NovelGlide - EPUB eBook Reader

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About this app

NovelGlide is a free EPUB reader for reading e-books on your phone and tablet — with read-aloud text-to-speech, read-along narration, Google Drive cloud sync, highlights, and bookmarks. No account required, no ads, no forced subscription.

Bring your own EPUB books, or discover free public-domain e-books from built-in catalogs like Project Gutenberg and ManyBooks — then read them your way.

WHY NOVELGLIDE
• EPUB e-book reader — open and read EPUB books in a smooth, distraction-free reader
• Read-aloud (text-to-speech) — listen to your book in a synthesized voice, with the screen off
• Lock screen controls — pause, resume, and skip chapters without opening the app
• Read-along narration — when an EPUB carries its own recorded audio, NovelGlide plays it and highlights the text as it goes
• Share to add — send an EPUB from any app straight into your library
• Vertical writing — 直書 / 縦書き for Chinese and Japanese, with furigana, Zhuyin (注音), and pinyin ruby
• Built-in dictionary — tap a Chinese or Japanese word to look it up while you read
• Vocab library — save words as you read, review them later, and export them to Anki flashcards
• Translation — translate a selection in the reader, with offline language packs
• Two-page spread — read side by side on a tablet or in landscape
• Cloud sync — keep your e-book library in sync across devices with Google Drive
• Find free books — browse and download free public-domain classics in-app, or connect your own OPDS server (Calibre, Kavita)
• Highlights & bookmarks — mark passages and pick up where you left off
• Comfortable reading — adjustable fonts, themes, offline reading, and a dark mode for night

A CALM, PRIVATE READING APP
NovelGlide is built for people who want to read their own e-books without noise. There's no account to create and nothing to sign up for — just open an EPUB book and start reading. The app is free, with no forced subscription and no advertising.

READ YOUR WAY
Whether you're reading a novel, a classic work of literature, or your own EPUB files, NovelGlide is a clean book reader with adjustable typography, a night-friendly dark mode, in-book search, and a tidy library. Turn on read-aloud when you'd rather listen than read, and use highlights and bookmarks to keep your place — online or offline.

LISTEN WHILE YOU READ
NovelGlide reads your e-book aloud in your device's synthesized voice and keeps playing with the screen off — pause, resume, or skip a chapter from the lock screen or the notification shade. If an EPUB ships with its own recorded narration, NovelGlide plays that instead and highlights each sentence as it is spoken.

FOR CHINESE & JAPANESE READERS
NovelGlide supports vertical writing (直書 / 縦書き) and phonetic ruby — furigana for Japanese, Zhuyin (注音) or pinyin for Chinese — and includes a built-in Chinese and Japanese dictionary so you can tap a word and look it up without leaving the page. Save what you look up to a vocab library, review it later, and export it to Anki — helpful for language learners reading CJK e-books.

NovelGlide reads EPUB files. Read-aloud uses your device's built-in synthesized voice; recorded narration plays only for EPUBs that include it. The in-app dictionary covers Chinese and Japanese.

What’s new

■ Trash — deleted bookmarks, highlights and books wait in Trash, synced across devices, restorable
■ Dictionary — browse and download dictionary packs from Settings, with Wi-Fi-only downloads
■ Reader — page turns work after rotating, read-aloud clears its notification, lookups scroll not clip
■ Cloud sync — turning sync off clears cloud-only books instantly, fixes a false collection badge, bookmarks show a syncing indicator
■ Fixes: a rare crash, a stuck cover, other small polish