Bookworm
Gatsby stretching his arms toward the green light across the bay, oil painting

Every chapter,
painted.

Every chapter illustrated from its own words, read aloud when you'd rather listen, and explained without ever turning a page ahead of you.

The green light · The Great Gatsby, chapter I · Oil Painting

Bookworm reads along with you. It paints each scene, gives every page a voice, and remembers who's who. It never reads a page ahead of you.

Baker Street, after dark, anime illustration from Sherlock Holmes
Baker Street, after darkSherlock Holmes · Anime
The valley of ashes, oil painting illustration from The Great Gatsby
The valley of ashesThe Great Gatsby · Oil Painting
One of Gatsby's parties, oil painting illustration from The Great Gatsby
One of Gatsby's partiesThe Great Gatsby · Oil Painting
A brougham at the door, anime illustration from Sherlock Holmes
A brougham at the doorSherlock Holmes · Anime
West Egg, lit up, oil painting illustration from The Great Gatsby
West Egg, lit upThe Great Gatsby · Oil Painting

Six art styles. Each image is placed at the passage it depicts.

In the reader

Scenes, right where they happen.

Illustrations appear inline at the moment the book describes them. Linger, or read on. The words stay yours.

Bookworm in the reader screen
Characters

Know who's who.

Portraits and profiles for everyone you meet, built from the book itself, and only as much as you've read.

Bookworm characters screen
Ask

Ask the book. Never the ending.

Answers grounded in the chapters you've finished, with the passages they came from.

Bookworm ask screen
Companion

Never lose the thread.

A summary waits at the end of every chapter, so a week away costs you a minute, not a chapter.

Bookworm companion screen

Close your eyes.
Keep reading.

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.”
Chapter IThe Great Gatsby · Ara
0:00−0:08

Start with the classics.
Illustrated, free.

The Great Gatsby illustration
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald · Oil PaintingFree · 9 chapters
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes illustration
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle · AnimeFree · 14 chapters
The Art of War illustration
The Art of WarSun Tzu · Hand DrawnFree · 20 chapters

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FreeThe app, your own EPUBs, the reader, and the illustrated classics.
CreditsUnlock illustrations or narration only for the chapters you choose.
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Gatsby's mansion by moonlight, oil painting

Your next book
is waiting.

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Bookworm for iPhone and iPad

Books you
can see.

Every chapter illustrated from its own words, read aloud when you'd rather listen, and explained without ever turning a page ahead of you.

Download on the App StoreFree. Illustrated classics included.
A dancer on a table at one of Gatsby's parties, oil painting
One of Gatsby's parties · Oil Painting
The Bookworm reader with an illustration inline

An illustrated edition of every book you own, painted chapter by chapter from the text itself.

The plates.

Six art styles, from oil painting to hand-drawn. Each image is placed at the passage it depicts.

Baker Street, after dark, anime illustration from Sherlock Holmes
Baker Street, after darkAnime
The valley of ashes, oil painting illustration from The Great Gatsby
The valley of ashesOil Painting
One of Gatsby's parties, oil painting illustration from The Great Gatsby
One of Gatsby's partiesOil Painting
A brougham at the door, anime illustration from Sherlock Holmes
A brougham at the doorAnime
West Egg, lit up, oil painting illustration from The Great Gatsby
West Egg, lit upOil Painting
The station in the fog, anime illustration from Sherlock Holmes
The station in the fogAnime
Gatsby at the green light, oil painting
He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling.
The Great Gatsby, chapter I · the green light, as Bookworm painted it
i.

Scenes, right where they happen.

Illustrations appear inline at the moment the book describes them. Linger, or read on. The words stay yours.

Bookworm in the reader screen
ii.

Know who's who.

Portraits and profiles for everyone you meet, built from the book itself, and only as much as you've read.

Bookworm characters screen
iii.

Ask the book. Never the ending.

Answers grounded in the chapters you've finished, with the passages they came from.

Bookworm ask screen
iv.

Never lose the thread.

A summary waits at the end of every chapter, so a week away costs you a minute, not a chapter.

Bookworm companion screen
Now playing · The Great Gatsby, chapter I
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’”
Chapter IThe Great Gatsby · Ara
0:00−0:16

Begin with the classics.

Public-domain books, every chapter already illustrated. Free.

The Great Gatsby illustration
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald
Oil PaintingFree · 9 chapters
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes illustration
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
AnimeFree · 14 chapters
The Art of War illustration
The Art of WarSun Tzu
Hand DrawnFree · 20 chapters

No subscription.

FreeThe app, your own EPUBs, the reader, and the illustrated classics.
CreditsUnlock illustrations or narration only for the chapters you choose.
−15%Credit packs cost less on the web, on the same account.
Gatsby's mansion by moonlight, oil painting

Your next book,
illustrated.

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