A lifetime of literature, one day at a time.
The whole canon, open and waiting. Hundreds of complete works to read cover to cover inside the app: novels, stories, poems, essays, plays, philosophy. Four millennia of great writing in dozens of languages, all in one place, all yours to read whenever the mood takes you.
Most reading apps hand you a shop and leave. This one hands you a library and a reason to come back to it. You can lose an afternoon in Wuthering Heights, read a Borges story over coffee, sit with a single poem until it gives something up.. When something calls to you, it's already here.
And every day, one work arrives, chosen for the day. Hamlet on Shakespeare's birthday. Ulysses on Bloomsday. Frankenstein at Halloween. Wuthering Heights on Valentine's, because love should always be a little unhinged. In Search of Lost Time on February 29th, because what better day for a book consumed with the moments between things. The calendar reaches beyond the Western tradition too, with works placed on Diwali, Nowruz, Vesak, and the lunar new year. Where no occasion fits, a work sits in the season that suits it. It's a way of keeping your line in the water across the whole stretch of the river. You can't know in advance which writer will reach you. The point is to keep enough of them in front of you that some will.
THE LIBRARY
Hundreds of complete works, readable in full, right inside the app. The reason to stay.
TODAY'S WORK
Each day, a new work, with a blurb that gives you the context without spoiling what's ahead, a key extract from the opening pages, and the date it falls on and why. Star it to your reading list. Mark it done. Come back tomorrow.
BLOOMY
A literary companion who has read everything and forgotten nothing. Bloomy knows what you love, what left you cold, and how you like to read, and will tell you what to read next. Not an algorithm. The most well-read friend you'll ever have.
READING PATHS
Guided journeys through the canon, each tracing a theme or tradition. Follow The Russian Soul through Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. Stare into existentialism with The Abyss Looks Back. Trace the development of the novel or the history of ideas. Syllabi, without the exam.
READING LIST
Three shelves for your intentions. The Nightstand for what's next. In the Wings for works circling your attention. The Bookshop List for future you.
MY CANON
Your personal ranking of every work you've read. Drag them into order. The canon is a conversation, and this is your side of it.
DYNAMIC THEMES
Over 50 bespoke visual themes, each built for a specific work. Moby Dick gets the ocean. Frankenstein gets the storm. Gatsby gets the green light.
TOLSTOY'S CALENDAR
Daily aphorisms from Tolstoy's Calendar of Wisdom, matched to each day of the year.
AUTHORS
Every author has a profile, with portraits, biographies, and complete works lists.
ALSO INCLUDES
Home Screen Widgets · Dark Mode · Daily Notifications · Pathfinder Quiz · Badges · Offline Mode · Spotlight Search · Share Cards · Year in Review
Daily Canon makes my day! I've discovered writers I'd never have foundI thought I was fairly well-read until this app started surfacing names I'd never encountered. Not obscure for the sake of it, but writers who've clearly earned their place and somehow slipped past me entirely. That mix of the familiar and the unknown is what keeps me opening it every day. If it were just the obvious classics I'd have got bored by now, but there's always something unexpected waiting around the corner. Could not recommend more.
Developer Response
Alex, you've described the whole ambition of the daily canon better than we could ourselves. The writers who've clearly earned their place and somehow slipped past you, that's exactly who we're here for. The obvious classics are obvious for a reason, but the ones waiting just around the corner are often the ones that change everything. Glad you're finding them!
So glad I found this app
Silvan Woods
This must be the number one app for classical literature - beautifully designed, a refined, knowledgable, and broad selection of works. I love it!!!
Developer Response
Thanks Silvan! There are still hundreds of works waiting to make their appearance, so we hope you stick around for the journey.
The ULTIMATE ‘readers digest’
NgW18
An inspired way to find the next book to change your life!
Developer Response
That's high praise indeed. We can't promise every book will change your life, but we're confident a few of them will if you stick around long enough. Thanks for reading with us!
Great app
MrCharlieCharlieCharlieCho1189
Good for inspiring new reading ideas and nicely crafted
Developer Response
Thank you, Charlie! Inspiring new reading ideas is the whole game, and we're glad the craft shows. Happy reading.
More fiction, less friction.
Version 1.6.4
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Information
Provider
HENRY NICHOLAS WALL
Size
19.5 MB
Category
Books
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.3 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.