diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a37e48b..2a47103 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ volumes:
 ### 界面与图标
 
 阅读页以手机浏览器为优先：顶部显示返回、书名和章节，底部集中目录、朗读、界面、设置。
-工具栏和半屏面板覆盖正文，显隐不改变正文区域尺寸；沉浸时只留底部书名、章内页码和全书进度。
+工具栏和半屏面板覆盖正文，显隐不改变正文区域尺寸。界面设置可分别选择顶部左/右、底部左/右显示书名、章节名、章节进度、时间或不显示；默认顶部左侧章节名、底部左侧章内页码与全书百分比、底部右侧时间，按设备保存。
 底栏上方保留一个日夜切换按钮，随工具栏一起收起。
 
 图标使用 Lucide SVG，通过统一的 Icon 组件控制尺寸、线宽和无障碍标签，不再加载字体图标。
diff --git a/docs/ui.md b/docs/ui.md
index 484d6d0..c28a173 100644
--- a/docs/ui.md
+++ b/docs/ui.md
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ TXT 是唯一一种**没有作者排版**的书，所以它也是唯一一处「
 - 顶部：返回、书名、当前章节。
 - 底部：上一章、本章页数滑杆、下一章；下一行是目录、朗读、界面、设置。
 - 中间滑杆始终控制本章页数，不能变成全书进度。固定页章节只有一页时禁用滑杆。
-- 工具栏隐藏后只保留底部书名、章内页码和全书百分比。日夜圆形快捷按钮随工具栏一起显隐。
+- 顶部左/右、底部左/右阅读信息可在“界面”分别选择书名、章节名、章节进度（章内页码与全书百分比）、时间或不显示。默认顶部左侧章节名，底部左侧章节进度，底部右侧时间。配置按设备保存，工具栏隐藏后仍显示；长文本省略。关闭信息仍保留固定边界，避免改变正文分页。日夜圆形快捷按钮随工具栏一起显隐。
 - 正文宿主的上下边界不依赖工具栏状态。工具栏覆盖正文，显隐不得改变页码、滚动位置、正文尺寸。
 - 四个面板使用统一底部半屏布局；界面放排版与主题，设置放翻页行为，朗读放语音设置和播放控制。
 - TXT 默认字号为基准的 1.125 倍、行距 1.8，支持两字缩进与段间距；EPUB 默认保留作者排版。
diff --git a/web/src/store/settings.ts b/web/src/store/settings.ts
index c42e18b..4486af7 100644
--- a/web/src/store/settings.ts
+++ b/web/src/store/settings.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,26 @@ export type ShelfDensity = 'compact' | 'cozy' | 'comfortable';
  */
 export type ShelfSort = 'recent' | 'added' | 'title' | 'author';
 
+export type ReadoutMode = 'none' | 'book' | 'chapter' | 'progress' | 'time';
+export const READOUT_FIELDS = [
+  { key: 'readoutTopLeft', label: '顶部左侧' },
+  { key: 'readoutTopRight', label: '顶部右侧' },
+  { key: 'readoutBottomLeft', label: '底部左侧' },
+  { key: 'readoutBottomRight', label: '底部右侧' },
+] as const;
+export const READOUT_OPTIONS: Array<{ value: ReadoutMode; label: string }> = [
+  { value: 'none', label: '不显示' },
+  { value: 'book', label: '书名' },
+  { value: 'chapter', label: '章节名' },
+  { value: 'progress', label: '章节进度' },
+  { value: 'time', label: '时间' },
+];
+
 export interface AppSettings extends ViewSettings {
+  readoutTopLeft: ReadoutMode;
+  readoutTopRight: ReadoutMode;
+  readoutBottomLeft: ReadoutMode;
+  readoutBottomRight: ReadoutMode;
   /** UTF-8 by default; a reader can force another for an odd TXT file. */
   txtEncoding: string;
   /** Only meaningful for fixed-layout books. */
@@ -72,6 +91,10 @@ export interface AppSettings extends ViewSettings {
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_APP_SETTINGS: AppSettings = {
+  readoutTopLeft: 'chapter',
+  readoutTopRight: 'none',
+  readoutBottomLeft: 'progress',
+  readoutBottomRight: 'time',
   mode: 'scroll',
   fontScale: 1,
   lineHeight: 'inherit',
@@ -113,6 +136,11 @@ export class SettingsStore {
       try {
         const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as Partial<AppSettings> & { shelfSort?: string };
         this.settings = { ...DEFAULT_APP_SETTINGS, ...parsed };
+        for (const { key } of READOUT_FIELDS) {
+          if (!READOUT_OPTIONS.some(option => option.value === this.settings[key])) {
+            this.settings[key] = DEFAULT_APP_SETTINGS[key];
+          }
+        }
         /*
          * Two stored values are folded forward, and both are the same repair.
