The appearance of electronic books has been a true blessing for fans of reading. Not only because we save a lot of space on the shelves of our library, but also. But because now we have a practically infinite catalog of titles!
In today’s post we review the 15 best applications to read books for free on mobile , tablet or any other Android device. Which one do you stay with?
The 15 best free applications to read books from an Android tablet or mobile
Needless to say, the experience will always be much more satisfying from a tablet, but if we have a smartphone with a good screen, it won’t go wrong either. These are some of the most outstanding apps to read eBooks of the moment.
Be careful, because many platforms, like the one we will see below, also offer books in Spanish that we can download for free.
Booknet
Booknet is an app to read quite original books. On the one hand, it works as a digital library where you will find thousands of titles, both free and paid. The interesting thing is that many of the books are published by chapters while they are still being written.
This allows readers to engage to a greater degree as they can write comments and interact with the writer organically. Booknet landed on Android in 2020 and since then it has been garnering rave reviews and growing popularity.
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Booknet – Electronic Books
Developer: litnet
Price: Free
Kindle
Kindle is synonymous with reading. Amazon’s device is a favorite of many, due to its excellent e-ink screen. What many people don’t know is that there is also an app of the same name to bring the experience to Android or iOS tablets and mobiles.
From the Kindle app we can download a lot of books in Spanish without paying a single euro . In its store we will also find free eBooks in English, as well as the latest news at much lower prices than the usual ones in bookstores.
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Amazon Kindle
Developer: Amazon Mobile LLC
Price: Free
Wattpad
Wattpad is described as a narrative social platform, where we can find more than 10 million stories and books to read for free . It has a wide catalog of thrillers, romance, science fiction, adventure, cyberpunk, fanfiction and many other genres.
In addition, if we like to write we can also upload our own stories and make them known. Some recent Netflix hits like The Kissing Booth , or the New York Times bestseller, After , have come from here .
An exciting new and fresh source of reading with over 100 million users and a sky-high 4.6 star rating.
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Wattpad – Where the stories
Developer: Wattpad.com
Price: Free
The Whole Book
If you like audiobooks, check out The Total Book. Its library specializes in royalty-free classics, allowing it to be completely free. If you are looking for contemporary content you probably won’t find it, but what you will find are the more than 50,000 works that it has available.
When you open a book, simply click on the hot air balloon icon to play the audiobook version of that work. Another interesting detail is that it has more than 70 dictionaries from all periods that we can consult to increase our reading comprehension. It also allows you to “match” languages if a book is available in more than one language, and a vocabulary on the first page of each book, plus many other cool features. A very complete and recommended app.
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Total Libros AudioLibros
Developer: SYC S.A.
Price: Free
Digital Public Library
If you live in Spain take a look at the e-reading app of the National Cultural Heritage Service. It is a platform that has more than 17,000 titles that we can download and read for free from our Android device.
The operation is very similar to that of a conventional library: the platform has several digital copies that you can lend, and if there is any free, we can borrow it for a few days. The catalog includes copies of all genres, from novels, educational books, classics, new publications, etc.
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Digital Public Library
Developer: Odilo
Price: Free
FB Reader
FB Reader is one of the community’s top rated Android readers, open source, with markup, underline, and note features. Supports a wide variety of formats, such as:
- EPUB (including new EPUB3 features)
- AZW3 (Kindle).
- FB2 (ZIP).
- DJVU
- RTF
- DOC (Microsoft Word).
- HTML
- Plane text.
The app allows us to synchronize our library with the online library of FB Reader via Google Drive. As for reading settings, we can use external fonts, custom backgrounds , adjustable brightness, and night mode, among many other features. It’s not bad at all.
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FBReader: favorite reader
Developer: FBReader.ORG Limited
Price: Free
Worldreader – Free Books
This Android application has an extensive library of free books that we can read directly from the app. It has categories ranging from science, fantasy, suspense, religion, sports and many other topics. There are also children’s books for the little ones.
Although many of the titles are in English, it also has a fairly large space dedicated to books in Spanish. It has old novels but also recently published titles are included. A good app to read free ebooks.
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Worldreader
Developer: WORLDREADER
Price: Free
Audible
We cannot talk about the best apps to read books without mentioning Audible. It is a Netflix-like platform, where we pay a fixed monthly fee and can read – or rather, listen to – an endless selection of audiobooks of well-known works. In fact, Audible boasts the world’s largest collection of talking books .
New releases, best-selling books and a multitude of genres (mystery, romance, science fiction), all in audio format. Perfect if we don’t have a very large screen or we are walking and we don’t want to collide with the first obstacle that stands in our way. Without a doubt, one of the most popular platforms of recent times. The first month is free.
