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Project Gutenberg holds ~70,000 free public-domain classics — but the reading experience is plain text and a maze of downloads. goread is a free reader for the entire Gutenberg library: open any book and start reading instantly — no downloads, no sign-up, no ads. Five themes, editorial typography, bookmarks, and it installs to your phone to read offline.

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Five reading themes

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