EPUB Reader

Read EPUB books from Google Drive, right in your browser

Right-click an .epub in Drive, choose Open with → EPUB Reader, and read. Highlights, bookmarks, a dictionary and ten themes. Free, no account of ours, nothing uploaded.

Add to Google Drive Open the reader

Also opens Kindle MOBI and AZW3, FB2, CBZ comics, TXT, Markdown and Word files. Works on Chromebooks.

Pride and Prejudice open as a two-page spread with an illustration

How it works

Add it to Drive

Install EPUB Reader from the Google Workspace Marketplace. It asks only to open the files you choose with it.

Open with EPUB Reader

In Google Drive, right-click any .epub (or double-click it) and pick Open with → EPUB Reader.

Read

The book opens in a new tab and stays in your library in this browser, with your place, highlights and notes.

Everything a good e-reader has

Page numbers that stay putPage 59 stays page 59 when you change the font size. Time left in the chapter.
Highlights and notesFour colours, notes right where you select the text, all in one list.
BookmarksMark a page with one click or the b key, find it next to the contents.
DictionarySelect a word and click Define to see its meaning, from Wiktionary.
Ten themesFive light and five dark, with warmth and brightness for reading at night.
Fonts for every readerLiterata, Atkinson Hyperlegible and OpenDyslexic, plus spacing and margins.
Reading rulerKeep one line in focus, a help for dyslexia and ADHD.
Pages, spread or scrollOne page, two pages side by side, or one long scroll.
Search the whole bookEvery match, grouped by chapter, highlighted on the page.
Pictures up closeClick any image to view it large, zoom and rotate.
Six classics includedPride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes and more, ready to read.
Read aloudThree free minutes a day; unlimited with Pro, a one-time purchase.
The library with book covers and reading progress
Your library, with covers and progress
The display panel in the Dusk theme
Themes, fonts and layout in one panel
The dictionary panel defining the word civility
Select a word, click Define

Questions

What does EPUB Reader get access to in my Drive?

Only the files you open with it. It uses Google's narrowest Drive permission (drive.file): it cannot list, read or change anything else in your Drive.

Are my books uploaded anywhere?

No. The reader downloads the file you open from Drive straight into your browser and keeps it there (IndexedDB), with your place, highlights and notes. There is no server of ours.

Is it free?

Yes. Pro, a one-time purchase, adds unlimited read aloud, highlight export to Markdown and reading statistics.

Does it work without Google Drive?

Yes: open the reader and drop any e-book file on the page. There is also a Chrome, Edge and Firefox extension.

Which formats does it open?

EPUB 2 and 3, Kindle MOBI and AZW3 (without DRM), FB2, CBZ comics, plain text, Markdown and Word (.docx).