BookShelves eBook Reader

BookShelves is an EPUB, PDF, and comic book reader with a built-in catalogue of 1.5 million free books. Discover public domain classics, organise your digital library, and sync seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud (Pro).

WHAT READERS SAY

"Phenomenal book reading and management app, 'just works'."

"My everlasting search for the perfect ePub reader might be coming to an end."

"Among the best and actively developed."

DISCOVER 1.5 MILLION+ FREE BOOKS

Browse and download from curated public domain sources:

• 1.5 million+ classic works — Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick, and thousands more

• 1,100+ premium editions from Standard Ebooks with professional formatting

• Internet Archive — millions of historical texts and rare books

• 1,200+ Spanish classics from the Biblioteca Nacional de España

• 16,000+ Japanese classics from Aozora Bunko

• Browse OPDS catalogues from external libraries and servers

One tap to download. No account required.

POWERFUL READING EXPERIENCE

• Paginated or continuous scroll — read your way

• 10 themes: Light, Dark, Sepia, Quiet, Vintage Paper, Night Sky, Forest, Ocean Mist, Midnight, Dark Academia

• 10 bundled fonts including OpenDyslexic for accessible reading

• Adjustable line spacing, margins, text justification, and font weight

• Highlight in 5 colours and add notes to any passage

• Export highlights to Markdown, JSON, or CSV

• Dictionary look-up with language detection

• Full-text search across chapters

• Nested table of contents navigation

• Bookmarks (iCloud sync with Pro)

• Vertical text (tategaki) for Japanese and CJK books

• Right-to-left reading for Arabic, Hebrew, and CJK texts

• Full keyboard and trackpad support

• Multi-window reading on Mac

COMIC BOOKS AND MANGA

A dedicated comic reader for your collection:

• CBZ, CBR, and CB7 format support

• Two-page spreads for landscape reading

• Right-to-left mode for manga with reversed tap zones and swipes

• Auto-detected from metadata or toggled manually

SEAMLESS ICLOUD SYNC (Pro)

Your entire library syncs automatically across all your devices:

• Books and cover images

• Reading progress and current page

• Shelves, tags, and ratings

• Highlights, notes, and bookmarks

• Reader preferences (font, theme, layout)

Start reading on your iPhone, continue on your iPad, finish on your Mac.

SMART LIBRARY MANAGEMENT

• Edit metadata — title, author, series, publisher, ISBN, and cover image

• Automatic metadata and cover art fetching

• System shelves: All Books, Recently Added, Reading, Finished, Favourites

• Custom shelves for any collection

• Colour-coded tags for categorisation

• Search and filter by title, author, or tag

• Grid and list views

• 5-star ratings

• Drag-and-drop import, Files app sharing, or OPDS catalogues

• EPUB repair — auto-fixes broken navigation and missing metadata

• Import from Calibre libraries with best-format selection

FORMAT SUPPORT

• EPUB — professional rendering with beautiful typography

• PDF — native viewer with smooth scrolling and search

• CBZ / CBR / CB7 — comic book archives

• FB2 — FictionBook 2 format (auto-converts to EPUB)

• MOBI / AZW3 / KF8 / KEPUB — auto-converts to EPUB for reading

• TXT / Markdown — plain text and Markdown files (auto-converts to EPUB)

MAC EXTRAS

• Calibre wireless sync — connect KOReader or other devices over Wi-Fi

• OPDS server — share your library on your local network

PRIVACY FIRST

• No account required — your data stays on your devices

• No personal data collected

• No ads — clean, distraction-free reading

• iCloud keeps your library private and secure

FREE AND PRO

Free: 10 books with all reading features. Pro unlocks unlimited books, iCloud sync, email to Kindle/Kobo/reMarkable, highlight export, and OPDS server.

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Terms of Service: https://getbookshelves.app/terms/

All discovery books are public domain or openly licensed.