Rebuilding the greatest library in history
200,000+ classics. Unlimited eBooks, audiobooks and summaries. Printed books at cost price.
5 accounts for the price of one. Read and listen in 25 languages, side by side, with no credits to count.
Free for 3 months. Nothing to pay today. Cancel anytime.
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Every book, every format
Every book. Six ways to enjoy it.
Read it, hear it, take in its key ideas in 15 minutes, or hold it in your hands.
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eBook
UnlimitedEvery word, on phone, tablet or computer. Your place follows you.
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Audiolibro
UnlimitedEvery book read aloud, complete. No credits, no hour limits.
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15-minute summary
UnlimitedThe key ideas of the book, written and spoken.
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Tapa blanda
At cost pricePrinted for you when you order, as many as you like.
The Great Gatsby7,95 USD when you start freeOn its own: 14,95 USD
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Tapa dura
At cost priceA sturdy cased edition for your shelf.
Romeo and Juliet13,95 USD when you start freeOn its own: 19,95 USD
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Large print
At cost priceBig, clear type on large pages. A gift for parents and grandparents.
A Christmas Carol8,95 USD when you start freeOn its own: 14,95 USD
Digital: unlimited, 5 accounts for the price of one. Print: as many books as you like, at what it costs to print them, plus delivery.
Transform your life with the great books
Every book’s key ideas in 15 minutes a day Listen or read Anytime, anywhere
Discover great ideas on the go
Driving, cooking or getting ready? Listen to or read a 15-minute summary anywhere.
Follow a plan for your goal
7-day plans for what you want to learn: one 15-minute summary a day, in your language.
Stay motivated every day
Keep your streak and make real progress with a few minutes a day.
Start a 7-day plan
See every plan
Choose your goals and start your reading journey
No sign-up
Press play. Hear the opening of any book.
The first five minutes of every audiobook and the opening of every summary are free.
Keep listening. The whole audiobook, 18 h 34 min, and 200,000+ more, free to start. Renews every year; cancel anytime.
Listen freeOur bestsellers
The books most Bibles leave out.
Enoch, Jubilees, the Books of Meqabyan and all 88 books of the Ethiopian canon, as books we ship to your door, sold separately.
The Complete Books of Enoch
1, 2 and 3 Enoch and the Book of Giants, in one book.
View book options The Complete Books of EnochThe Complete 88‑Book Ethiopian Bible
All 88 books of the Ethiopian canon, with Enoch, Jubilees and Meqabyan.
View book options The Complete 88‑Book Ethiopian BibleThe Complete Ethiopian Bible Library
Four volumes: the Ethiopian Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi Scriptures and the Books of Enoch.
View set options The Complete Ethiopian Bible Library
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The books everyone means to read
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The Bible and its lost books
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The great authors
Authors A to Z
William Shakespeare
Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
Leo Tolstoy
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Mark Twain
Homer
Victor Hugo
Alexandre Dumas
Oscar Wilde
Arthur Conan Doyle
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Bram Stoker
Edgar Allan Poe
Emily Brontë
Charlotte Brontë
Jules Verne
Plato
Niccolò Machiavelli
Lewis Carroll
Herman Melville
H. G. Wells
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dante AlighieriFind your next great book.
Search the whole library, or start with a shelf.
What are you in the mood for?
Free books200 books, no sign-up
The great classicsThe books everyone means to read
Libros perdidos de la BibliaEnoch, the Ethiopian Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls
Philosophy & wisdomThe great thinkers
RomanceLove stories that last
AdventureVoyages, quests and wars
Horror & gothicDracula, Frankenstein, Poe
Children's classicsTo read together
Poetry & playsShakespeare and the poets
History & politicsHow the world was made
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Read it in two languages
Any two of 25 languages, paragraph by paragraph, with every page read aloud. Learning a language, or reading with someone who speaks another?
Learn a language with the classicsBienvenido a la biblioteca.Welcome to the library.
Todos los libros están abiertos para ti.Every book is open to you.
Lee una página y luego escúchala en voz alta.Read a page, then hear it read aloud.
Tu idioma se queda a tu lado.Your language stays beside you.
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5 accounts for the price of one
Everyone at home gets their own shelf.
Everyone at home gets their own books, their own place in every book, their own format and their own language. Shared by the whole family, it comes to a few cents a day each.
One plan, 5 accounts: you and 4 more people, each with their own login.
Who's reading tonight?
The whole family
Our mission
The library burned once. We are building it back.
For centuries the Library of Alexandria held the wisdom of the known world. Then it was lost. We are building it back for everyone: every great book, complete, in every language and every format, for every family. And every reader helps: your plan pays for new languages, new audiobooks and books for readers in underserved communities. You don’t only read the library. You help rebuild it.
- Every language25 languages today, side by side, and more every year.
