We live in a time when we are increasingly turning to e-books, as work and study take up the lion’s share of our daily routine and trips to libraries are becoming rare and unpopular. It’s good to have an e-reader at hand, but if you don’t, a well-chosen reading app on your smartphone will solve a number of issues and help you organize your workday. Let’s take a look at the top 5 of them.

ReadEra

• is a free application that can be easily found in the Google Play Market;
• recognizes such formats as: PDF, EPUB, DOC, DOCX, RTF, MOBI, AZW3, DJVU, FB2, TXT, ODT, CHM;
• There are no ads or in-app purchases in this reading app;
• You do not need to register to start using it;
• It is equipped with useful features that allow you to create reading lists, add books to your Favorites, and thus create your own digital library;
• ReadEra has the ability to read multiple documents simultaneously in split-screen mode.

FBReader

• This program has two versions: a free one and a paid one that costs 5.49 euros;
• recognizes the following book formats: AZW3, EPUB (up to EPUB3), fb2, RTF, HTML, TXT, DJVU, PDF, and comics;
• has two modes of operation: the first is offline, and the second is with free access to the Internet, where the user can find the necessary materials in both free and paid catalogs;
• is equipped with cloud synchronization with Google Drive;
• The paid version of the program has Google Translate built-in;
• It should be noted that users who choose FBReader can set their own background for reading, choose a text font, and adjust the screen brightness.

Google Play Books

• downloading the program to your device is free of charge;
• the maximum limit of books that can be downloaded by a user of 100 MB each is 1000 copies;

• Google Play Books is available in 75 countries;
• As of today, the app features color contrast and vertical scrolling reading modes for reading comics, and supports text highlighting and note-taking;
• It has a Night Light function that filters out blue light, which reduces eye strain.

Moon+ Reader Pro

• This program has two versions: a free one that contains ads and a paid one that allows you to read without distractions from various videos;
• recognizes various formats: DRM-free EPUB, fb2, mobi, chm, cbr, cbz, umd, txt, html, rar, zip, or OPDS;
• Here you can use and customize your own themes and switch to any font;
• The program allows you to synchronize all your books with cloud services, such as Google Drive or DropBox;
• is equipped with 4 types of automatic text scrolling;
• the user can search the text and, if necessary, move words from one line to another by breaking them into syllables.

Lithium EPUB Reader

• The app can be downloaded for free to any device and is ad-free;
• is equipped with an automatic search for recommended books;
• You can synchronize with Google Drive and create backups as needed;
• the reader can sort books by several parameters, such as title, author, and date of addition to the library;
• The program has day and night modes for reading.

By now, you should have a good idea of which e-book reader program will work best for you. Android has a lot of options when it comes to e-readers, so the choice is up to each reader.