          *
diff --git a/web/src/styles/reader.css b/web/src/styles/reader.css
index 723ff4e..f77e723 100644
--- a/web/src/styles/reader.css
+++ b/web/src/styles/reader.css
@@ -3660,29 +3660,30 @@ book-content {
 svg.icon { display: inline-block; width: 1em; height: 1em; flex-shrink: 0; vertical-align: middle; }
 .reader-screen { --reader-footer-height: calc(8.5rem + var(--safe-bottom)); }
 .reader-screen .book-host {
-  inset-block-start: var(--safe-top);
+  inset-block-start: calc(1.8rem + var(--safe-top));
   inset-block-end: calc(1.8rem + var(--safe-bottom) + var(--reader-page-trim, 0px));
 }
 .reading-indicator {
   position: absolute;
   inset-inline: 0;
-  bottom: 0;
-  height: calc(1.8rem + var(--safe-bottom));
-  padding: 0.35rem max(1.25rem, var(--safe-right)) var(--safe-bottom) max(1.25rem, var(--safe-left));
+  padding-inline: max(1.25rem, var(--safe-left)) max(1.25rem, var(--safe-right));
   display: flex;
   align-items: flex-start;
   justify-content: space-between;
   gap: 1rem;
   color: var(--reader-muted);
   background: var(--reader-paper);
-  border-top: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--reader-line) 50%, transparent);
   font-size: 0.72rem;
   line-height: 1.2;
   z-index: var(--reader-layer-readout);
   pointer-events: none;
 }
-.indicator-chapter { overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
-.indicator-progress { white-space: nowrap; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+.reading-indicator-top { top: 0; height: calc(1.8rem + var(--safe-top)); padding-top: calc(0.5rem + var(--safe-top)); }
+.reading-indicator-bottom { bottom: 0; height: calc(1.8rem + var(--safe-bottom)); padding-top: 0.35rem; padding-bottom: var(--safe-bottom); }
+.reading-indicator > span { min-width: 0; flex: 1; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+.indicator-left { text-align: start; }
+.indicator-right { text-align: end; }
+.reading-indicator > span:empty { flex: 0; }
 .reader-screen .topbar {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
diff --git a/web/src/ui/reader-chrome.tsx b/web/src/ui/reader-chrome.tsx
index c4825fa..5f2b732 100644
--- a/web/src/ui/reader-chrome.tsx
+++ b/web/src/ui/reader-chrome.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 
 import type { AppSettings } from '../store/settings.ts';
+import { DEFAULT_APP_SETTINGS, READOUT_FIELDS, READOUT_OPTIONS, type ReadoutMode } from '../store/settings.ts';
+import { ReaderIndicators } from './reader-indicators.tsx';
 import type { SpeechEngineKind } from '../render/speech.ts';
 import { type ComponentChildren, type JSX } from './vendor/preact.ts';
 import { IconButton, SectionTitle } from './toolkit.tsx';
@@ -49,6 +51,10 @@ export interface SpeechBarState {
 }
 
 export interface ChromeState {
+  readoutTopLeft?: ReadoutMode;
+  readoutTopRight?: ReadoutMode;
+  readoutBottomLeft?: ReadoutMode;
+  readoutBottomRight?: ReadoutMode;
   title: string;
   author: string;
   chromeVisible: boolean;
@@ -167,10 +173,7 @@ export function ReaderChrome({ state, stage, handlers }: ReaderChromeProps): JSX
         <span className="status-dot" aria-hidden="true" /><span className="status-text">{state.statusText}</span>
       </div>
       <StageHost stage={stage} />
-      <div className="reading-indicator" aria-hidden="true">
-        <span className="indicator-chapter">{state.title || state.chapterLabel}</span>
-        <span className="indicator-progress">{currentPage}/{totalPages} · {percentOf(state.progress)}</span>
-      </div>
+      <ReaderIndicators state={state} />
       <div className="reader-rail" role="toolbar" aria-label="阅读快捷操作">
         <RailButton icon={state.theme === 'dark' ? 'sun' : 'moon'}
           label={state.theme === 'dark' ? '日间' : '夜间'}
@@ -320,6 +323,13 @@ function SettingsBody({ state, handlers }: { state: ChromeState; handlers: Chrom
   return (
     <>
       {(state.settingsTab ?? 'behavior') === 'appearance' ? <>
+      <SectionTitle>阅读信息</SectionTitle>
+      {READOUT_FIELDS.map(({ key, label }) => (
+        <SelectRow key={key} label={label} options={READOUT_OPTIONS}
