An EPUB reader for Windows that feels like holding a book
Windows has no EPUB reader of its own anymore, so a downloaded .epub file just sits in your Downloads folder until you install one. ePub Reader is an EPUB reader for Windows 11 and Windows 10 built for the reading itself: the book fills the window as a left and right page, the corner curls under your pointer when you drag it, and the edges of the page block thin out on one side and thicken on the other as you progress.
Every book you open is copied into the app's own library folder and shown on a shelf of covers with a percentage beside each one. Move or delete the original file and the book still opens, on the exact page where you stopped.
It reads standard .epub files without copy protection. That covers public-domain classics, books bought from DRM-free shops, and EPUBs you exported yourself.
How to open an EPUB file on Windows
There are three ways in, and all of them land on the page you last read:
- Click Open an EPUB, or the closed book shown in an empty window, and pick the file.
- Drag an .epub from File Explorer and drop it anywhere on the window.
- Double-click the file in File Explorer. The app registers itself as a viewer for .epub, so you can also right-click a book, choose Open with, and set it as the default.
A library that remembers every book
Press Ctrl+L, or click Library, and your shelf slides over the page you are reading. Type in the search box to filter by title or author, and use Sort by to order the shelf by Title, Author, Recently added or Recently read.
Add books… takes several files in one go, and dropping a batch onto the open library adds all of them. Opening a book you already have keeps a single copy rather than a duplicate. Select a cover and press Delete to take it off the shelf; only the library's copy is removed, never your original.
Change the font, page color and layout of an ebook
The gear opens Settings, where the reading options live on their own page:
- Typeface: Georgia, Segoe UI, OpenDyslexic, or the book's own font.
- Text size from 12 to 30 px, stepped with the smaller and larger buttons under the book.
- Justify text for straight right edges like a printed page, or turn it off for a ragged right margin.
- Pages: two side by side, or a single column for narrow windows.
- Page turn: Curl, Slide, or None if you prefer an instant change.
- Paper: Paper, Sepia or Night, with a separate Light, Dark or Match Windows theme for the window around it.
Turning pages, highlights and bookmarks
Click a page to turn it, or drag its corner and let go when the fold is far enough over. The Right and Left arrow keys and Page Down and Page Up turn pages too. To skip ahead, drag along the right edge of the book; a tip shows how far through you will land.
Select a passage and it is highlighted at once; click the highlight to clear it. The star marks the current page, and every bookmark appears under Bookmarks at the end of the chapter list, which itself is built from the book's table of contents with parts and their chapters nested. Highlights and bookmarks are saved with the book in your library.
Below the book a status line shows the chapter, your percentage, and an estimate such as "about 25 min left". It begins at 250 words a minute and adjusts to how quickly you actually turn pages, so the figure gets closer to your real pace the more you read.
