ScaleRead

ScaleRead gives you every book at 14 lengths — a 1-second line, a 30-second skim, a 5-minute overview, or a 15-minute deep read — so you decide how far to go today. Preview a book before you buy it, get the key ideas on a coffee break, or revisit one you read years ago. What's in the library 2,300+ book summaries: current bestsellers (NYT lists, BookTok picks, book-club favourites), business and self-improvement, fiction, young adult, and the classics. 380+ classics as complete ScaleRead editions — the full ebook and a full audiobook, readable and playable on the site and in the app, with reading position synced between them. AI-narrated summaries: any summary can be played as audio, with the voice and delivery matched to the book's genre. A free Daily Pick: one book fully open to everyone, changing every day. What makes it different Most summary apps give you one length per book. ScaleRead gives you fourteen, from the same source, so the 1-second and 15-minute versions agree with each other and you can step down or up without switching apps. And because the classics are published as full editions, it's a place to actually read the book, not only read about it. Who it's for Readers deciding what to pick up next, students working through a reading list, busy people who want the ideas from a book without a week of evenings, and anyone who wants to get back into reading with something short. Pricing Free account (no card): every summary length on 3 starter classics plus 2 books you choose, ebooks and audiobooks included, and the 30-second preview of every other book. Premium — $4.99/month or $49.99/year — opens the whole library, including AI narration on every book. One account works on the web and the iPhone app; an App Store subscription is honoured on the web and vice versa. Platforms scaleread.com and the ScaleRead app for iPhone (rated 5.0 on the App Store).