diff --git a/src/bin/book.rs b/src/bin/book.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f521942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/book.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use toipe::book::BookSelector;
+use toipe::textgen::WordSelector;
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut word_selector =
+        BookSelector::from_string("This is a test.\nhello world!".to_string()).unwrap();
+
+    let mut word = word_selector.new_word().unwrap();
+    println!("{}", word);
+    word = word_selector.new_word().unwrap();
+    println!("{}", word);
+}
diff --git a/src/book.rs b/src/book.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdb3025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/book.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+use std::{
+    fs::File,
+    io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Cursor, Seek, SeekFrom},
+    path::PathBuf,
+};
+
+use crate::textgen::WordSelector;
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct BookSelector<T> {
+    reader: BufReader<T>,
+    offset: u64,
+}
+
+impl<T: Seek + io::Read> BookSelector<T> {
+    pub fn new(reader: BufReader<T>) -> Result<Self, io::Error> {
+        let book_selector = Self { reader, offset: 0 };
+        Ok(book_selector)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Seek + io::Read> Iterator for BookSelector<T> {
+    type Item = Result<String, io::Error>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        let mut buffer = vec![];
+        if let Err(e) = self.reader.seek(SeekFrom::Start(self.offset)) {
+            return Some(Err(e));
+        }
+        match self.reader.read_until(b' ', &mut buffer) {
+            Ok(len) => {
+                if len == 0 {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                self.offset += len as u64;
+                Some(Ok(String::from_utf8(buffer).unwrap()))
+            }
+            Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl BookSelector<File> {
+    pub fn from_path(file_path: PathBuf) -> Result<Self, io::Error> {
+        let file = File::open(file_path)?;
+
+        let reader = BufReader::new(file);
+
+        Self::new(reader)
+    }
+}
+
+impl BookSelector<Cursor<String>> {
+    pub fn from_string(word_list: String) -> Result<Self, io::Error> {
+        let cursor = Cursor::new(word_list);
+        let reader = BufReader::new(cursor);
+
+        BookSelector::new(reader)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Seek + io::Read> WordSelector for BookSelector<T> {
+    fn new_word(&mut self) -> Result<String, io::Error> {
+        loop {
+            match self.next() {
+                Some(word) => {
+                    if let Ok(mut w) = word {
+                        w = w.replace("\n", " ");
+                        if w.trim() != "" && w.is_ascii() {
+                            return Ok(w.trim().to_string());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                None => {
+                    return Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 957e693..c32fe09 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ pub struct ToipeConfig {
     /// Number of words to show on each test.
     #[clap(short, long, default_value_t = 30)]
     pub num_words: usize,
+    /// Path to custom book file
+    ///
+    /// This argument cannot be used along with `-w`/`--wordlist`
+    #[clap(short = 'b', long = "bookfile", conflicts_with = "wordlist")]
+    pub book_file: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl ToipeConfig {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a99774e..ede7047 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 //! See [`RawWordSelector`] if you're looking for the word selection
 //! algorithm.
 
+pub mod book;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod results;
 pub mod textgen;
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ use textgen::{RawWordSelector, WordSelector};
 use tui::{Text, ToipeTui};
 use wordlists::{BuiltInWordlist, OS_WORDLIST_PATH};
 
+use crate::book::BookSelector;
+
 /// Typing test terminal UI and logic.
 pub struct Toipe {
     tui: ToipeTui,
@@ -79,6 +82,8 @@ impl<'a> Toipe {
         let word_selector: Box<dyn WordSelector> =
             if let Some(wordlist_path) = config.wordlist_file.clone() {
                 Box::new(RawWordSelector::from_path(PathBuf::from(wordlist_path))?)
+            } else if let Some(bookfile_path) = config.book_file.clone() {
+                Box::new(BookSelector::from_path(PathBuf::from(bookfile_path))?)
             } else if let Some(word_list) = config.wordlist.contents() {
                 Box::new(RawWordSelector::from_string(word_list.to_string())?)
             } else if let BuiltInWordlist::OS = config.wordlist {