+          value={state[key] ?? DEFAULT_APP_SETTINGS[key]}
+          onChange={(value) => handlers.onSetting({ [key]: value as ReadoutMode })} />
+      ))}
+      <SectionTitle>正文与主题</SectionTitle>
       {state.layout !== 'fixed' ? <>
       <SliderRow
         label="字号"
@@ -803,9 +813,4 @@ function RailButton({
 
 const LINE_HEIGHT_LADDER = ['inherit', '1.4', '1.6', '1.8', '2.1'];
 
-/** The progress fraction as a percentage, clamped. */
-function percentOf(fraction: number): string {
-  return `${Math.round(Math.min(1, Math.max(0, fraction)) * 100)}%`;
-}
-
 export type { SpeechEngineKind };
diff --git a/web/src/ui/reader-indicators.tsx b/web/src/ui/reader-indicators.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5d71cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/ui/reader-indicators.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { DEFAULT_APP_SETTINGS, READOUT_FIELDS, type ReadoutMode } from '../store/settings.ts';
+import type { ChromeState } from './reader-chrome.tsx';
+import { useEffect, useState } from './vendor/preact.ts';
+
+/** Only this small subtree updates with the clock; the reading surface is untouched. */
+export function ReaderIndicators({ state }: { state: ChromeState }) {
+  const modes = READOUT_FIELDS.map(({ key }) => state[key] ?? DEFAULT_APP_SETTINGS[key]);
+  const clockEnabled = modes.includes('time');
+  const [now, setNow] = useState(() => new Date());
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!clockEnabled) return;
+    let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
+    const refresh = () => {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      setNow(new Date());
+      timer = setTimeout(refresh, 60_000 - Date.now() % 60_000);
+    };
+    refresh();
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', refresh);
+    return () => { clearTimeout(timer); document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', refresh); };
+  }, [clockEnabled]);
+
+  const text = (mode: ReadoutMode): string => {
+    switch (mode) {
+      case 'book': return state.title;
+      case 'chapter': return state.chapterLabel;
+      case 'progress': return `第${Math.max(1, state.pageInChapter)}/${Math.max(1, state.chapterPages)}页 ${Math.round(Math.min(1, Math.max(0, state.progress)) * 100)}%`;
+      case 'time': return `${String(now.getHours()).padStart(2, '0')}:${String(now.getMinutes()).padStart(2, '0')}`;
+      default: return '';
+    }
+  };
+  return <>{(['top', 'bottom'] as const).map((edge, index) => (
+    <div key={edge} className={`reading-indicator reading-indicator-${edge}`} aria-label={edge === 'top' ? '顶部阅读信息' : '底部阅读信息'}>
+      {(['left', 'right'] as const).map((side, offset) => {
+        const mode = modes[index * 2 + offset]!;
+        const value = text(mode);
+        return <span key={side} className={`indicator-${side}`} data-mode={mode} title={value}>{value}</span>;
+      })}
+    </div>
+  ))}</>;
+}
diff --git a/web/src/ui/reader-screen.tsx b/web/src/ui/reader-screen.tsx
index c2c9376..0e94652 100644
--- a/web/src/ui/reader-screen.tsx
+++ b/web/src/ui/reader-screen.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type { Platform } from '../core/platform.ts';
 import { ReaderView, type Position, type ViewSettings } from './reader-view.ts';
 import { makeAssetSigner } from '../net/asset-url.ts';
 import { attachGestures } from './gestures.ts';
-import type { AppSettings } from '../store/settings.ts';
+import { READOUT_FIELDS, type AppSettings } from '../store/settings.ts';
 import { createStagedDoc, isStagedKind, windowIndexOf } from '../formats/windowed.ts';
 import type { BookDoc } from '../formats/types.ts';
 import type { TocEntry } from '../api/types.ts';
@@ -1134,7 +1134,10 @@ export class ReaderScreen {
   private async updateSetting(patch: Partial<AppSettings>): Promise<void> {
     this.options.onSettingsChange(patch);
     Object.assign(this.settings, patch);
-    this.view?.applySettings(this.viewSettings());
+    // Reading information changes only the chrome, never the book's pagination.
