Free Reads — timeless books, free forever

Free Reads

Timeless books. Free forever.

A clean reader for the world's public-domain classics — Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island, Dracula, the Time Machine and more. No cost, no ads, no account. Read what's built in, pull down whatever else you want, and it's yours to open anytime.

A real reader for your Android device

A native app you sideload — not a website in a wrapper. Read on screen or aloud, and keep downloaded books on the device to read with no signal.

⬇ Download the APK

Android · free and open to everyone — a reading resource for families, students, and schools.

What it does

A real reader — not a website wrapped in an app

Read aloud

Built-in text-to-speech reads to you — by paragraph or the whole chapter.

Read anywhere

Books you've downloaded read with no signal — grab them on wifi, read on a plane, a bus, anywhere. You choose what to keep on the device.

Pull from Project Gutenberg

Search Project Gutenberg right inside the app and pull any of 60,000+ free public-domain books straight to your device.

Our Library

Browse a curated shelf of famous classics — grouped by category, each with its own cover and a short summary. Tap to download.

Bring your own books

Import EPUB or TXT files you already have and read them in the same app.

Parental PIN & biometric lock

Lock the main library behind a PIN or your fingerprint, so younger readers only reach the books you've allowed.

Readers for the whole family

A main reader with full access, plus sub-readers — each with their own blocked-book list. One device, everyone gets their own shelf.

Search the shelf

Find a book by title, or search inside the text for a passage you remember.

Share a passage

Found a line worth keeping? Select and share it in a tap.

Content advisories & language filter

Older titles carry a note about dated or strong language, with an optional on-screen filter. The book's text is never changed.

Truly free

No cost, no ads, no account, no tracking. Public-domain books, free to everyone.

How to start reading

📖 from shelf to story in three taps 📖

Install the appDownload and sideload the APK. A starter shelf comes built in — browse Our Library or Gutenberg for more.

Pick a bookTap a cover to see its chapters and a short summary, then start from the beginning or jump to any chapter.

Read your wayRead on screen, or tap play and let it read aloud. Your place is kept. No account, no cost.

On the shelf now

Twenty-five classics, with more added all the time

For younger readers

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · Through the Looking-Glass · Peter Pan · The Jungle Book · The Adventures of Pinocchio · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · Aesop's Fables · Grimms' Fairy Tales

Adventure

Treasure Island · The Adventures of Tom Sawyer · The Call of the Wild · Robinson Crusoe · Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea · Journey to the Center of the Earth · The Count of Monte Cristo · Moby Dick

Science fiction

The Time Machine · The War of the Worlds · The Island of Doctor Moreau · The Invisible Man · Frankenstein

Gothic & dark tales

Dracula · The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde · Heart of Darkness · Tales of Mystery and Imagination

About Free Reads

Every book is in the public domain — free to read, free to share, yours to keep
No cost, no ads, no account, no tracking — and no catch
A free reading resource for families, students, and schools