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Audible: Audiobooks and Podcasts
Developer: Audible, Inc
Price: Free
Overdrive
Magnificent application with which we can read thousands of books totally free. Overdrive allows you to borrow books from your nearest library and read digital books and audiobooks from your mobile without leaving home. More than 30,000 libraries from all over the world make up the literary conglomerate of Overdrive with a more than remarkable success.
We can create wish lists and sync libraries and bookmarks between multiple devices. Of course, in order to operate we need a valid account from any library, school or institution that is participating in the project. So now you know, request a pass at your municipal library and give it a go.
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OverDrive
Developer: OverDrive, Inc.
Price: To be announced
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Aldiko is one of the oldest eBook readers for tablets and mobile phones. Easy to use and with support for books in EPUB format, PDF, Adobe DRM protected eBooks and books on loan from libraries.
Like the rest of the industry’s applications, it has an important collection of digital books in Spanish, English, French, Italian and German, with best-sellers, new releases and public domain books.
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Next period
Developer: Branded
Price: Free
Google Play Books
Google Play Books is usually installed by default on many Android devices. However, if we don’t have it, it may be interesting to take a good look at it. This is an app to read quite versatile books :
- Allows you to adjust the color and size of the font.
- Includes dictionary in case we do not understand a word.
- It has books to download for free.
- It incorporates an automatic translator and audiobook player.
In addition, it also has a store where we can find the latest eBooks and audiobooks at a reduced price.
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Google Play Books
Developer: Google LLC
Price: Free
Oodles eBook Reader
This application developed by Oodles is a must have for those looking for free books. It has a selection of more than 50,000 eBooks and 15,000 audiobooks. Although it is very well valued, it has a small drawback, and that is that it is not a book reader for everyone.
Why? Well, because all the books are in perfect English . If that is not an obstacle for us or we want to practice the language of Shakespeare, here we will find an excellent collection of classics by authors such as Jane Austen, Dostoevsky, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain, among others.
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50000 eBooks & AudioBooks
Developer: MeadowLaneMedia
Price: Free
AIReader
This is one of the best free eBook readers, especially if you have a device with an old version of Android. While many current readers only work with Android 4.0 and above, AIReader allows us to read eBooks even on Android 1.6 devices .
Supports ZIP and CG files, plus a large number of formats: fb2, fb3, fbz, txt, epub (DRM-free), html, doc, docx, odt, rtf, mobi (DRM-free), prc (PalmDoc) and tcr . It has automatic scrolling, animations for page changes and various settings to make reading more comfortable.
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AlReader -any text book reader
Developer: Alan.Neverland
Price: Free
Eboox
Eboox is an epub book reader, but it has a section called “Book Catalog” from where we can link the app with free ebook libraries and download books from sites like Amazon, Project Gutenberg, OpenBookPublishers or Standard Ebooks.
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eBoox: epub book reader
Developer: READING APPS
Price: Free
Kobo
An application very similar to Kindle and Google Play Books. It’s basically a book store with a built-in reader. Of course the books are paid, although there are also some free novels.
Among its qualities, the possibility of synchronizing the reading between several devices stands out . For example, we can be reading from the mobile on the subway, and when we get home continue reading on the tablet right where we left off. It also allows you to download for offline reading, night mode and a pretty smart suggestion engine.
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Kobo Books eBooks Audiolibros
Developer: Kobo Books
Price: Free
Other recommended apps for heavy readers
The truth is that I could continue mentioning applications to read ebooks, but I think that with what has been said so far we have more than enough. However, I would not like to close this post without recommending other quite interesting apps related to reading:
- Manga Plus: A revolutionary app within the world of comics. Manga Plus is the digital version of the legendary Shonen Jump magazine, and here you will find completely free, in Spanish and with simultaneous publication with respect to Japan, all the current and historical manga of the house. Cinnamon stick. | Download on Google Play
- Xodo: Xodo is a PDF file reader that is a bit outside of the typical standard reader. It includes a lot of features: create new PDFs with the camera, from images or from Office documents . It also allows you to fill in forms, rotate files, underline text and add annotations. A delight. | Download on Google Play
- Foxit: A PDF reader that stands out above the rest, thanks to the fact that it adapts quite well to small mobile screens, thanks to the custom text reflow and reflow . Recommended if we read many PDFs from the phone. | Download on Google Play
Other websites worth checking out:
- Golden Age Comics: Over 15,000 Titles Available | Digital Comics Museum
- World Digital Library: Historical Articles and Documents | To access
- Pulsar: Science fiction and fantasy fanzine. | Number 0 , Number 1 , Number 2 , Number 3 , Number 4 , Number 5 , Number 6 , Number 7 , Number 8 , Number 9 .
What do you think of this list? Would you add or remove any app from this TOP? For any opinion or suggestion do not hesitate to stop by the comments area.
