Do you like reading books on your smartphones or tablets? If, yes then you are in the right place. In this post, I have discussed the top apps to read books for free.
Apart from apps, there are some websites that let you download any PDF books for free. Check the article here.
I know you are always looking for the enhancement of your knowledge, personality, and life. Thus, you also like to read books but you don’t have sufficient money for the same.
Thus, you don’t have to worry about any of these things. In this digital era, everything has become possible to achieve and get books or other things for free or in a minimum amount.
We all know and faced the recent outbreak of the pandemic (Covid-19) and we learn to put our time in a good deed.
Anyone who got bored playing games or watching Netflix or other OTT platforms movies all the time.
This is the time for you and those who are really interested to explore the hidden jewel and mystery of book reading or listening.
Therefore, it becomes that everybody can get the same amount of resources as any rich will get. Thus, I have list top 12 apps to read & listen to books for free on smartphones either it is Android or iOS.
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Here is the list of top Apps to read & listen books for free on smartphones:-
Google Play Books – Ebooks, Audiobooks, and Comics
- No of downloads:- 1B+
- App rating:- 4.2 ★
- In-app purchases:- No
It is one of the best apps to read & listen to audio books for free on smartphones. The reason behind this app being best and in our 1st list that this service is provided by Google.
Wait! I am not saying that any service provided by Google will be best. Anyway, lets talk about its features that are most useful for us.
- It gives you 3D effect while turning page, you’ll feel like real
- Light mode, Sepia mode and dark mode available for reading
- It can highlight the selected texts with different colors
- You can also change the font colors
- You can use your volume keys to turn pages
- It lets you bookmark the pages
- This has Built-in Audio Player
With Google play books app, you can get any newly released books from all around the world in one place.
It contains the world’s most comprehensive index of full-text books in many varieties of languages.
But most of them are paid and if you want to know the overall book content. Then, you can read their few pages provided as “Previews”. But you are here for free eBooks, I get it.
To get free eBooks, you can filter the search option with “Free eBooks” and type the books titles.
If the books is available for free then you will surely get the books and read.
However, you are not able to find you desired eBooks for free in Google Play Books. Then make sure to check this article to get free eBooks.
Wattpad – Books & Stories
- No of downloads:- 100M+
- App rating:- 4.2 ★
- In-app purchases:- Yes
This is not an traditional app that provides you published books from all around the world. But rather it is a social community of readers & writes.
If you are a newbie or a talented guy who wants to tell a story to people all around the world in the form of story or books.
Thus, Wattpad is the app that works as a platform to share your books, stories, and get discovered by millions of people.
You can read original books or stories by real people on many different genres like science fiction, romance, mystery, comedy, young adult, and many more.
Apart from this, you can read all these books and share your books for free. Yeah!! there is not any hidden charges in this app.
Although, there is a premium subscription available for Wattpad if you want ad-free experience and customization.
Free Stories, Audio Stories, and Books – Pratilipi
- No of downloads:- 10M+
- App rating:- 4.6★
- In-app purchases:- No
It is one of India’s largest platform that provides free eBooks, audio books without any ads.
You can read books of famous Indian writers like Munsi Premchand, Hariwansh Roy Bachhan, Osho, and many more.
Also you can read books in 12 different languages apart from Hindi like English, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi, and many more.
Apart from this, you can also write your stories or books and get it published for free with the Pratilipi app like Wattpad.
This is also like a story telling community platform that contains millions of original books through people around the world.
You can read books online and also download for free without registration. Apart from eBooks it also contains Audiobooks that you can listen for free without any interruptions.
Free Books & Audiobooks
- No of downloads:- 1M+
- App rating:- 4.5 ★
- In-app purchases:- Yes
This is another best free eBooks provider app that lets you read books for free without registration.
Apart from reading books, it also contains thousands of Audio books for free to listen and download.
It contains famous books and audio books like Romeo and Juliet, Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, and many more.
It contains free eBooks and Audio Books from many genres such as Science Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Short Stories, Romance, and many more.
So, you can download or read all the eBooks, Audio Books for free without registration.
It gives you the best experience in reading and features are as follows:-
- Light mode and dark mode available for reading
- It can highlight the selected texts with different colors
- You can also change the font colors
- Built-in Audio Player
It does contains one time payment to remove ads from the app. But, it is not necessary because this app contains minimal ads and clean design.
Kuku FM – Best Hindi AudioBooks
- No of downloads:- 1M+
- App rating:- 4.8 ★
- In-app purchases:- No
If you are looking to listen to Hindi audiobooks and podcasts for free, then KUKU FM is the best app. It is one of the best Hindi audiobooks, podcasts, stories collection apps. This app contains more than 2 lac audios for free.
It contains audio books in variety of genres such as Motivation, Religion, Exams, summary, and many more.
