diff --git a/src/components/FinishedBooks.astro b/src/components/FinishedBooks.astro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b4117c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/FinishedBooks.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+---
+/**
+ * "Finished" — the 5 most recently finished books, with a link to the full list.
+ *
+ *     import FinishedBooks from '../components/FinishedBooks.astro';
+ *     <FinishedBooks />
+ *
+ * Data: api.c0smere.net/reading/finished — the same array /reading/finished.astro renders in
+ * full; this widget just takes the first 5 client-side rather than adding a ?limit param to an
+ * endpoint whose only other consumer wants everything.
+ *
+ * Deliberately terse, matching ReadingNow at this rail width (13rem): title + date only, no
+ * duration/pages/author — those live on the full page. Title links to the book's Quotes page
+ * only when quote_slug is present; see api.reading_finished()'s comment (grants_phlegethon.sql)
+ * for why a non-null slug is always a real page.
+ */
+---
+
+<section class="finished-books" id="finished-books" hidden>
+  <h2 class="finished-books__label">Finished</h2>
+  <ol class="finished-books__list" id="fb-list"></ol>
+  <p class="finished-books__more" id="fb-more" hidden>
+    <a href="/reading/finished">see all &rarr;</a>
+  </p>
+</section>
+
+<script>
+  // Fail closed, like ReadingNow: the section ships hidden and only a good response reveals
+  // it, so a 404 (nothing finished yet), a dead API, or an empty array leaves a plain rail.
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch('https://api.c0smere.net/reading/finished');
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(String(res.status));
+    const books = await res.json();
+    if (!Array.isArray(books) || books.length === 0) throw new Error('empty');
+
+    const list = document.getElementById('fb-list')!;
+    for (const b of books.slice(0, 5)) {
+      const li = document.createElement('li');
+      li.className = 'finished-books__item';
+
+      const title = document.createElement(b.quote_slug ? 'a' : 'span');
+      title.className = 'finished-books__title';
+      title.textContent = b.title;
+      if (b.quote_slug) title.setAttribute('href', `/Quotes/${b.quote_slug}`);
+      li.appendChild(title);
+
+      const date = document.createElement('span');
+      date.className = 'finished-books__date';
+      date.textContent = b.finished_on;
+      li.appendChild(date);
+
+      list.appendChild(li);
+    }
+
+    if (books.length > 5) {
+      document.getElementById('fb-more')!.hidden = false;
+    }
+
+    document.getElementById('finished-books')!.hidden = false;
+  } catch {
+    /* API down, blocked, or nothing finished yet: the slot stays hidden */
+  }
+</script>
+
+<style>
+  .finished-books {
+    margin-top: 1.2rem;
+    padding-top: 1rem;
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--hair);
+    font-size: 0.82rem;
+    line-height: 1.4;
+  }
+  .finished-books[hidden] { display: none; }
+
+  .finished-books__label {
+    margin: 0 0 0.5rem;
+    font-size: 0.72rem;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    color: var(--muted);
+  }
+
+  .finished-books__list {
+    list-style: none;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+  .finished-books__item { margin: 0 0 0.55rem; }
+  .finished-books__item:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
+
+  .finished-books__title {
+    display: block;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    color: var(--fg);
+    text-decoration: none;
+    /* Titles run long ("Introduction to Linear Algebra (Ed 5) …") on a 13rem rail. */
+    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  }
+  a.finished-books__title:hover { color: var(--link-bright); }
+
+  .finished-books__date {
+    display: block;
+    color: var(--muted);
+    font-size: 0.76rem;
+  }
+
+  .finished-books__more { margin: 0.6rem 0 0; }
+  .finished-books__more[hidden] { display: none; }
+  .finished-books__more a {
+    color: var(--muted);
+    text-decoration: none;
+  }
+  .finished-books__more a:hover { color: var(--link-bright); }
+</style>
diff --git a/src/layouts/Base.astro b/src/layouts/Base.astro
index b24e9b0..fc7dba8 100644
--- a/src/layouts/Base.astro
+++ b/src/layouts/Base.astro
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { COMMIT, BUILT_AT } from '../lib/build-info.mjs';
 import NavTree from '../components/NavTree.astro';
 import Toc from '../components/Toc.astro';
 import ReadingNow from '../components/ReadingNow.astro';
+import FinishedBooks from '../components/FinishedBooks.astro';
 import { loadNotebooks, notebookUrl } from '../lib/notebooks.mjs';
 
 interface Props {
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ const pageUrl = new URL(Astro.url.pathname, Astro.site);
       <aside class="toc-col">
         {showToc && <Toc headings={headings} />}
         <ReadingNow />
+        <FinishedBooks />
       </aside>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/src/pages/reading/finished.astro b/src/pages/reading/finished.astro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea5fb05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/reading/finished.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+---
+import Base from '../../layouts/Base.astro';
+---
+
+<Base
+  title="Finished books"
+  description="Every book I've finished reading, in order, with what it took and the gaps in between."
+>
+  <h1>Finished books</h1>
+
+  <p>
+    The rail on every page carries the five most recent. This is the whole list: when I
+    finished each one, how long it took by the device's own cumulative counter, and — where
+    I took any highlights — a link through to <a href="/Quotes/">the quotes I kept</a>.
