Readest and Foliate are the best ones
I use baca (because i3) https://github.com/wustho/baca
KOReader is goated. So many options, I use use it mainly on phones but it works on PC as well.
That’s weird. On F-Droid, it says that it was made for an older version of Android, so it can’t be updated, but the version listed is 4.3+.
Sioyek.
The greatest e-book reader
Calibre’s ereader is quite good.
Firefox with some extension when in a pinch.
Otherwise, Calibre.
You could look at the screen, but there’s also braille terminal support.
Some people do tts but that’s questionable, even if you don’t recognize that audiobooks aren’t reading, why burn power doing tts when you could just dl the mp3s instead and make it easier on yourself.
“don’t recognize that audiobooks aren’t reading”
What a cringe take.
If you could read youd be very upset by my reply.
E: it’s really cruel to just make a funny one liner response to you. Reading and listening are two wildly different types of cognition. There is no argument against that and I don’t intend to engage with anything you present claiming otherwise. If you want to win an internet argument by having the last word about it, here’s your chance.
For your own sake please incorporate reading, actual looking at the written word and translating it into ideas, into your life especially if you’ve moved away from doing so. The process of reading has been linked in many studies with improved cognition as you age. For your own sake and the sake of the people around you, read. Do not fool yourself into believing that listening or watching is the same as reading. It will only hurt you and people who go by your example.
Your name is literally troll account 69.
What a loser.
Please read. Listening to podcasts and audiobooks is no substitute. When you listen you’re thinking in a different way than when you’re reading and it’s important not to lose those cognitive capacities.
My entire job is reading bud. What are you even on about. It sounds like you should go work on that cognitive capacity.
Listening to audiobooks engages a different way of thinking than reading the written word does. Listening to audiobooks is not reading.
That isn’t to say it’s not fun or interesting or a way to occupy your mind but it’s not the same as reading.
Why are you still talking.
If you read epubs frequently, just on your pc: foliate
If you read epubs frequently, and want to also manage your ereader library: calibre
If you read epubs occasionally and want the same software for reading everything: okularI use Zathura. Not really meant to be an epub reader (ie missing ways to change the font)—afaik it just converts it to a pdf then displays the epub using the pdf engine. But it works fine for my purposes and means I can use my preferred pdf reader for epubs too.
same here! I prefer the simplicity of zathura, and whatever the default font is set to when I open the file tends to be what I want anyway, so no complaints. ^^
I only read on mobile (android) using Readest but they do have desktop versions and I assume they’re just as good as the mobile version.
They just added functionality to play audio overlays (like from Storyteller), too, which is something I’ve wanted for a while.
That seems like a promising app. I was using Librera for Android, which also handles just about every format and has a lot of settings to play with. But Readest seems like that, plus with a nicer, less clunky look and feel.
For actual reading on linux I use
fbreader. For eBook management I usecalibre.But 95% of my reading is actually on old eInk devices (kindle, nook).
I mostly use Foliate, but I actually do most of my ebook reading on my phone.
I really like Foliate. Great interface, easy to use, enough customization. It’s available through Flatpak.
If you want something more feature reach and don’t care too much about UI, then Calibre.
Seconding this. I use Foliate for epub, and Okular for the rest.
It is web based, but I really enjoy using the flow epub reader.
I like https://terminaltrove.com/lue/ although it’s for listening














