Choose a classic that interests you.
Kramena is an Android app for reading complete classic books in daily Episodes. Explore by the kind of reading you enjoy, then give one book a place in your day.
Where should I start with classic books?
Start with the kind of story you already enjoy. For relationships and sharp conversation, try Pride and Prejudice. For a puzzle, try The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. For an unsettling idea, try Frankenstein.
These are starting points, not a required reading order. You can browse mysteries, speculative fiction, adventure, and nonfiction in the reading guides below.
Read the complete text in Episodes
Episodes divide the complete, unabridged work into reading sessions. You read the author's prose, dialogue, and argument. The format changes the pacing. It does not turn the book into a summary.
You can read a long book one Episode at a time. A short book can still require close attention. Episode count describes the plan length, not the difficulty.
Explore beyond the familiar names
The catalog includes plays, poetry, memoir, philosophy, and nature writing alongside classic novels. Browse books by author to find another work by someone you enjoy, or use the full catalog to search for a title.
Can I read classics for free?
Yes. Kramena's free daily schedule takes you through complete catalog books in the Android app. The next Episode becomes ready on the daily schedule. Optional Lifetime Membership lets you continue immediately. See how free reading works for the distinction.
Four classics with different styles
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Pride and Prejudice
Published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has inspired many stage and screen adaptations. It follows five unmarried sisters whose lives change when a wealthy eligible bachelor moves into their neighborhood.
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Frankenstein
An ambitious young scientist discovers a way to bring life to something he has assembled. Told through a series of nested accounts, Mary Shelley's novel examines creation, responsibility, loneliness, and the obligations that bind a maker to what he makes.
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Anne of Green Gables
Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables by mistake and transforms the quiet household of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. L. M. Montgomery follows her through school, friendship, rivalry, imagination, and first loss as the orphan makes a place and future for herself in Avonlea.
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The Time Machine
An inventor travels far into humanity's future and encounters a world divided between the gentle Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks. H. G. Wells uses the journey to question faith in progress, the permanence of class divisions, and the durability of civilization itself.
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