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9 Best Epub Readers for Android 2023

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If you read ebooks a lot, you may have noticed that EPUB is the most widely adopted ebook format. Almost all mainstream eReaders, computer operating systems or ebook reader apps support this format except some Kindle devices (If you have epub books that you want to read on your Kindle, you can send epub to Kindle). In this article, I will share with you the best 9 free epub readers for Android smartphones or tablets to help you read epub ebooks on the screen with the most pleasant reading experience. Now let's take a peek at our picks!


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List of 9 Best EPUB Reader for Android in 2023

1 Moon+ Reader

Moon+ Reader is definitely one of the best Epub Reader apps. As an ebook reader, it supports a wide range of ebook formats and offers a rather pleasant reading experience by providing powerful controls and complete functions. The support of OPDS allows you to add your online libraries to the epub reader. If you have a large ebook library with books from many sources, you must take Moon+ Reader into full consideration.

Moon+ Reader

Pros:
  • Support epub, pdf, djvu, azw3, mobi, fb2, prc, chm, cbz, cbr, umd, docx, odt, rtf, txt, html, webp, rar, zip, opds.
  • 10+ themes embedded including Day & Night mode switcher.
  • Dual page mode for landscape screen.
  • Immense customized options including screen click, swipe gesture, bookmark, font size and more.
  • Real page turning effect with customized speed/color/transparent.
  • Backup to cloud via DropBox, sync reading positions between phones and tablets.
  • Online catalogs (OPDS) support allows you to add your online libraries.
Cons:
  • Free Version contains ads.

2 Lithium

Lithium, as a professional Epub reader, is a relatively new app in the block of ebook readers with fewer functions or features. If you are looking for a much simple reader to read your epub books without any added frills, Lithium, trust me, can serve your need. The greatest feature of this epub reader can be summarized as one word—simplicity.

Lithium

Pros:
  • Automatically detect and manage your books.
  • Built with simple and beautiful material design.
  • Switch between pages and scrolling.
  • Night & sepia themes.
Cons:
  • Support only epub files.

3 FB Reader

FB Reader, another free popular ebook reader, is a great option to satisfy most of your basic needs for reading epub books. The UI seems a bit older compared with others, but everything works as expected. It's integrated with many popular dictionaries including Dictan, ColorDict, Fora Dictionary and LEO dictionary. But the free version’s biggest weakness is the lack of native PDF support.

FB Reader

Pros:
  • Support epub, azw3, fb2, rtf, doc, html, txt.
  • Adjustable screen brightness and a wide selection of day/night color schemes.
  • Integrated with external dictionaries.
  • Synchronize books, reading positions, bookmarks with a Google Drive based cloud service.
Cons:
  • Lack of native PDF support.
  • Free version contains ads.

4 PocketBook Reader

PocketBook Reader, with a much beautiful interface, allows you to read comfortably and absolutely free of charge on Android devices. It supports most common ebook file formats, comic books and even Epub and PDF ebooks with Adobe DRM. The text to speech (TTS) function can even read aloud ebooks to you. That's definitely a huge plus for an epub reader.

Full Reader

Pros:
  • Support epub, pdf, djvu, fb2, mobi, docx, rtf, txt, chm, html, cbz, cbr, cbt.
  • PocketBook Cloud Service syncs personal libraries between Android, iOS devices and E-ink eReaders.
  • Provide 4 reading modes: one page, two pages, manual scrolling and automatic scrolling.
  • Support audiobooks and also text to speech (TTS) function to read aloud ebooks.
  • Support Adobe DRM and OPDS.
  • Customizable options like font setting, background color, bookmark, highlighting and more.
  • No ads.
Cons:
  • Less simple interface.

5 eReader Prestigio

EReader Prestigio, as one of my favorite Android apps, is equipped with plenty of features and functions. From text to speech support, adjustable brightness, to synchronization to Cloud service, in-built dictionary and etc, it nearly keeps them all. If you read many epub books, you must try this one because it has a lot of helpful settings to personalize epub files.

eReader Prestigio

Pros:
  • Support epub, html, fb2, txt, pdf, mobi, epub3, djvu.
  • Collect and organize your books by genre, author, series or added time.
  • Text to speech (TTS) functionality for reading books aloud in multiple languages.
  • Scan library for specific files and formats.
  • Synchronize your books from Google Drive, One Drive or Dropbox directly into books collections
  • Adjustable brightness and night mode.
Cons:
  • Free version contains ads.
  • Sometimes the App crashes while reading large documents.

6 eBoox

eBoox can be said to be the funniest epub reader offering much cute and pleasant UI design. With adequate optimal reading settings and night mode, it enables you to read much comfortably in the dark. This epub reader also conveniently load your books from any folders of your phone and SD card, or from the Cloud service or browser.eBoox

Pros:
  • Support epub, fb2, doc, docx, mobi, prc, txt, rtf, odt, html, cbr, cbz.
  • Able to export all comments and annotations made in the books.
  • Much simple and pleasant interface but with adequate customization options for font, night mode, background color and backlight.
  • Fast reaction with no lags even on large book files
Cons:
  • No support for PDF format.

7 Google Play Books

Google Play Books is a competitor to Amazon Kindle, Barnes&Noble Nook and Kobo. As a free ebook reader app coming from Google, it gives you access to a large bookstore with a collection of millions of books and also lets you upload your epub/pdf books from other sources to create your own library. Besides, you can easily sync the bookmarks and notes to Google Drive or share them with others for collaboration.

