The Books app makes it pretty easy to check your reading progress.

On your iPhone or iPad, launch the book and go to the page you’re reading currently.

Tap anywhere in the center of the page.

Checking the number of pages remaining in a chapter in a book in Apple Books.

The top number indicates the number of pages left in the current chapter.

you might also adjust your reading goal from here.

To do this, tap on “Today’s Reading” and hit the “Adjust Goal” button.

Checking the number of pages read in a book in the Apple Books app.

Set the time you want to spend reading books each day on the overlay screen.

Hit “Done” to save.

To modify the goal, hit the “Adjust Goal” button.

The “Books” option in the iPhone Settings app.

Select “Themes & parameters.”

4Jump to a Page

Using the table of contents is one way to navigate a book.

To do this, pop fire up book and tap on the menu button in the lower right-hand corner.

Enabling the Reading Goals feature in Books app.

Select “Search Book”.

Now, jot down a number, and tap on the result to open that page.

it’s possible for you to also use this search feature to look up something specific in a book.

Enabling the Reading Goals feature for PDFs in Books app.

Tap on one to jump in and read.

You’ll see a bookmark icon in the bottom-right corner of the page, indicating it’s bookmarked.

The Books app keeps all your bookmarks for a book in one place.

Reading Goals section in Apple Books app on an iPhone.

When you want to remove a bookmark, it’s easy.

Tap the bookmark icon to bring up the menu, and then hit the bookmark button again.

Next, tap the “Highlight” button that appears in the context menu above the text.

Adjust Goal option for settings a reading goal in Apple Books app.

Then, choose a color you’d like to use for the highlight.

Alternatively, you’re free to underline the text by tapping on the “U” button.

Start typing your note and hit “Done.”

Setting a daily reading goal in Apple Books.

Once you add a note to a highlight, you’ll see a square box next to the text.

Tap on this box to view the note.

Tap the menu button in the bottom-right corner of the page and select “Bookmarks & Highlights.”

Books Read This Year section in the Apple Books app on iPhone.

Select “iCloud.”

Under “Apps Using iCloud,” tap on “Show All.”

Here, see to it the toggle next to “Books” is on.

Menu button in the Apple Books app on an iPhone.

Lastly, tap on “iCloud Drive” and enable it if it isn’t already enabled.

To import a PDF into Apple Books, go to the app containing the PDF document.

launch the PDF, hit the Share button.

Themes & Settings option in Apple Books menu.

This includes any PDFs that you have opened in Safari.

Then, select “Books” from the Share Sheet.

This will launch the PDF in the Apple Books app.

Themes & Settings overlay screen on the Apple Books app.

it’s possible for you to now read the PDF or annotate it using the Markup tools.

Adding a book to your wishlist is easy.

When you want to access your wishlist, head to the “Home” tab.

Search Book feature in Apple Books app.

Find the “Want to Read” section and tap on it.

Here, you’ll see all the books you’ve saved and can check their samples or purchase them.

10Read Without Being Disturbed

App notifications can be annoying, especially when you’re trying to concentrate.

Searching a book by page number.

Searching a book in Apple Books by a word or phrase.

Bookmark button in the Apple Books app on an iPhone.

Checking Bookmarks & Highlights in the Books app on an iPhone.

Selecting text in a paragraph to highlight in the Books app.

Highlighting a paragraph in the Apple Books app on an iPhone.

HIghlight options in Apple Books.

Adding a note to a highlight in Apple Books app.

Square box in Books app indicating a highlight with a note.

Checking all the higlights in a book in Apple Books.

iPhone Settings app.

Selecting iCloud under Apple account settings on an iPhone.

Viewing all apps using iCloud.

Allowing Books to use iCloud on an iPhone.

Turning on the Sync this iPhone feature under iCloud settings.

Share button in the Files app on an iPhone.

Selecting Books in Share Sheet to import a PDF into it.

Markup option on a PDF in Apple Books app.

Want to Read button in Books app to add a book to wishlist.

Want to Read section in the Apple Books app on an iPhone.