- Knowledge for everyone200 complete books free for good, with no sign-up. Every other book free to start.
- No wasteEvery printed book is made when it is ordered: no warehouses, no unsold stock, no pulped copies.
- Printed at costPaperback, hardcover and large print at the cost of printing. We add nothing.
Why there are no limits
We publish every book in the library ourselves, so no one takes a fee per book and nothing has to be rationed. Read and listen as much as you like, and print any book for what it costs to print.
Free gifts
Everything you get when you start free.
5 accounts for the price of one. No credits, no limits.
Unlimited audiobooks
Every book read aloud, complete. No credits, no hour limits.
9,95 USD a book on its ownFREE
Unlimited eBooks
Every word of every book, on phone, tablet or computer.
6,95 USD a book on its ownFREE
15-minute summaries of every book
The world’s greatest ideas in 15 minutes a day, to read or hear. 7-day plans for your goals, daily picks and key ideas you keep.
FREE
Household access
Everyone at home, each with their own shelf and their own place in every book.
FREE
Learn a language with the books you love
Every book in 25 languages, side by side, with the sentence lit up as it is read. Switch any time and keep your place.
FREE
The lost books, complete
Enoch, Jubilees, the 88-book Ethiopian Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls and more.
FREE
Join the movement to rebuild the library
Every plan funds new translations, audiobooks in every language and books for readers in underserved communities. You give back while you read.
FREE
Printed books at cost price
Any book as a paperback or hardcover, printed when you order. Paid separately, plus delivery.
At cost price
Large print of every book
Printed in big, clear type. A gift for parents and grandparents.
At cost price
All of it, 5 accounts for the price of one
From 0,14 USD a day
Free to start · Renews every year · Cancel anytime
Price
One audiobook costs 9,95 USD on its own. Hear them all from 0,14 USD a day.
Free to start on both plans. The yearly plan is 50% off in your first year. Nothing to pay today.
Shown per day. You pay once a year or once a month.
Cómo funcionan tus 14 días gratis
- Hoy, 23 oct 2026Todo se abre. No tiene que pagar nada.
- Día 83, 14 ene 2027Le enviamos por correo el precio, la fecha y un enlace para cancelar.
- Día 90, 21 ene 2027Your first year begins at 0,14 USD a day, 50% off, unless you cancel before.Your monthly plan begins at 0,66 USD a day, unless you cancel before.
- Después, 21 ene 2028Después, 21 feb 20270,27 USD a day, never raised. We email you before every renewal.0,66 USD a day, billed monthly, never raised.
Three easy steps.
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Start free
Nothing is charged today. We email you on day 83, before anything is.
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Add your family
Everyone at home gets their own shelf and their own place.
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Read and listen without limits
Phone, tablet or computer. Any book in the library, in your language, as much as you like.
Preguntas
What do I get?
Unlimited reading and listening: all 200,000+ classics as eBook and audiobook, a written and spoken 15-minute summary of every book, 25 languages side by side, 5 accounts for the price of one, and any book printed at cost as a paperback, hardcover or large print.
¿Cuándo pago y cuánto?
A card is needed to start; nothing is charged for 90 days. Then your first year is 50% off: 0,14 USD a day on the yearly plan, and 0,27 USD a day after that, for as long as you stay. That price is never raised.
Or 0,66 USD a day on the monthly plan. You pay once a year or once a month. We email you 7 days before your first payment, with the date, the amount and a cancel link.
How many accounts do I get?
Five, for the price of one: you and 4 more people, each with their own login, shelf, place in every book and language.
Which books are free?
200 great books are free to read and hear in full, with no sign-up. Of every other book, everything up to chapter 2 and the first five minutes of the audiobook are free.
¿Cómo cancelo?
Online, in your account: press Cancel, then confirm. Cancel before day 90 and you pay nothing. If you cancel after paying, everything stays open until the end of the time you paid for.
How does printing at cost work?
Order any book as a paperback, hardcover or large print at the cost of printing, plus delivery. As many books as you like.
Can I buy just one book?
Yes. Any eBook for 6,95 USD or audiobook for 9,95 USD, yours to keep, in every language the book has, and any printed book as a paperback, hardcover or large print. No sign-up needed; start free and you pay only the cost of printing.
Are these the author's original words?
No. They are complete editions in clear modern language, checked paragraph by paragraph against the original. Where an old text survives only in parts, its page says so.
Who is behind the library?
Library of Alexandria Press LLC, an independent US publisher of classics, scriptures and lost books, founded in November 2025 by Tim Zengerink. We are named after the ancient library; we are not that library, nor the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt. Read our story
Una última reflexión
We can't change what was lost in Alexandria.
Pero sí podemos cambiar lo que viene.
Cuando quieras, aquí estamos.
Tim Zengerink, Founder, Library of Alexandria · tim@libraryofalexandria.com
