How to mark book as read in Calibre?

[BookMan]

OPTION #1​

You can create your own custom column by going to Preferences:

Create a custom column and selected the predefined option:

Change Column heading to whatever name you want.

My result is like this:

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OPTION #2​

Another way is to use the Rating column. When you import the book, set the rating to Not rated (sometimes the rating will apply if you are importing metadata):

When you have finished a book, rate it. That way you will know you have read it.

 

[Vellmar]

For many year I have been using a mix of these two options. I created a custom column called myrating that uses ratings, shown in star. If I read it, I star it -- et voilá!

 

[BookMan]

I'm currently using the default Rating column. Works fine.

Thanks for sharing.