Chinese eBooks & Reading Platforms
24 Reader offers an extensive collection of Chinese ebooks written by Chinese authors. The section 内容简介 (nèi róng jiǎn jiè) gives a brief introduction of the book, and 作者简介 (zuò zhě jiǎn jiè) gives an introduction of the author.
Paid Web-Based
If you have an apple device, open the "Apple Books" app and put "Chinese Books" in the search box. Several free and paid ebooks are offered.
Free & Paid Content / App
Amazon offers a selection of Chinese ebooks through Kindle. With a Kindle app, you can read e-books on any device. There’s is a foreign language category on Kindle's main store front, but this link will allow you to browse ebooks written entirely in Chinese.
Paid
A vast open-access collection of more than 30,000 pre-modern Chinese texts, including works on philosophy, history, literature, and more. Best suited for advanced learners and anyone interested in Classical Chinese.
Free
A large collection of free Chinese texts, including classics such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dream of the Red Chamber, and The Art of War, along with poetry, historical works, and more. A Simplified Chinese interface is also available.
Free
Dang Dang boasts a huge collection of free and paid Chinese ebooks . Chances are if you are looking for a particular Chinese ebook you will find it here.
Free / Paid Web-Based
好读 (hǎo dú) means “Good Reads.” The offer ebooks in several genres, including world classics. All their ebooks are free to download. They also offer web articles under 好读专栏 (hǎo dú zhuān lán) good reads columns.
Free Web-Based
Loyal Books is a free online library. To find their Chinese ebooks, scroll down to “Languages” in the left-hand menu, and select “Chinese.” Select “ebooks” as a filter under the top drop-down menu. The selection is small, but all the ebooks are free. They also offer audio versions of Chinese books.
Free Web-Based
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks". It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books. The Project tries to make these as free as possible, in long-lasting, open formats that can be used on almost any computer. It has over 60,000 items in its collection of free eBooks, and offers many in Chinese.
Free Web-Based
QiDian Books offers a massive selection of online ebooks. Click into any book to see 内容介绍 (nèi róng jiè shào), a synopsis. You can get ebook versions for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows and HTML5.
Free & Paid Content Web-Based / App
The selection here isn't huge, but there are many useful titles for Chinese students.To find them, change the language from English to 中文 (zhōng wén) in the upper right hand menu. When you click on a title, you’ll get a synopsis and details about the book, then you can click to purchase.
Paid Web-Based
Tencent’s popular Chinese reading platform offers a large selection of contemporary books and other native reading material. Best suited for intermediate and advanced learners.
Free / Paid Web-Based
Weibo Books offers an excellent selection of world-renowned publications translated into Chinese, as well as original Chinese e-books. Click 放入书架 (fàng rù shū jià) to add it to your library (requires a free Weibo account), or click 立即阅读 (lì jí yuè dú) to start reading it online.
Free & Paid Content Web-Based