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Every book you own,
in one quiet reader.

LeafReader opens EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, PDF and comics on your Windows desktop. Build a real library, highlight what matters, and search across everything you have read.

Works Fully Offline No Account Required No Ads or Tracking Your Books Never Leave Your PC

Built for people who actually read

Everything you need to keep a personal library, and nothing that gets in the way of the page.

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Every common format

EPUB, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, FB2, PDF, CBZ and CBR. Add a file and LeafReader picks the right reading experience for it automatically.

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Completely offline

No account, no sign-in, no telemetry. LeafReader never connects to a server, so your books and reading habits stay on your computer.

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Highlights and notes

Highlight passages, attach notes, drop bookmarks and organise them with tags. Export everything as Markdown whenever you want it elsewhere.

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Search your whole library

Remember a passage but not the book? Search the full text of every title at once, or find any phrase inside the book you are reading.

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A page that suits you

Five themes from Warm Paper to Night, four typefaces, and adjustable size and spacing. Read in clean pages or continuous scroll.

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PDFs you can select

PDF pages keep a real text layer, so you can select, copy, search and highlight inside them instead of staring at flat images.

How It Works

Three steps from a folder of files to a library you enjoy opening.

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Add your books

Pick individual files or point LeafReader at a folder holding hundreds. Large imports keep running in the background while you read.

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Shape your shelf

Covers, titles and authors are read from the files themselves. Group titles into collections, mark favorites and track what you have finished.

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Read and keep notes

Set the theme and type to your liking, highlight as you go, and come back to any book exactly where you left off.

Frequently Asked Questions

The things people ask before installing.

Do my books or notes ever leave my computer?

No. LeafReader does not connect to any server. Your books, highlights, notes and reading progress are stored in a folder on your own PC and are never uploaded, synced or analysed.

Do I need an account or an internet connection?

Neither. There is no sign-up, no login and no subscription. The app works exactly the same with your network turned off.

Which formats can it open?

EPUB, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, FB2, PDF, CBZ and CBR. That covers most ebooks, documents and comic archives you are likely to own.

Can it open books bought from Kindle or other stores?

LeafReader opens files you have on disk that are not protected by DRM. Books still locked to a store's DRM cannot be opened by any third-party reader, including this one.

Can I get my highlights and notes out again?

Yes. Every highlight, note and bookmark can be exported as Markdown, so you can move your thinking into any note-taking app you already use.

Will importing a big folder freeze the app?

No. Books appear on your shelf immediately and are processed in the background, so you can start reading right away. If you close the app mid-import, it resumes where it stopped.

Does it collect any analytics?

None at all. There is no telemetry, no crash reporting and no analytics of any kind. See the Privacy Policy for the full detail.

What does it cost?

LeafReader is free to download from the Microsoft Store. There are no ads, no in-app purchases and no subscription.

What languages does it support?

English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Start reading today

Free on the Microsoft Store. No account, no ads, no tracking.

Get LeafReader for Windows