10 amazing apps all Nigerian book lovers should download immediately

1. Good Reads

This is the world’s largest site for book recommendations as it offers a community of 40 million readers to interact with; a database of 1.1 billion books to track and review; a social feed to see what your friends are reading and reviewing; and a fun, streamlined way of organizing and celebrating your literary life.

It also includes quizzes, quotes, its own awards and even a reading challenge. I am currently participating in the reading challenge and I have read 6out of 120 books I plan on reading this year.

2. Wattpad

Wattpad is focused on storytelling, allowing you to read 75 million different stories and upload your own regardless of whether you’re a published writer or absolute novice. The app enables you to have a more involved reading experience, you can contact the writer and see who else is reading the same stories. You can also read on any device, whether on or offline, absolutely free of charge.

3. BookCrawler

BookCrawler keeps track of every book you’ve read to create a digital library completely unique to you. Perfect for students, professionals and avid readers – ensuring you never buy the same book twice.

4. Comixology

For lovers of comics, graphic books and manga, this app is for you. It offers a library of over 75,000 cheap (or free) comic books, graphic novels, and manga; exclusive digital-first titles; a “cinematic, immersive” reading experience that lets you easily flip through pages and zoom in on panels.

5. Okada Books

Okadabooks seeks to by-pass the traffic in the Nigerian book publishing industry by making it easy to publish books, making it cheap to buy books but more importantly making it fun to read books on mobile devices! There seems to be quite an interesting selection of books available. There are thousands of books available on Okada books including classics from Alice In Wonderland to Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah. The library also includes free past JAMB/SSCE question papers with answers.

6. Scribd

Get access to half a million e-books and 30,000 audiobooks in over 80 languages on scribd. The people at Scribd aim to evoke a feeling of an old-school local bookstore and so give you personal recommendations and additional access to millions of user-contributed documents – real reviews by real people.

7. We Read Too

A regularly updated database of children’s and YA books by writers of color, featuring characters of color. You can’t read the books on the app, but it does link out of app, and allows you to share titles with friends and suggest titles you think should be added.

8. Poetry

For poetry writers and lover, this app offers a database of thousands of classic and contemporary poems organized by theme and mood, searchable by memorable lines, and the ability to save and share favorites.

9. Pocket

An archiving tool to save articles, videos, and pages you want to read or watch later — even offline. Instead of wasting work time reading articles, books, images and videos, just save them for later with Pocket. I especially like how it reformats articles for more comfortable reading, and how it syncs between all my devices.

10. Kobo

An extensive catalogue of ebooks and magazines for purchase; frequently updated reading lists; customizable text; free previews of thousands of titles; and automatic syncing of bookmarks, notes, and highlighting among devices.

Which other bookish app do you use? Share with us in the comment below.

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