Apart from providing free audiobooks, it comes with live radio stations. There are varieties of channels on specific categories such as Music, News, Religion, Movies in the Hindi language.
Free Books – Novels, Fiction Books, & Audiobooks
- No of downloads:- 1M+
- App rating:- 3.9★
- In-app purchases:- Yes
If you are looking for eye-catching simple interface free eBook provider app. Then this is the app you were looking for.
It provides more than 51,305 classic literature eBooks to read and 5,1999 Audiobooks to listen for free without registration.
Also, it contains variety of book Genres such as Adventure, Banned, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Ghost Children, Mystery, and many more for free.
Apart from this, It has many reading features that’ll help you for better experience.
- It gives you a 3D effect while turning page, you’ll feel like a real book.
- It comes with 4 themes for reading like white, sepia, sunset, and dark.
- You can change the sizes of the overall texts by a variety of percentages
- You can also change the font colors
- It lets you bookmark the pages
- This has Built-in Audio Player
It contains huge collection of classic old eBooks and Audiobooks that you can download for free.
Lovel – Free Story, Novel & fiction
- No of downloads:- 100K+
- App rating:- 4.9★
- In-app purchases:- Yes
Are you looking to read best Novel eBooks in android app?
Lovel is the app for you that contains thousands of Novels from different Genres like Romance, mystery, and fantasy for free.
It gives you immersive reading experience to you because of following features:-
- 3D effect while turning pages
- Night mode available
- You can highlight text with different color
- It lets you take notes
- You can also take bookmarks of the pages
Therefore, it is best apps to read books for free without registration with simple & intuitive design.
Booknet – Read Books for free
- No of downloads:- 100K+
- App rating:- 4.6 ★
- In-app purchases:- No
It is multi-functional app that contains thousands of books on different genres for free of cost.
And you can read them online without even having to register. But to access the bookshelves or download books you must have to register.
This is one of the best platforms to explore opportunities because many new writes publish their books chapter by chapter here to get feedback before it hits the markets.
And you can rate those chapter and even suggest a change or future plots via comments.
Many publisher publish their books for free and many publish their books on money.
Thus apart from reading books for free, you can also buy the full book here as you buy on Amazon or other online sites.
Apart from this it contains books reading features that’ll increase your reading experience:-
- Light mode, Sepia mode and dark mode available for reading
- Change the mode of reading with the option of “Horizontal” and “Vertical” scrolls
- You can also change the font text and size
- You can use your volume keys to turn pages
Surgebook- Free books and poems
- No of downloads:- 100K+
- App rating:- 4.4 ★
- In-app purchases:- No
This app is more like Wattpad because it is social community of people or authors where any one can tell their stories in the form of books.
You can read books, short stories, poems for free from authors all over the world.
Apart from this you can also create your own books and share you words around the world and connect to readers.
This apps is self publishing for people like us and totally free to use and read without registration.
Oodles Books – Free eBooks & Free Audio Books
- No of downloads:- 100K+
- App rating:- 4.4 ★
- In-app purchases:- No
If you search it on play store then you will see its name like “50000 Free eBooks & Free AudioBooks“.
According to its name, it contains 50,000 free eBooks and 15,000 Audio books in Hindi & English.
You can read or download any of the books instantly without registration or login.
Also, you can choose to read books from variety of genres like Fiction, romance, fantasy, adventure, history, and many more.
Apart from this, it also provides you dark mode for better experience in reading. You can also import books from your local storage to this app.
Gutenberg : Free Books to read & listen
- No of downloads:- 100K+
- App rating:- 4.0★
- In-app purchases:- Yes
This app is based on the website of Project Gutenberg as we have already discussed here.
It is a project initiated to digitalize all the books that are in the public domain and have no copyright over the books.
This makes their website and apps totally legal and fair to use for free. You can browse the books through its Genres to read only those books in which you are interested.
Apart from this, you can download any books and read them offline for free. The most interesting thing is, we don’t have to register to use the app.
You can start reading or downloading the eBooks for free directly.
Super PDF Drive – Download any Books for free
- No of downloads:- 100K+
- App rating:- 4.0★
- In-app purchases:- No
It is one of the best apps to download any eBooks for free without paying a dime. It is an app version for their famous website PDF Drive that provides millions of books for free.
This app performs the same function as its websites. You can download millions of books for free without any registration or sign-ups.
You can also preview the books online without downloading them. Also, it contains varieties of Genres to choose eBooks from.
Final Word
Therefore friends, these above listed are best apps to read books for free online or offline both.
But one thing is most common in these free eBooks provider apps that contain ads. But, the apps that I have listed above contain non-intrusive and minimal ads.
If you think I am lacking any app that provides the eBooks for free without any charges let me know.
And also if you have any question or suggestion regarding this article, you can ask me in the comments.
