Short stories for language learners

Read your first book in Spanish
Tonight.

ReadBilingual turns the words you already know into short stories you can finish in one sitting. Tap a word for its meaning. Press play to hear the story read aloud.

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40Languages
A1 to C1Reading levels
5 minChapters
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“I wanted short books at exactly my level, in the language I was learning, that I'd actually want to read. They didn't exist. So I'm making them.”Julia Tokola, founder
Why ReadBilingual

Comprehensible input, finally.

Researchers have said it for forty years: you learn a language by reading just above your level. These are the books for that.

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Built from your vocabulary

Bring the words you've learned from Duolingo, Anki or any other app, or take a short quiz. Stories stay inside what you know, with a few new words a chapter.

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Tap any word

Stuck on a word? Tap it. You get the meaning for that sentence without leaving the page.

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Five-minute chapters

Sized for a coffee break or the last minutes before bed. Small enough to do every day.

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Read aloud

Every story comes with audio. Follow along and get used to how the language sounds when someone speaks it.

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Yours offline

Once a story is in your library it stays there. Read it on the plane or on the metro.

Grows with your level

The library moves with you. A1 folktales today, B1 short novels in a few months. You won't hit a wall.

How it works

From flashcards to fiction in three steps.

Chapter One
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Set your level

Pick a level, take the placement quiz, or bring your words from an app you already use. The library sorts itself around what you know.

Chapter Two
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Pick a story, or ask for one

Browse the library by genre and level. Or describe the story you'd like to read and get one written for you.

Chapter Three
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Read, then listen

Open the book. Tap what you don't know. Press play and hear it read to you. Five minutes a day is enough for a habit.

From Spanish to Navajo

Read in 40 languages

SpanishFrenchGermanItalianPortugueseDutchSwedishNorwegianDanishFinnishPolishCzechHungarianRomanianGreekRussianUkrainianTurkishArabicHebrewHindiJapaneseKoreanChineseVietnameseIndonesianCatalanEsperantoLatinWelshIrishScottish GaelicHawaiianHaitian CreoleNavajoSwahiliYiddishZuluCantoneseGuarani