Work Through Your Books with Reading Plans

Your Read Later list is a digital shelf for future books you’d like to read. When you’re ready to read a book in your list, you can start a Reading Plan directly from the list (see below).

You can add a book to your Read Later list from an open book or from the Library.

To place a book on your Read Later list from an open book:

To place a book on your Read Later list from the Library:

You can create a Reading Plan for any non-reference book in your Library, including Bibles. Reading Plans sync to all platforms, so you can access your plans on any device with Logos.

You can create a Reading Plan wherever you can view your books in the mobile app:

When you create a new plan, Logosdisplays two options of standard Reading Plans for you to choose from: the Bible (1) or another book (2). It also provides options for you to join a plan that has been set up in a Faithlife Group you belong to (3) or select a predefined plan (4). We will focus on creating standard plans in Bibles or other books from your Library.

The Bible

When setting up a Bible reading plan, you have three options:

1. Choosing a particular section of the Bible - with the default being the entire Bible. Other options are available through the dropdown menu

2. Selecting specific Bible passages to read

3. Specifying a topic and allowing Logos to determine which passages to include

If you want to select a different Bible version, tap the down arrow to the right of the currently selected one.

If you select the Topic option, enter the topic you are interested in and click the Generate button. Logos will use AI to select a set of relevant passages (a maximum of 31 readings) which you can then modify or refine until you are satisfied 

Note

Note: The Topic option is only available to subscribers

Once you have specified the passages you want to read, click the Next button in the Wizard to set up your reading schedule.

Library Resource

If you select the book option, you will then be able to select the book you want to read from the next panel. This initially shows just the books in your Read Later list but you can use the Find box to select any book in your library. You can then choose to either read the whole book or a custom portion. Selecting a custom portion automatically removes the front matter from your reading plan and allows you to choose specific chapters to add.

Once you have selected the book (or part of book) you want to read, you can set your reading pace.

If you want a defined reading schedule, choose the day on which you want to start reading (1). Logosdefaults the first reading session to today. Click to select a different starting date. Then, select the day(s) on which you want to read (2) and, if you wish, select the option to send a reminder to your mobile app (3). You can select the notification time that works best for you. 

Alternatively, if you want to read at your own pace, select No schedule (4).

Once you have selected your desired options, click Next.

Specifying Your Goals

If you chose the scheduled option, you will be able to choose between finishing by a particular date (1), reading a specific numbers of minutes each day (2), or splitting the reading into a particular number of sessions (3). This is shown on the left below.

If you chose the non-scheduled option, you will be able to choose between reading a number of minutes each day (1) or splitting the reading into a number of sessions (2). This is shown on the right below.

When you have made your selections, click Finish to create the reading plan.

To edit a plan, click the three vertical dotes on your plan in the Reading Plan Manager and select Plan Details. 

From here, tap Edit plan at the top to change the name of the plan, changes the dates or goals associated with the plan or change the mobile notification settings.

Note

Note: To set more customizable reading sessions, create a custom Reading Plan in the desktop app.

If you’re part of a group that has created group Reading Plans, you can also choose to join your group’s Reading Plan to work through a book or Bible together.

Joining a group plan will move it to your Reading Now list with an indication of what group is associated with the plan.

All Reading Plans are available to you, regardless of whether you created it in the desktop, web, or mobile versions of Logos. All your active Reading Plans display on your Dashboard Reading Plan card.

Your plan will open to the next available reading. Tap the Reading Plan icon in the location bar to jump to the day's reading. 

Once you finish your reading for the day, tap Mark done to mark the day’s reading complete.

Logos keeps track of your reading consistency with Streaks. When you mark a section done, a counter will display how many consecutive days you have completed your reading. 

Complete a reading somewhere other than Logos, like a physical book? Don’t worry, you can still maintain your streak. In the desktop or web app, open the Reading Plan Manager, find the reading, and click the three vertical dots to the right. Click Mark as if read on time to restore your streak.