+    if (Object.keys(patch).some(key => !READOUT_FIELDS.some(field => field.key === key))) {
+      this.view?.applySettings(this.viewSettings());
+    }
     this.patch({});
     // Fixed-layout fit and direction changes are structural, so the current page
     // has to be re-rendered rather than merely re-styled.
@@ -1558,6 +1561,10 @@ function emptyChromeSettings(): Partial<ChromeState> {
       shelfSort: 'recent',
       shelfShowAuthor: true,
       shelfShowProgress: true,
+      readoutTopLeft: 'chapter',
+      readoutTopRight: 'none',
+      readoutBottomLeft: 'progress',
+      readoutBottomRight: 'time',
     },
     { layout: 'reflowable', format: '', availability: { system: false, native: false, http: false, preferred: null }, engine: null, voices: [] },
   );
@@ -1598,6 +1605,10 @@ function settingsView(
   const activeEngine = context.engine ?? context.availability.preferred;
   return {
     mode: settings.mode,
+    readoutTopLeft: settings.readoutTopLeft,
+    readoutTopRight: settings.readoutTopRight,
+    readoutBottomLeft: settings.readoutBottomLeft,
+    readoutBottomRight: settings.readoutBottomRight,
     fontScale: settings.fontScale,
     lineHeight: settings.lineHeight,
     theme: settings.theme,
diff --git a/web/test/reader-indicators.test.ts b/web/test/reader-indicators.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c31b5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/test/reader-indicators.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { act } from 'preact/test-utils';
+import { createElement as h, render } from '../src/ui/vendor/preact.ts';
+import { ReaderIndicators } from '../src/ui/reader-indicators.tsx';
+import type { ChromeState } from '../src/ui/reader-chrome.tsx';
+import { SettingsStore } from '../src/store/settings.ts';
+
+const container = document.createElement('div');
+const state = {
+  title: '测试书名', chapterLabel: '第二章', pageInChapter: 3, chapterPages: 12, progress: 0.47,
+} as ChromeState;
+const texts = () => Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('span'), el => el.textContent);
+afterEach(() => { act(() => render(null, container)); vi.useRealTimers(); });
+
+describe('reading information', () => {
+  it('maps all four positions independently and allows hiding each one', () => {
+    act(() => render(h(ReaderIndicators, { state: { ...state,
+      readoutTopLeft: 'book', readoutTopRight: 'chapter',
+      readoutBottomLeft: 'progress', readoutBottomRight: 'none',
+    } }), container));
+    expect(texts()).toEqual(['测试书名', '第二章', '第3/12页 47%', '']);
+    act(() => render(h(ReaderIndicators, { state: { ...state,
+      readoutTopLeft: 'none', readoutTopRight: 'none',
+      readoutBottomLeft: 'none', readoutBottomRight: 'none',
+    } }), container));
+    expect(texts()).toEqual(['', '', '', '']);
+    expect(container.querySelectorAll('.reading-indicator')).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it('refreshes time at the minute boundary and on resume, then cleans up', () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date(2026, 8, 20, 9, 5, 59));
+    act(() => render(h(ReaderIndicators, { state }), container));
+    expect(texts()[3]).toBe('09:05');
+    act(() => { vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000); });
+    expect(texts()[3]).toBe('09:06');
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date(2026, 8, 20, 10, 15));
+    act(() => { document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange')); });
+    expect(texts()[3]).toBe('10:15');
+    act(() => render(null, container));
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('migrates older preferences and persists each position across store instances', async () => {
+    let saved = JSON.stringify({ theme: 'sepia', readoutTopRight: 'invalid' });
+    const kv = { get: async () => saved, set: async (_key: string, value: string) => { saved = value; }, remove: async () => {} };
+    const store = new SettingsStore(kv);
+    expect(await store.load()).toMatchObject({ theme: 'sepia', readoutTopLeft: 'chapter', readoutTopRight: 'none', readoutBottomLeft: 'progress', readoutBottomRight: 'time' });
