or two paragraphs. Type a page and you get the same results as any test: your speed, your accuracy, and the keys that slowed you down. A page counts when you type it at 90% accuracy or better, and the book keeps your place in this browser.

The books

All four are in the public domain. Curly quotation marks, long dashes and accented letters are written the way an ordinary keyboard types them, so you never need a special key. For something short, start with Alice or A Christmas Carol.

Questions

How long does a page take?

About two to four minutes at 30 to 60 words per minute.

Do I need an account?

No. Your place in each book is kept in this browser. Sign in to earn XP and keep your streak for the pages you type.