Google Play Boks

Pros:
  • Support epub, pdf.
  • Elegant 3D page turning effect.
  • A large bookstore with millions of eBooks is provided.
  • Text to speech (TTS) engine makes the app read books aloud.
  • Notes can be synced with Google Drive and shared with a group for easy collaboration.
Cons:
  • Night-light option is hidden, which makes it difficult to shut off the night mode.
  • Hard to manage books since there are no options like tags, series or folder.

8 FullReader

FullReader is a rather modern and multi-functional epub reader with an up-to-date interface and convenient navigation. It supports extensive ebook formats including less popular CBR or CBZ of comic books, as well as MP3 for audiobooks. The distinctive feature of FullReader is the particular user-friendliness with multi-functional performance.

Full Reader

Pros:
  • Support epub, txt, pdf, doc, docx, cbr, rtf, djvu, html, mobi, xps, odt, rar, zip, mp3.
  • User-friendly interface with clear navigation and convenient layout of options.
  • Well-structured book sorting according to various criteria.
  • Integration into Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive.
  • Notes can be exported into separate documents.
  • Support MP3 audiobooks.
  • TTS support.
Cons:
  • Free version contains too many ads.

9 Cool Reader

Cool Reader offers more customization options than have ever seen in an epub reader. The soothing background, parchment paper and smooth scrolling make reading an enjoyable experience. It's really simple and handy for people who love reading. But the lack of support for PDF document makes it less competitive than other ebook readers mentioned above.

Cool Reader

Pros:
  • Support epub, fb2, doc, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi, pml.
  • Text to speech (TTS) support.
  • OPDS support.
  • Paperbook-like page turning animation.
  • Automatic page flipping.
  • Export of bookmarks to text files.
  • Dictionary support.
Cons:
  • Lacks support for PDF.

A Comparison Table the Best 9 Epub Readers

After reviewing the above 9 best free epub readers for Android, have you found your favorite one? If not, you could take a look at the following table which shows you the most recommended epub readers according to some important criteria. Sincerely hope that you could find the best one that suits you best.

No.
Features
Recommended Epub Readers
1 No ads Lithium, PocketBook, eBoox, Google Play Books.
2 Multiple compatible ebook formats Moon+ Reader, PocketBook, eReader Prestigio, FullReader.
3 Text to speech (TTS) support Moon+ Reader, PocketBook, eReader Prestigio, Google Play Books, FullReader, Cool Reader.
4 Sync to Cloud services Moon+ Reader, FB Reader, PocketBook, eReader Prestigio, Google Play Books, FullReader.
5 Export highlighting or annotations eBoox, FullReader, Cool Reader.
6 Easily organize or group personal books. eReader Prestigio, FullReader.
7 Online catalogs (OPDS) support Moon+ Reader, PocketBook, Cool Reader.
8 Dictionary or translation support Moon+ Reader, FB Reader, PocketBook, eReader Prestigio, FullReader, Cool Reader.

   
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15 Comments
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06/16/2019 17:59:04
Moon Reader plus has text to speech support.  It appears the app was omitted from the chart as having text to speech.
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06/17/2019 09:05:09
Thanks for your comment, and we'll check it and make it more perfect.
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09/6/2019 11:06:18
This list is really helpful!
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11/20/2019 16:37:27
Can I suggest Reasily? It is as good as Lithium for epub.
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11/21/2019 14:11:13
Thank you for your recommendations.
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02/24/2020 09:56:20
Unfortunately, no one can compete with iBooks in iOS.
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01/31/2021 22:01:07
Fortunately, this is a review of Android apps, not iOS.
Even more fortunately you are incorrect about iOS - "Marvin" is hands down the best ePub reader on iOS...way more functionality, cleaner, better CSS support, faithful representation of publisher's CSS (if you want it).
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03/4/2020 11:23:44
Unfortunately, FB Reader Pro will not function except when the device is actively connected to a Google  account.  I am a bit luddite with respect to Googleism.  FB Reader will be uninstalled.  "Premium is not licensed."  YES IT IS.  "Purchase on Google Play?"  NO THANK YOU.  I ALREADY OWN A LICENSE!
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11/22/2020 20:31:31
I'm looking for an Android text to speech book reader that I can easily keep notes to go back & review my notes. Especially helpful for textbooks.
The only one I have found is
"Pocketbook android app".
Do you know of others?
Thanks in advance.
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11/23/2020 09:18:13
Thank  you for asking. To find the text to speech reader on Android, please read this article: https://www.epubor.com/best-8-text-to-speech-apps-for-android.html
Any more problem, please feel free to contact us.
Have a nice day.
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11/23/2020 09:19:09
Thank you for asking. For text-to-speech reader on Android, please read https://www.epubor.com/best-8-text-to-speech-apps-for-android.html
Any more problem, please fee free to contact us.
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07/14/2022 09:49:04
I have tried many and finally decided on EReader Prestigio and Lithium. These two are the best in my experience.
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07/22/2022 20:21:42
How about mentioning which readers support SMB for LAN storage locations.
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01/5/2023 17:44:58
Moon reader +, your number one pick has daily LOUD ads when you open the reader.  Scared the living daylights out of me last night and woke my wife up.  Definitely should not be number one.  very intrusive and annoying.
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