Hear the book
while you read it.
Roman Reads reads the book out loud and highlights each word as it is spoken, so you can follow along and never lose your place. It is made for anyone who finds long books hard to finish, including readers with ADHD or dyslexia. We sell the printed books too.
How it helps
Listen and read together to keep your place, follow every word, and stay with the story.
A natural voice reads, and each word lights up as you hear it.
R1Our own AI voice
Any book, read out loud in340 voices.
R1 is our own AI narrator. It reads our audiobooks, and any book or PDF you upload, in 340 voices and 63 languages. Pick a voice you like and it reads you the whole book.
Calm, steady reading, the way a chapter begins.One character chatting to another, relaxed and friendly.A character shouting in anger, read by the same voice.
Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky
On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.
He had successfully avoided meeting his landlady on the staircase. His garret was under the roof of a high, five-storied house and was more like a cupboard than a room. The landlady who provided him with garret, dinners, and attendance, lived on the floor below, and every time he went out he was obliged to pass her kitchen, the door of which invariably stood open.
‘The loaf I’ll fetch you this very minute, but wouldn’t you rather have some cabbage soup instead of sausage? It’s capital soup, yesterday’s. I saved it for you yesterday, but you came in late. It’s fine soup.’
When the soup had been brought, and he had begun upon it, Nastasya sat down beside him on the sofa and began chatting. She was a country peasant-woman and a very talkative one.
‘Praskovya Pavlovna means to complain to the police about you,’ she said.
Taking no further notice of him, she walked towards the outer door to close it and uttered a sudden scream on seeing her husband on his knees in the doorway.
‘Ah!’ she cried out in a frenzy, ‘he has come back! The criminal! the monster! And where is the money? What’s in your pocket, show me! Where are your clothes? Where is the money! Speak!’
And she fell to searching him. Marmeladov submissively and obediently held up both arms to facilitate the search. Not a farthing was there.
NarrationPart One, Chapter IConversationPart One, Chapter IIIA raised voicePart One, Chapter II
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Narrator
Choose who reads itAdrian is readingSarah is readingSelene is readingAyesha is readingHamza is reading
Featured readers
See all 340 voicesThe samples are free. To hear a whole book in these voices, subscribe for $19.99 a month.
Translated by Constance Garnett, 1914
Follow every word. Each one lights up on the page as it is read.
Never lose your place. Stop any time, and it starts again from the same spot.
Use your own voice. Read out loud for twenty seconds, and the books you upload can be read back to you in your voice.
- 340voices
- 63languages
- 2voices free with an account
- $19.99a month for the other 338
R1Voice cloning
A voice you know,cloned by R1.
R1 can learn someone's voice from a short recording, then read anything in it. Here are two great voices of Urdu literature, used under licence. Play the real recording first, then hear R1 read the same lines.
Zia Mohyeddinضیا محی الدین1931–2023
Reading Faiz. R1 learned his voice from 64 seconds of audio that did not include these lines.
Jaun Eliaجون ایلیا1931–2002
Reading his own ghazal. R1 learned his voice from 111 seconds of audio.
Mujh se pahlī sī mohabbatHam ne wafā ke nām parFaiz Ahmed FaizJaun Elia
مجھ سے پہلی سی محبت مری محبوب نہ مانگ
mujh se pahlī sī mohabbat mirī mahbūb na māñg
میں نے سمجھا تھا کہ تو ہے تو درخشاں ہے حیات
maiñ ne samjhā thā ki tū hai to darakhshāñ hai hayāt
فیض احمد فیضFaiz Ahmed Faiz, 1911–1984
ہم نے وفا کے نام پر کارِ وفا نہیں کیا
ham ne wafā ke nām par kār-e-wafā nahīñ kiyā
خود کو ہلاک کر لیا، خود کو فدا نہیں کیا
khud ko halāk kar liyā, khud ko fidā nahīñ kiyā
جون ایلیاJaun Elia, 1931–2002
Original recordingZia MohyeddinJaun Elia
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Mujh se pahlī sī mohabbatHam ne wafā ke nām parFaiz Ahmed FaizJaun Elia
AI voice cloneR1, in his voiceR1, in his voice
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Your own voice
Clone yours in about a minute.
Record a short passage and one sentence, and any book you upload can be read to you in your own voice.
Demo voices used under licence. Full readings coming soon.
9 volumes · 7 writers
Every book, two ways:
on paper, and read out loud.
These are our best sellers: Russian novels, philosophy and modern classics. All of them are in stock and arrive in 1 to 2 days. Tap a book to see more.
- Crime and Punishment1866
- Poor Folk1846
- The Stranger1942
- The Trial1925
- The Little Prince1943
- Meditationsc. 180
- The 48 Laws of Power1998
- The House of the Dead1862
- 19841949
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment, 1866
Every writer,
in one place.
Every writer has a page about their life, their ideas and the books they wrote. From there you can read a book in its original words or a simpler version, listen to it, and ask the AI to explain any part you don't understand.
Your favourite books,read out loud.
Pick a book, pick a voice, and press play. The words light up on screen as they are read, and next time it starts from exactly where you stopped. Three audiobooks are free. The rest come with the subscription, $19.99 a month.
The app
Read and listen
on your phone.
Get the Roman Reads app on Google Play. The iPhone version is coming soon. All your books are in it: read them, listen to them, switch to a simpler version, or ask the AI about anything you don't understand.
