Ebook Readers

There’s a certain atmospheric quality to getting immersed into a good book. It’s something that can’t be replicated by reading text on a traditional screen or app. However, these apps do their best to include a feature that supports reading ebooks, with ones like calibre and Amazon Kindle doing a good job of emulating the experience of just words on a page dominating the screen of your choice.

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  1. SumatraPDF icon
     1623 likes

    A free, open-source viewer for Windows, supports PDFs, eBooks, Comics, with a simple, fast, and portable design prioritized for ease of use.

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    Best alternatives are Foxit PDF Reader iconFoxit PDF ReaderandOkular iconOkular107 alternatives
  2. calibre icon
     1433 likes

    Free e-book manager offering library management, multi-format conversion, syncing to devices, news download as e-books, built-in viewer, editor, and privacy.

    • Ebook Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Homebrew
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    Best alternatives are Librera Reader iconLibrera ReaderandFoliate iconFoliate107 alternatives
  3. Okular icon
     450 likes

    Multi-platform, fast and packed with features, Okular allows you to read PDF documents, comics and EPub books, browse images, visualize Markdown documents, and much more.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Linux Mobile
    • Haiku
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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    Best alternatives are SumatraPDF iconSumatraPDF110 alternatives
  4. Evince icon
     455 likes

    Evince (or GNOME Document Viewer) is a document viewer for multiple document formats: PDF, Postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, XPS, SyncTex support with gedit, comics books (cbr,cbz,cb7 and cbt) and others. See Supported Document Formats for details.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Best alternatives are SumatraPDF iconSumatraPDFandOkular iconOkular115 alternatives
  5. MuPDF icon
     156 likes

    Highly versatile PDF and XPS solution offering customizable rendering and viewing with features like digital signatures, redactions, and annotations.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Xfce
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    Best alternatives are SumatraPDF iconSumatraPDFandOkular iconOkular89 alternatives
  6. Librera Reader icon
     69 likes

    Librera Reader is a highly customizable and feature-rich application for reading books in PDF, EPUB, MOBI, DjVu, FB2, TXT, RTF, AZW, AZW3, HTML, CBZ, CBR formats on Android devices.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    Librera Reader screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are SumatraPDF iconSumatraPDFandcalibre iconcalibre57 alternatives
  7. KOReader icon
     60 likes

    An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, Linux and Android devices.

    • Ebook Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • Android
    • AppImageHub
    • Kobo
    • PocketBook Reader
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
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    Best alternatives are SumatraPDF iconSumatraPDFandcalibre iconcalibre52 alternatives
  8. Book's Story icon
     25 likes

    Material3 eBook reader - Book's Story. Built with Jetpack Compose. Free & Open Source & Ad Free. 4 supported file formats (.txt, .pdf, .epub, .fb2), 2 supported languages. Lots of customization.

    Book's Story screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Librera Reader iconLibrera ReaderandKOReader iconKOReader31 alternatives
  9. Foliate icon
     52 likes

    A simple and modern eBook viewer for Linux desktops.

    Foliate screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are calibre iconcalibreandOkular iconOkular51 alternatives
  10. FBReader icon
     217 likes

    E-reader application.

    • PDF Reader
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    FBReader screenshot 1
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    Best alternatives are calibre iconcalibreandSumatraPDF iconSumatraPDF106 alternatives
  11. Amazon Kindle icon
     237 likes

    The Kindle app puts millions of books, magazines, newspapers, comics, and manga at your fingertips.

    • Ebook Reader
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Amazon Kindle screenshot 1
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    Best alternatives are calibre iconcalibreandLibrera Reader iconLibrera Reader110 alternatives
  12. Moon+ Reader icon
     93 likes

    Innovative book reader with powerful controls & full functions.

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    Best alternatives are calibre iconcalibreandFBReader iconFBReader79 alternatives
  13. Openlib icon
     21 likes

    Openlib is an open source app to download and read books from shadow library (Anna’s Archive). The App Has Built In Reader to Read Books.

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    Best alternatives are SumatraPDF iconSumatraPDFandcalibre iconcalibre61 alternatives
  14. Koodo Reader icon
     38 likes

    Koodo Reader is an all-in-one e-book reader that can help you better manage and study your e-books. It's free and open-source.

    • Ebook Reader
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    Koodo Reader screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are SumatraPDF iconSumatraPDFandcalibre iconcalibre26 alternatives
  15. Explore millions of books with search and preview, read free public domain titles, and sync purchases across devices for seamless reading experiences.

    • Ebook Reader
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Android Auto
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    Best alternatives are calibre iconcalibreandZ-Library iconZ-Library64 alternatives