Top 10 FB2 readers

October 21, 2023 | Editor:
These reading apps allow to open and read FB2 books. FB2 (FictionBook) is an open XML-based e-book format which originated and gained popularity in Russia. FB2 is supported by most readers on PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS and even on Windows Phone, Symbian and Blackberry. There are also some cloud services that allow to read FB2 books online.
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iOSAndroidWindows PCMac OSLinux
FBReader is an free eBook reader that supports numerous file formats like ePub, fb2, plucker, HTML, plain text, doc and more. You can also add multiple books at once in an archived format (tar, zip, gzip, bzip2). It supports embedded images, footnotes, hyperlinks, text search and full screen reading. It also has automatic bookmarking so that you don’t lose your place when closing a book.
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Windows PC
AlfaReader is a lightweight and fast ebook reader Ideal for reading electronic magazines, student textbooks, medical, scientific, technical books, illustrated books for kids. Includers built-in audiobook player
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Android
Read tens of thousands of books for free, supports multiple online book sites. Read local books for nice experience with real-time smooth scroll and tons of innovation functions. Supports txt, html, epub, pdf, mobi, umd, fb2, chm, cbr, cbz, rar, zip or OPDS
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Windows PC
Discover free EPUB reader for Windows that transforms your screen into a top-notch ebook reader. Read ebooks in EPUB, MOBI, FB2, CBR and other popular formats. Easily manage a digital library on your PC with Icecream Ebook Reader. Track reading progress, add notes, translate text, use bookmarks, and more. Provides text to speech function.
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iOS
i2Reader is an innovative and award-winning eBook reader. Support of EPUB, PDF, RTF, HTML, FB2, DOC and plain text formats. One-way built-in Web server to upload books and dictionaries from your computer. Custom-made PDF rendering engine that reformats the text from PDFs for easier reading on the iPhone screen.
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Android
EBookDroid is a highly customizable document viewer for Android. EBookDroid supports the following ebook and document formats: DjVU, PDF, XPS (OpenXPS), FictionBook (fb2 and fb2.zip), Comics Book formats (cbr and cbz), plus - starting with version 2.0 - EPUB and RTF. EBookDroid 2.0 provides the following extra tools: Text selection and external dictionary support. Text highlighting. Free-hand annotations. Text notes and page notebooks.
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Android
CoolReader - an open-source program for reading electronic books in a variety of formats for Windows and Linux. There are also versions for OS Android and e-reading devices (LBook, PocketBook)
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Android
Book reader compatible with Android. Read formats: fb2, fbz, txt, epub, html, doc, docx, odt, rtf, mobi, prc (PalmDoc), tcr. Supported ZIP and GZ archives. It is possible to specify an encoding of reading file (include 932, 936, 949, 950 code page). Local library. The selection of authors, series, title, publication year, genre. Supported interface languages: russian, english, german, greek, ukrainian, belarusian. Fb2 and TXT file editing. If a file is in an archive, edited file is unpacked to the same directory as the original one.
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Online
Free eBook Reader. Read EPUB, DJVU, TXT, FB2, DOCX, RTF, PDF, CBR, CB7, CBZ, CBC, AZW3, MOBI eBook online. Easy ebook navigation. Fast and powerful eBook reader with a clean user interface
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AndroidLinux
KOReader is a document viewer for E Ink devices. Supported fileformats include EPUB, PDF, DjVu, XPS, CBT, CBZ, FB2, PDB, TXT, HTML, RTF, CHM, DOC, MOBI and ZIP files. It’s available for Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, Android and desktop Linux.
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Android
Librera Reader is a highly customizable and feature-rich application for reading books in PDF, EPUB, MOBI, DjVu, FB2, TXT, RTF, AZW, AZW3, HTML, CBZ, CBR formats on Android devices. With its intuitive, yet powerful, interface, Librera makes ebook reading a veritable pleasure. It even features a unique auto-scrolling, hands-free Musician’s mode. As of today, it can boast more than 10 million downloads to devices running all flavors of Android OS.
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iOS
Not only an eBooks, Comics reader but also a tons-of-free-ebook-downloader, with dictionary inside for you to studies languages.
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Linux
A simple, focused eBook reader for Linux. Read the books you love without having to worry about different format complexities like epub, pdf, mobi, cbr, etc.
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Android
ReadEra is an Android application for reading books and viewing documents, free and without ads. Open and read book files in EPUB, FB2, PDF, DJVU, MOBI, DOC, RTF, TXT and CHM formats. Automatically detects and displays the list of all supported documents on your device, Identifies duplicate files. Support for a table of contents, bookmarks, visual styles. Automatically saves the current reading position, even if the files are moved or temporarily deleted.
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Android
eReader Prestigio: Book Reader is a multi lingual, multi format text and audio books reading app. Intuitive interface in over 25 languages and an in app store library with over 50,000 text (for children and adults) books and Text-To-Speech (read along) functionality.
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Windows PCMac OSLinux
Okular is a universal book viewer based on KPDF for KDE 4. This means Okular works on multiple platforms, including but not limited to Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, *BSD, etc. Okular combines the excellent functionalities of KPDF with the versatility of supporting different kind of documents, like PDF, Postscript, DjVu, CHM, XPS, ePub and others.
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iOS
iBouquiniste is an ebook reader like none you've seen before. This app supports FB2, EPUB and TXT formats and offers adjustable fonts, paragraph indents, paper type and more. iBouquiniste gives you a reading experience that's as close as you can get to reading a real book, and it even lets you share your favorite books via email. Click "...More" to learn why you should download this App today!
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Fiction Book Reader is an application for reading e-book on Windows Phone 7 devices. A distinctive peculiarity of the app is pleasant design and ease of use of the rich app functionality. Our goal is to create the best application for reading book on WP7. Features: Support SkyDrive, Dropbox, OPDS catalogs and SD card for book downloads, Support fb2, epub (without DRM), mobi (without DRM) and txt formats, Automatic word wrapping (optional).
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AndroidWindows PC
Freda is a free program for reading electronic books (ebooks) on Windows and Android. On Windows, it's a Universal App, which means it runs equally well on your desktop PC or tablet PC, and on your Windows Mobile phone. On Android, it works on any phone or tablet running Jellybean, Kitkat or any more recent version of the operating system.
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iOS
ShortBook is an electronic book reader using unique capabilities of your iPhone. It has everything that is necessary for comfortable reading of books in fb2 format: contents, figures, footnotes and unique text makeup. Handy interface allows finding books quickly and reading them with comfort. Night reading mode will reduce discomfort for those who suffer from sleeplessness and Quick Bookmark function will ensure free browsing through a book. Book downloading is available via Wi-Fi being handily implemented through the web browser. For your further comfort there are options of choosing font, its size and other settings.
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Windows PCMac OSLinux
FB2Reader for Google Chrome allows you to read FB2 books right in the browser. The books that you add to the reader are stored in the internal browser repository, so the reader doesn't require internet.