BookShelves is an EPUB, PDF, and comic book reader with a built-in catalog of 1.5 million free books. Discover public domain classics, organize your digital library, and sync seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud. DISCOVER 1.5 MILLION+ FREE BOOKS Browse and download from curated public domain sources: • 1.5 million+ classic works — Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick, and thousands more • 1,100+ premium editions from Standard Ebooks with professional formatting • Internet Archive — millions of historical texts and rare books • 1,200+ Spanish classics from the Biblioteca Nacional de Espana • Browse OPDS catalogs from external libraries and servers One tap to download. No account required. No subscription fees. POWERFUL READING EXPERIENCE • Paginated or continuous scroll — read your way • 9 themes: Light, Dark, Sepia, Vintage Paper, Night Sky, Forest, Ocean Mist, Midnight, Dark Academia • 8 bundled fonts including OpenDyslexic for accessible reading • Adjustable line spacing, margins, text justification, and bold text • Highlight in 5 colors and add notes to any passage • Export highlights to Markdown, JSON, or CSV • Dictionary look-up with language detection • Full-text search across chapters • Nested table of contents navigation • Bookmarks with iCloud sync • Right-to-left reading for Arabic, Hebrew, and CJK texts • Full keyboard and trackpad support • Multi-window reading on Mac COMIC BOOKS AND MANGA A dedicated comic reader for your collection: • CBZ, CBR, and CB7 format support • Two-page spreads for landscape reading • Right-to-left mode for manga with reversed tap zones and swipes • Auto-detected from metadata or toggled manually SEAMLESS ICLOUD SYNC (Pro) Your entire library syncs automatically across all your devices: • Books and cover images • Reading progress and current page • Shelves, tags, and ratings • Highlights, notes, and bookmarks • Reader preferences (font, theme, layout) Start reading on your iPhone, continue on your iPad, finish on your Mac. SMART LIBRARY MANAGEMENT • Automatic metadata and cover art fetching • System shelves: All Books, Recently Added, Reading, Finished, Favorites • Custom shelves for any collection • Color-coded tags for categorization • Search and filter by title, author, or tag • Grid and list views • 5-star ratings • Drag-and-drop import, Files app sharing, or OPDS catalogs • EPUB repair — auto-fixes broken navigation and missing metadata • Import from Calibre libraries with best-format selection FORMAT SUPPORT • EPUB — professional rendering with beautiful typography • PDF — native viewer with smooth scrolling and search • CBZ / CBR / CB7 — comic book archives • MOBI / AZW3 / KF8 / KEPUB — auto-converts to EPUB for reading CALIBRE WIRELESS SYNC (macOS) Connect KOReader or other Calibre-compatible devices over Wi-Fi. Reading progress syncs both ways. OPDS SERVER (macOS) Share your library on your local network. Any OPDS-compatible reader can browse and download your books. PRIVACY FIRST • No account required — your data stays on your devices • No personal data collected • No ads — clean, distraction-free reading • iCloud keeps your library private and secure FREE AND PRO Free: 10 books with all reading features. Pro unlocks unlimited books, iCloud sync, email to Kindle/Kobo/reMarkable, highlight export, and OPDS server. FEEDBACK We'd love to hear from you: getbookshelves.app/feedback Privacy Policy: getbookshelves.app/privacy/ Terms of Service: getbookshelves.app/terms/ All books from discovery sources are public domain or openly licensed.
| Size | 28.8 MB |
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| Platforms | Mac, iPhone, and iPad |
| Languages | English |
| Category | Books |
| Website | getbookshelves.app |
| Compatibility | |
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| iPhone | Requires iOS 17.4 or later. |
| iPad | Requires iPadOS 17.4 or later. |
| Mac | Requires macOS 14.4 or later. |
| Apple Vision | Requires visionOS 1.1 or later. |
App's data is regularly updated.
Last update:
Format — Added FictionBook 2 (FB2) support. Import .fb2 and .fb2.zip files — they are automatically converted to EPUB for reading. PDF — Table of contents. If a PDF contains bookmarks, they now appear in the sidebar for quick chapter navigation. PDF — Right-to-left reading mode. Arabic, Hebrew, and manga PDFs now page in the correct direction. Toggle RTL in the reader layout menu. Reader — Highlights in scroll mode on iOS. The highlight menu now appears at the correct position when selecting text in continuous scroll. Reader — Fixed a rendering glitch on iPad where the scroll reader could flicker during page transitions. Reader — Margins on iPad no longer reset when rotating the device or changing multitasking layout. Library — New option to hide the Discover section from the sidebar (Settings → General). Stability — Fixed a thread-safety issue that could cause random crashes when scrolling through your library. Stability — General improvements to data handling and content sanitization.