The Art of War — Sun Tzu
Public Domain Books
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The Art of War has survived twenty-five centuries because it says more with less. This edition gives Sun Tzu the quiet, considered presentation his work deserves — Captain E. F. Calthrop's 1908 English translation, set in a calm typography, paginated like a pocket edition, and prepared for unhurried reading on a phone.
There are no ads. No tracking. No account. No subscription. The book is free to read and free to keep.
LISTEN ANYWHERE
A built-in narrator reads the full text aloud on-device, with each word lit as it is spoken. Choose your voice, set your pace, and the book continues on the lock screen, through your headphones, in the car. Close the app and the reading stays with you.
FIND ANY PASSAGE
A full-text search reaches every line. Bookmark the paragraphs that hold you; they survive changes of font, theme, or page transition, because they are anchored to the text, not the layout.
READ YOUR WAY
Three reading themes — Paper, Original, and Silent — give you a warm page, a faithful one, or a near-black surface for night. Four font sizes. Three page transitions: a soft curl, a clean slide, or a continuous scroll. Light, dark, and system color modes. The defaults are quiet on purpose; everything is one tap away.
A POCKET EDITION
The thirteen chapters are exactly where Sun Tzu left them — Laying Plans, Waging War, Attack by Stratagem, and the rest — in Calthrop's measured English. This is the translation that introduced Sun Tzu to a generation of English readers; it remains one of the most readable.
From Public Domain Books, a small library of carefully prepared classics. Companion editions include Marcus Aurelius's Meditations and Seneca's On the Shortness of Life. One translator's voice per book, one calm reader, no noise.
Free, forever. Read, listen, and return.
Ratings & Reviews
• New: a library button in the reader — discover our new app “Classics – Public Domain Books” with more timeless books
• New: furigana reading aids for the Japanese edition
• The play button moved next to Settings for easier reach
• New in Settings: turn narration on or off
• Small fixes and polish
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Information
- Seller
- Pedro Moitinho
- Size
- 8.7 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 10 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Pedro Moitinho