openShelf Gutenberg eBooks

Name: openShelf Gutenberg eBooks
Author: openshelf5

Liveopenshelf51 app · 394 installsBooks & ReferenceFree · contains adsIn-app purchases: $3.99 - $31.99 per itemcom.openshelf.app

Read 75,000+ classic books from Project Gutenberg. Offline & beautiful.

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Total installs: 394
Installs / day: 0
Rating: —★
Released: 10 Jun 2026
Last update: 29 Sept 2026
Countries: —

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

30dAll

Installs per day · last 90 days

Change timeline

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Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play

Shares data with third parties App activity and Device or other IDs
Collects data Personal info, App activity, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

5 in 1 group

0 Sensitive2 Notable3 Routine

OtherNotable5

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description

A quiet, beautiful home for the classics — 75,000+ free books from Project Gutenberg, in a reader designed with care. openShelf is a free ebook reader for classic literature and public domain books. No sign-up, no paywall — every book is free to read, forever. 📚 75,000+ CLASSIC BOOKS, FREE Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, Meditations, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Moby Dick, Great Expectations — the entire Project Gutenberg library of classic novels, philosophy, poetry, science, history and biography. Read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Franz Kafka, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Nietzsche and thousands more. 📖 BUILT-IN DICTIONARY Tap any word for its meaning — the dictionary works fully offline, so nothing interrupts your reading. 🖍️ HIGHLIGHT & TAKE NOTES Select any passage with precision, highlight it in soft paper colors, or attach a private note. Everything is saved in your library. 🌍 WORLD THOUGHTS Something no other reading app has: see what other readers felt on the exact page you're reading — and leave your own thought, anonymously. Reading the classics stops being lonely. 💭 SHARE BEAUTIFUL QUOTE CARDS Turn any passage into an elegant quote card and share it anywhere in one tap. ☀️ A READER THAT FEELS LIKE PAPER Three calm reading themes — paper, warm sepia and dark. Pages that melt at the edges instead of cutting text. Typography chosen for long, comfortable reading. 📴 READ OFFLINE Once a book is open, it stays readable without internet — on the train, on a flight, anywhere. openShelf is made for readers who love old books: students reading literature classics, philosophy readers, and anyone returning to the great novels. Download free classic books and start reading in seconds. The classics belong to everyone. openShelf just gives them a beautiful home.

What's new

• All-new text selection — long-press a word, then glide the blue dots with a round magnifier. Precise, smooth, never breaks a word • Built-in dictionary — tap Define on any word, works fully offline • Share any passage as a beautiful quote card • Three reading themes: paper, warm sepia & dark • Softer reader — pages melt at the edges, cleaner menus, quieter chrome • A calmer welcome

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