Classics – Public Domain Books
Read & listen to the classics
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The great books, beautifully bound — and finally quiet.
Public Domain Books is a calm, carefully crafted library of the world's timeless classics. No ads. No accounts. No noise. Just the greatest works ever written, typeset with care and ready wherever you are.
READ, OR LISTEN
Every book can be read on a warm, paper-like page — or read aloud with natural narration, so you can keep going with your eyes closed.
IN YOUR LANGUAGE
Titles and translations across 11 languages — English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, and Turkish — with furigana over Japanese and pinyin over Chinese, for readers and learners alike.
MADE TO FEEL LIKE A REAL BOOK
Leather covers and gold lettering. Three restful themes — Paper, Original, and Quiet. Adjustable type, bookmarks, highlights, and notes. Your place is always saved, and syncs across your devices.
YOURS, OFFLINE AND FREE
Download any book and read on a plane, a train, or a mountaintop. Everything is in the public domain — free, forever.
ON THE SHELF TODAY
• Meditations — Marcus Aurelius
• The Prince — Machiavelli
• The Art of War — Sun Tzu
• The Book of Five Rings — Miyamoto Musashi
• On the Shortness of Life — Seneca
• Enchiridion — Epictetus
• As a Man Thinketh — James Allen
• The Death of Ivan Ilyich — Tolstoy
New titles and translations arrive regularly — and you can request the ones you're missing, right from the app.
Open a book. Breathe out.
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An update devoted to the comfort of reading.
• Japanese and Chinese: furigana and pinyin now have room of their own above each line and no longer touch the text above — larger type sizes included.
• Opening a book you are reading in another language turns the page with its usual animation again.
• Small refinements in the reader: the controls are easier to see, and the About and Support screens appear in your language again.
Happy reading.
The developer, Pedro Moitinho, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Pedro Moitinho
- Size
- 13.5 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
- Texts are in the public domain. App © 2026 Pedro Moitinho.