+    await store.update({ readoutTopLeft: 'time', readoutTopRight: 'book', readoutBottomLeft: 'none', readoutBottomRight: 'chapter' });
+    expect(await new SettingsStore(kv).load()).toMatchObject({ readoutTopLeft: 'time', readoutTopRight: 'book', readoutBottomLeft: 'none', readoutBottomRight: 'chapter' });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/test/reader-layout-css.test.ts b/web/test/reader-layout-css.test.ts
index 3877011..be4e383 100644
--- a/web/test/reader-layout-css.test.ts
+++ b/web/test/reader-layout-css.test.ts
@@ -111,9 +111,10 @@ describe('the reading surface fills the screen', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it('keeps the reading information in a single bottom strip', () => {
+  it('keeps reading information in fixed top and bottom strips', () => {
     const box = rule('.reading-indicator');
-    expect(declaration(box, 'bottom')).toBe('0');
+    expect(declaration(rule('.reading-indicator-top'), 'top')).toBe('0');
+    expect(declaration(rule('.reading-indicator-bottom'), 'bottom')).toBe('0');
     expect(declaration(box, 'display')).toBe('flex');
     expect(declaration(box, 'pointer-events')).toBe('none');
   });
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ describe('the reading surface fills the screen', () => {
   it('uses the same reading geometry with chrome visible and hidden', () => {
     expect(rule(".reader-screen[data-chrome='hidden'] .book-host")).toBe('');
     const body = rule('.reader-screen .book-host');
-    expect(declaration(body, 'inset-block-start')).toBe('var(--safe-top)');
+    expect(declaration(body, 'inset-block-start')).toBe('calc(1.8rem + var(--safe-top))');
     expect(declaration(body, 'inset-block-end')).toContain('var(--reader-page-trim');
     expect(declaration(body, 'inset-block-end')).toContain('var(--safe-bottom)');
   });
diff --git a/web/tools/ui-review/reader-regression.mjs b/web/tools/ui-review/reader-regression.mjs
index 503d49c..b3b8554 100644
--- a/web/tools/ui-review/reader-regression.mjs
+++ b/web/tools/ui-review/reader-regression.mjs
@@ -57,6 +57,28 @@ try {
     assert.equal((await read()).y, after.y, `${label} close must preserve position`);
   }
   await cdp.clickText('.reader-actions button', '界面');
+  const beforeReadouts = await read();
+  for (const [label, mode] of [['顶部左侧','book'],['顶部右侧','chapter'],['底部左侧','time'],['底部右侧','progress']]) {
+    await cdp.run(`const el=document.querySelector('select[aria-label="${label}"]');el.value='${mode}';el.dispatchEvent(new Event('change',{bubbles:true}));`);
+    await cdp.sleep(100);
+    const next = await read();
+    for (const key of ['x','y','page','pages','top','height']) assert.equal(next[key], beforeReadouts[key], 'readout setting preserves '+key);
+  }
+  const modes = await cdp.evaluate('Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(".reading-indicator span"),el=>el.dataset.mode)');
+  assert.deepEqual(modes, ['book','chapter','time','progress']);
+  await cdp.screenshot('../docs/ui-review/mobile/readout-settings.png');
+  await cdp.click('.panel button[aria-label="关闭"]');
+  await cdp.tapMiddle();
+  await cdp.screenshot('../docs/ui-review/mobile/readout-custom.png');
+  await cdp.navigate(`${origin}/#/shelf`);
+  await cdp.navigate(`${origin}/#/book/${BOOK_ID}`);
+  await cdp.waitFor('Number(document.querySelector(".progress-scrubber")?.max) > 1');
+  assert.deepEqual(await cdp.evaluate('Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(".reading-indicator span"),el=>el.dataset.mode)'), modes, 'readout settings survive reopening');
+  await cdp.clickText('.reader-actions button', '界面');
+  for (const [label, mode] of [['顶部左侧','chapter'],['顶部右侧','none'],['底部左侧','progress'],['底部右侧','time']]) {
+    await cdp.run(`const el=document.querySelector('select[aria-label="${label}"]');el.value='${mode}';el.dispatchEvent(new Event('change',{bubbles:true}));`);
+    await cdp.sleep(100);
+  }
   await cdp.clickText('.panel button', '浅绿');
   await cdp.click('.panel button[aria-label="关闭"]');
   await cdp.sleep(300);