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Live on App Store & Google Play

Physical books. Local readers. Real handoffs.

List free or low-price books from your shelf, discover what's nearby, and chat to arrange a pickup. Not an e-reader — a neighbourhood reading movement.

Available on
iOS
Android

Also free on the App Store.

Play downloads
100K+
Ratings
4.0 · 4.8★
Languages
13
Platforms
iOS · Android

Paper books, moving through your neighbourhood

Real LetsRead screens — browse nearby listings, leave a voice story, explore by category, and arrange a local handoff.

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Why readers keep books moving

Problem–solution focus for students, neighbours, and declutterers.

Local handoffs

Meet in your neighbourhood. Readers passing books hand to hand — not shipping cartons across continents.

Free & affordable

List free or low-price. Built for students and readers who need paper books without new-book prices.

Reuse over waste

Give shelves a second life. Keep stories circulating instead of boxed, dumped, or forgotten.

Each book has a history

Captions and Voice Capsules carry why a book mattered — the human thread between readers.

See what's nearby

Distance-sorted listings so the next read is a short walk away — not a courier wait.

List from your shelf

Scan a barcode or type title and author, pick a category, and offer it free or low-price in minutes.

How it works

From your shelf to a neighbour's hands in four steps.

1

List a book from your shelf

Scan a barcode or type the title and author, pick a category, and offer it free or low-price — ready for a neighbour to find.

2

Leave a voice for the next reader

Optional Voice Capsule: up to 30 seconds on why the book mattered — a message that travels with the copy.

3

Explore by category

Browse Arts, Kids, Fiction, Business, and dozens more — or search by title or author to find your next read.

4

Discover nearby

Sort by distance or newest, filter what's close, and arrange a local handoff — not shipping across continents.

The reader journey

From splash to a neighbourhood pickup.

    01Browse latest books and nearby listings
    02Explore categories or search by title/author
    03Open a listing — condition, price, distance, Voice Capsule
    04Chat to arrange a local handoff
    05List your own books via barcode or manual entry

Built for the Baltics — and beyond

Cross-platform React Native app with geolocation discovery, barcode listing, multilingual UI (13 locales), chat for handoffs, and store presence on both App Store and Google Play.

React Native
TypeScript
Expo
Firebase
Geolocation
Barcode scanning
i18n (13 locales)
Push notifications

Frequently asked questions

What readers and booksellers ask most.

Get LetsRead — free

Join readers keeping physical books moving. Download and start browsing nearby.