Serial Reader

M. Schmitt

In-app purchases

About this app

Read classic books in daily bite-sized bits!

Serial Reader helps you fit classic literature into your busy life: Choose from more than 900 classic books and receive a new issue every day. Each issue can be read in 20 minutes or less. Read the best classic books in your spare time!

• 900+ popular classic books
• Serialize your own EPUB books
• Customize with a variety of themes and fonts
• Choose when to receive each day's new issue
• Sync your progress to Goodreads
• Earn fun badges and track your reading streaks

Plus, with an optional one-time in-app purchase:

• Sync your reading across multiple devices (iOS and Android)
• Highlight text and save notes
• Save books to read later
• Skip ahead to tomorrow's issue today
• Pause delivery of new issues

"Serial Reader’s subscription format makes it a little bit more fun to crank through the classics" - Lifehacker

"The joy of anticipating the next episode is what keeps us coming back... That's a great feeling to start associating with classic literature" - Mashable

"I want to hate this new classic lit reading app but... I do not" - Literary Hub

"A godsend, allowing me to fit in daily installments of classic literature and literary fiction that are sent to my [phone] every morning without having to abandon my more contemporary reading interests" - BookRiot

Build great reading habits and finish classic books in days with Serial Reader!


Serial Reader provides access to public domain books, including works of fiction, philosophy, poetry, political theory, and nonfiction. It does not include government information. All content is sourced from publicly available texts in the public domain.

Serial Reader is a private entity and is not affiliated, associated, or connected with any government or governmental agency. The application does not represent, endorse, or operate on behalf of any government entity. Additionally, the application does not provide official government information or services. Any information or content provided by the application is for general informational or entertainment purposes only and should not be considered as an official source of government guidance, policy, or communication.

Please see Privacy Policy for more information.

Ratings and reviews

Simple idea, but it's executed very well. I've been able to read many classic books thanks to this format. The only inconvenience is the built-in dictionary, which can't seem to find definitions of common words sometimes, but considering how smooth everything runs for a free app, I can't complain. Hope to see more books being added. Thank you.

The idea is great! I love it except I can barely use it. I must have dark mode (I know I'm not the only one) and want to request it. I dont mind if it doesn't have many features but it does need dark mode and the ability to enlarge the font. edit: excited to read about dark mode coming! Will be watching for it. Yes I've made my font larger but it could go even larger for me 😃

This app works amazingly well. I have read a lot more classic books since getting it than I otherwise would have. The concept of bite-sized deliveries was a bit weird to me at first, but it worked really well for some books. I also ended up getting the premium (which is such a good deal) so I have the option to read ahead if I want to. I like the customization options for fonts and light/dark mode, and sync works well (changed phones a couple of times and didn't lose my progress).

What’s new

• Behind-the-scenes optimizations, prepping for future features
• Added disclaimer of government affliction & updated privacy policy