BookShelves eBook Reader
Your Private Book Library
Free · In‑App Purchases
Your private book library. Read EPUBs and PDFs with beautiful typography, discover 1.5 million free classics, and sync seamlessly across all your Apple devices.
Your Books. Your Library. Your Privacy.
BookShelves is a powerful eBook reader designed for readers who value both a beautiful reading experience and their privacy. No accounts. No tracking. Just you and your books.
Discover Over 1.5 Million Free Books
Access classics from Public Domain collections, professionally formatted editions from Standard Ebooks andrare texts from Internet Archive — all with one tap.
Read Your Way
Multiple themes: Light, Dark, Sepia, or match your system
Highlight in 5 colors and add notes
Bookmarks and table of contents navigation
Multi-format support: EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3, KEPUB
Organize Effortlessly
Smart shelves: Recently Added, Currently Reading, Finished, Favorites
Create custom shelves and color-coded tags
Search and filter your entire library instantly
Sync Everywhere
Your library, reading progress, highlights, and notes sync automatically across iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud. Pick up exactly where you left off.
Privacy First
No user accounts required. No analytics. No tracking. Your reading habits stay private — data lives on your devices and your iCloud, nowhere else.
Free to Start
Enjoy up to 10 books free with all core features. Unlock Pro for a one-time purchase — no subscriptions, ever.
Pro Features
Unlimited books in your library
Send books to Kindle, Kobo, or reMarkable
Export highlights to Markdown, JSON, or CSV
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Version 1.0.4
Reader — Interactive swipe-to-turn pages on iOS. Redesigned iOS reader controls following Apple design guidelines. Eight reader themes — Light, Dark, Sepia, Vintage Paper, Night Sky, Forest, Ocean Mist, and Dark Academia — with in-reader theme picker. Adjustable font size. Fixed a crash when searching in certain PDF documents.
iOS — PDF reader toolbar redesigned to match EPUB reader. Floating highlight bars for PDF annotations. File picker opens directly from the + button. Improved page turn animations.
Library — "Want to Read" reading status for tracking your to-read list. Multi-select drag now shows a book count preview. Improved drag-and-drop reliability when assigning books to shelves. "Find Online" search when adding books.
Feedback — "Report an Issue" and "Report Rendering Issue" in the Help menu for quick bug reports.
Stability — Faster import of large files with reduced memory usage. Improved MOBI and KF8 format parsing. Better PDF cover extraction for books with spread pages. Improved iCloud sync reliability. Security hardening for ebook file parsers.
The developer, CPE Verm. GmbH, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- CPE Vermogensverwaltungs GmbH
- Size
- 17.1 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Horror/Fear Themes
Medical Treatment information
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unlock Pro $2.99
- Medium Tip $3.99
- Small Tip $2.99
- Large Tip $8.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 CPE Verm. GmbH