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A quiet, beautiful home for the classics — 75,000+ free books from Project Gutenberg, in a reader designed with care.
openShelf is a free ebook reader for classic literature and public domain books. No sign-up, no paywall — every book is free to read, forever.
📚 75,000+ CLASSIC BOOKS, FREE
Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, Meditations, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Moby Dick, Great Expectations — the entire Project Gutenberg library of classic novels, philosophy, poetry, science, history and biography.
Read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Franz Kafka, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Nietzsche and thousands more.
📖 BUILT-IN DICTIONARY
Tap any word for its meaning — the dictionary works fully offline, so nothing interrupts your reading.
🖍️ HIGHLIGHT & TAKE NOTES
Select any passage with precision, highlight it in soft paper colors, or attach a private note. Everything is saved in your library.
🌍 WORLD THOUGHTS
Something no other reading app has: see what other readers felt on the exact page you're reading — and leave your own thought, anonymously. Reading the classics stops being lonely.
💭 SHARE BEAUTIFUL QUOTE CARDS
Turn any passage into an elegant quote card and share it anywhere in one tap.
☀️ A READER THAT FEELS LIKE PAPER
Three calm reading themes — paper, warm sepia and dark. Pages that melt at the edges instead of cutting text. Typography chosen for long, comfortable reading.
📴 READ OFFLINE
Once a book is open, it stays readable without internet — on the train, on a flight, anywhere.
openShelf is made for readers who love old books: students reading literature classics, philosophy readers, and anyone returning to the great novels. Download free classic books and start reading in seconds.
The classics belong to everyone. openShelf just gives them a beautiful home.
openShelf is a free ebook reader for classic literature and public domain books. No sign-up, no paywall — every book is free to read, forever.
📚 75,000+ CLASSIC BOOKS, FREE
Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, Meditations, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Moby Dick, Great Expectations — the entire Project Gutenberg library of classic novels, philosophy, poetry, science, history and biography.
Read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Franz Kafka, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Nietzsche and thousands more.
📖 BUILT-IN DICTIONARY
Tap any word for its meaning — the dictionary works fully offline, so nothing interrupts your reading.
🖍️ HIGHLIGHT & TAKE NOTES
Select any passage with precision, highlight it in soft paper colors, or attach a private note. Everything is saved in your library.
🌍 WORLD THOUGHTS
Something no other reading app has: see what other readers felt on the exact page you're reading — and leave your own thought, anonymously. Reading the classics stops being lonely.
💭 SHARE BEAUTIFUL QUOTE CARDS
Turn any passage into an elegant quote card and share it anywhere in one tap.
☀️ A READER THAT FEELS LIKE PAPER
Three calm reading themes — paper, warm sepia and dark. Pages that melt at the edges instead of cutting text. Typography chosen for long, comfortable reading.
📴 READ OFFLINE
Once a book is open, it stays readable without internet — on the train, on a flight, anywhere.
openShelf is made for readers who love old books: students reading literature classics, philosophy readers, and anyone returning to the great novels. Download free classic books and start reading in seconds.
The classics belong to everyone. openShelf just gives them a beautiful home.
Read 75,000+ classic books from Project Gutenberg. Offline & beautiful.
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What’s new
• All-new text selection — long-press a word, then glide the blue dots with a round magnifier. Precise, smooth, never breaks a word
• Built-in dictionary — tap Define on any word, works fully offline
• Share any passage as a beautiful quote card
• Three reading themes: paper, warm sepia & dark
• Softer reader — pages melt at the edges, cleaner menus, quieter chrome
• A calmer welcome
• Built-in dictionary — tap Define on any word, works fully offline
• Share any passage as a beautiful quote card
• Three reading themes: paper, warm sepia & dark
• Softer reader — pages melt at the edges, cleaner menus, quieter chrome
• A calmer welcome
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About the developer
ATHARV SAMIR DESHMUKH
atharvdeshmuk55@gmail.com
NEVARI ROAD VITA
VITA, Maharashtra 415311
India