Serial Reader

Read classic books in 20 minutes a day

Serial Reader - Read Classic Books Daily

"Serial Reader" is an Android app that allows users to read classic literature in bite-sized portions. With over 850 titles available, you receive a new book issue daily, each designed to be read in 20 minutes or less. Users can also serialize their own EPUB books, sync progress, and engage with features like highlighting text and tracking reading streaks to build great reading habits.
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App stats

Version: 4.13 (Last updated: 2024-07-02)
Creation date: 2016-08-30
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Other: view network connections, full network access

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App summary

Read classic books in daily bite-sized bits!

Serial Reader helps you fit classic literature into your busy life: Choose from more than 850 classic books and receive a new issue every day. Each issue can be read in 20 minutes or less. Read the best classic books in your spare time!

• 850+ popular classic books
• Serialize your own EPUB books
• Customize with a variety of themes and fonts
• Choose when to receive each day's new issue
• Sync your progress to Goodreads
• Lookup words in the dictionary & Wikipedia
• Earn fun badges and track your reading streaks

Plus, with an optional one-time in-app purchase:

• Sync your reading across multiple devices (iOS and Android)
• Highlight text and save notes
• Save books to read later
• Skip ahead to tomorrow's issue today
• Pause delivery of new issues

"For those who are intimidated by thick, leather-bound tomes, Serial Reader is an good way to break it all down." - The Washington Post

"The joy of anticipating the next episode is what keeps us coming back... That's a great feeling to start associating with classic literature" - Mashable

"Serial Reader’s subscription format makes it a little bit more fun to crank through the classics" - Lifehacker

More than 850 books currently available! Here's a preview of the top books:

Most Popular
• Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
• A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
• The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
• War & Peace - Leo Tolstoy
• Les Misérables - Victor Hugo
• The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
• The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
• The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

American Lit
• Moby-Dick - Herman Melville
• Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
• My Antonia - Willa Cather
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

Adventure
• The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
• Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
• Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
• The Odyssey - Homer
• King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard

Romance
• Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
• Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
• Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

Science Fiction
• The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
• A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs

Horror
• Dracula - Bram Stoker
• The Dunwich Horror - H.P. Lovecraft
• Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
• The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe
• The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers
• The Wendigo - Algernon Blackwood

Mystery
• The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie
• The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins

Biography
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
• Twelve Years a Slave - Solomon Northup

Children's
• Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
• The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
• Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fantasy
• The Well at the World's End - William Morris
• Time and the Gods - Lord Dunsany
• The Wood Beyond the World - William Morris

Philosophy
• The Republic - Plato
• Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes
• Rights of Man - Thomas Paine

Nonfiction
• Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft
• On the Origin of Species - Charles Darwin
• The Federalist Papers
• The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

Westerns
• Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey
• The Virginian - Owen Wister
• Gunman's Reckoning - Max Brand

Religion
• King James Bible
• The Dhammapada
• The Quran

Build great reading habits and finish classic books in days with Serial Reader!

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great selection of classic literature
  • Ideal for developing a daily reading habit with manageable reading chunks
  • User-friendly interface with customization options such as font settings and dark mode
  • Encouraging features like badges and motivational pop-ups
  • Active developer engagement and good customer support
Cons
  • Syncing errors that make tracking reading difficult
  • Bugs that prevent proper loading of pages and features
  • Need for additional features like dark mode and font resizing
  • User experience issues after changing devices
Most mentioned
  • Premium version is worth the price and adds valuable features
  • The serialized format takes getting used to but is effective
  • Bite-sized reading sections help users read more
  • App occasionally experiences bugs that disrupt reading
User reviews
Great. Lots of classic books to choose from across many genres. I love that I can serialize my own books in to manageable chunks as well. I'm actually reading more using this app. Wholeheartedly recommend and definately worth the premium price.
by Rehu Cooper, 2024-11-06

Edit: I've installed the app on my new phone and it won't let me log in. Help? // After years of not being able to buy things on the Google Store because of restrictions in my country, I finally found a way. The first thing I did was pay for the premium version of this app, just like I always swore to myself I would. I love it that much. Thank you for your all your hard work!
by Tam Heck, 2024-11-01

I've loved this app for the past few years now and would definitely recommend it to everyone who wants to catch a reading break everyday! Good job, team Serial Reader. Keep it up, and I'm signing up for your premium because you deserve it. 💙
by Ashmita Chakraborty, 2024-07-20
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