AI margin notes —every hard line explained
Great literature.
Made simple.
Still powerful.
Most people don’t finish the great books — the language gets in the way long before the story does. Read the original or a simplified edition in clear modern English, hear it read aloud, and let Hermes explain the hard lines in the margin. Hardcovers printed to order.
What Roman Reads Is
The great books — printed, read aloud, and explained in the margin.
Printed to order — ships in 1–2 weeks.
9 volumes · 7 writers
Every book, both ways —
in hardcover, and read aloud.
Our best sellers, best first — Russian novels, philosophy and modern classics, every one printed to order as a hardcover. Click a book to see its details.
- 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
Get to know the
writers you love.
Every one of them has a page: who they were, what happened to them, and every book they wrote — simplified, read aloud, and explained in the margin by Hermes, the built-in AI guide.
A hundred books,read aloud.
Choose a voice, press play, and pick up exactly where you left off — the text follows the narration, line by line. Three samples are free to play today; the full library arrives with the subscription, coming soon.
The app — coming soon
The whole library,
in your pocket.
The Roman Reads app is coming to iOS and Android. Carry the whole library with you — read or listen, original or simplified, with Hermes, the built-in AI guide, explaining any line, chapter, or book you ask about.
