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The same classics · in your browser

A free, read-in-the-browser alternative to Standard Ebooks

Standard Ebooks makes gorgeous, meticulously typeset public-domain files — to download. goread takes the other path: open any classic instantly in your browser, no EPUB to fetch, no app to sideload, the whole of Project Gutenberg a tap away.
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Two good answers to the same problem

Standard Ebooks is a labour of love — volunteers re-typesetting the classics into files that look hand-made, then handing them to you to load onto your device. If you want a flawless EPUB to keep, it’s wonderful.

goread is for the other moment — when you just want to read. No download, no transfer, no format wrangling. Search a title, tap the cover, and you’re on page one, with reading themes, bookmarks and your place kept across devices.

What you get with goread

Read instantly

No file to download or sideload — tap a cover and the book opens in your browser on any device.

The whole library

Around 70,000 Project Gutenberg titles, not a curated few hundred — if it's public domain, it's probably here.

A reader, not just a file

Five themes, editorial typography, bookmarks, streaks, and quote-to-Story — all built in.

Start with a classic

The most-read titles, ready to open right now.

Cover of Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Cover of Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Cover of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Cover of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Cover of Dracula

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Cover of The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Cover of Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

Charlotte Brontë

Cover of Moby Dick

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Cover of A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

Cover of Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Cover of Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Cover of Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Questions, answered

Is goread the same as Standard Ebooks?

No — they're different by design. Standard Ebooks hand-perfects a curated collection of EPUB files for you to download. goread is a reader: it opens the entire Project Gutenberg catalogue right in your browser, with no file to download or sideload.

Can goread open the EPUBs I downloaded from Standard Ebooks?

goread doesn't import your own files — it opens the Project Gutenberg edition of each book. Since Standard Ebooks builds on Project Gutenberg texts, the same titles are here, ready to read instantly (in the Gutenberg edition rather than the Standard Ebooks typesetting).

Does it cost anything?

No. goread is free and the books are public domain. There's no subscription and no account required to read.

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