+  </p>
+
+  <ol class="finished-list" id="finished-list" hidden></ol>
+  <p class="finished-empty" id="finished-empty" hidden>Nothing finished yet.</p>
+</Base>
+
+<script>
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch('https://api.c0smere.net/reading/finished');
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(String(res.status));
+    const books = await res.json();
+    if (!Array.isArray(books) || books.length === 0) throw new Error('empty');
+
+    const list = document.getElementById('finished-list')!;
+
+    books.forEach((book, idx) => {
+      const li = document.createElement('li');
+      li.className = 'finished-item';
+
+      const when = document.createElement('span');
+      when.className = 'finished-when';
+      const dateEl = document.createElement('span');
+      dateEl.className = 'finished-date';
+      dateEl.textContent = longDay(book.finished_on);
+      when.appendChild(dateEl);
+      // How long after the *previous* finish this one landed. The list runs newest-first,
+      // so the previous book chronologically is the next row down — and the oldest book has
+      // nothing before it to measure against. Ported from kobo-dashboard's FinishedShelf.
+      if (idx < books.length - 1) {
+        const gapEl = document.createElement('span');
+        gapEl.className = 'finished-gap';
+        gapEl.textContent = gapLabel(books[idx + 1].finished_on, book.finished_on);
+        when.appendChild(gapEl);
+      }
+      li.appendChild(when);
+
+      const what = document.createElement('span');
+      what.className = 'finished-what';
+      const titleEl = document.createElement(book.quote_slug ? 'a' : 'span');
+      titleEl.className = 'finished-title';
+      titleEl.textContent = book.title;
+      if (book.quote_slug) titleEl.setAttribute('href', `/Quotes/${book.quote_slug}`);
+      what.appendChild(titleEl);
+      if (book.author) {
+        const a = document.createElement('span');
+        a.className = 'finished-author';
+        a.textContent = book.author;
+        what.appendChild(a);
+      }
+      if (book.series) {
+        const s = document.createElement('span');
+        s.className = 'finished-series';
+        s.textContent = book.series;
+        what.appendChild(s);
+      }
+      li.appendChild(what);
+
+      const metrics = document.createElement('span');
+      metrics.className = 'finished-metrics';
+      let text = formatDuration(book.minutes);
+      if (book.pages !== null) {
+        text += ` · ${book.pages} pages`;
+        if (book.minutes > 0) {
+          text += ` · ${Math.round((book.pages / book.minutes) * 60)} pages/hr`;
+        }
+      }
+      metrics.textContent = text;
+      li.appendChild(metrics);
+
+      list.appendChild(li);
+    });
+
+    list.hidden = false;
+  } catch {
+    document.getElementById('finished-empty')!.hidden = false;
+  }
+
+  /** How long after `earlierISO` the book finished on `laterISO` was finished, in words. */
+  function gapLabel(earlierISO: string, laterISO: string): string {
+    const days = daysBetween(earlierISO, laterISO);
+    if (days <= 0) return 'same day';
+    if (days === 1) return 'next day';
+    if (days < 31) return `${days} days later`;
+    const months = Math.round(days / 30.44);
+    return months === 1 ? 'a month later' : `${months} months later`;
+  }
+
+  /** Calendar-day difference between two 'YYYY-MM-DD' keys, DST-proof via UTC. */
+  function daysBetween(from: string, to: string): number {
+    const [fy, fm, fd] = from.split('-').map(Number);
+    const [ty, tm, td] = to.split('-').map(Number);
+    return (Date.UTC(ty, tm - 1, td) - Date.UTC(fy, fm - 1, fd)) / 86_400_000;
+  }
+
+  function longDay(iso: string): string {
+    const [y, m, d] = iso.split('-').map(Number);
+    return new Date(Date.UTC(y, m - 1, d)).toLocaleDateString('en-US', {
+      year: 'numeric',
+      month: 'long',
+      day: 'numeric',
+      timeZone: 'UTC',
+    });
+  }
+
+  function formatDuration(minutes: number): string {
+    if (minutes < 60) return `${minutes} min`;
+    const hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
+    const rest = minutes % 60;
+    return rest === 0 ? `${hours} hr` : `${hours} hr ${rest} min`;
+  }
+</script>
+
+<style>
+  .finished-list {
+    list-style: none;
+    margin: 1.5rem 0 0;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+  .finished-list[hidden] { display: none; }
+
+  .finished-item {
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-columns: 9rem 1fr;
+    gap: 0.15rem 1rem;
+    padding: 0.85rem 0;
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--hair);
+  }
+  .finished-item:first-child { border-top: none; }
+
+  .finished-when {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    color: var(--muted);
+    font-size: 0.82rem;
+  }
+  .finished-gap {
+    font-size: 0.76rem;
+    font-style: italic;
+  }
+
+  .finished-what {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    align-items: baseline;
+    gap: 0 0.6rem;
+  }
+  .finished-title {
+    font-weight: 600;
+    color: var(--fg);
+    text-decoration: none;
+  }
+  a.finished-title:hover { color: var(--link-bright); }
+  .finished-author,
+  .finished-series {
+    color: var(--muted);
+    font-size: 0.88rem;
+  }
+
+  .finished-metrics {
+    grid-column: 2;
+    color: var(--muted);
+    font-size: 0.82rem;
+  }
+
+  .finished-empty { color: var(--muted); }
+  .finished-empty[hidden] { display: none; }
+
+  @media (max-width: 32rem) {
+    .finished-item { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
+    .finished-metrics { grid-column: 1; }
+  }
+</style>