BookShelves eBook Reader

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

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
• Browse OPDS catalogs 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 bold text
• Highlight in 5 colors 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 with iCloud sync
• 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

• Automatic metadata and cover art fetching
• System shelves: All Books, Recently Added, Reading, Finished, Favorites
• Custom shelves for any collection
• Color-coded tags for categorization
• Search and filter by title, author, or tag
• Grid and list views
• 5-star ratings
• Drag-and-drop import, Files app sharing, or OPDS catalogs
• 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

CALIBRE WIRELESS SYNC (macOS)

Connect KOReader or other Calibre-compatible devices over Wi-Fi. Reading progress syncs both ways.

OPDS SERVER (macOS)

Share your library on your local network. Any OPDS-compatible reader can browse and download your books.

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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All books from discovery sources are public domain or openly licensed.