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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LingQ is a reading and listening platform that helps Chinese learners study with both its library of content and material they import themselves. As you read, you can click unfamiliar words to see meanings, save vocabulary, and track which words you know, while accompanying audio lets you read and listen at the same time. You can also import outside content, such as articles, transcripts, and other texts, turning material you're interested in into interactive Chinese lessons. LingQ is particularly useful for learners who want to build vocabulary through reading and listening in context rather than studying isolated word lists.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.