What problem does ReadOriginal solve?
For most language learners, reading English books without a dictionary seems like a distant dream, years of study away. With Readoriginal, you master the language while you read, starting now .
Reading with full comprehension requires understanding of at least 98% of the words in a text (e.g., children comfortably read books with 3-4 unknown words per page). Achieving this across ALL books requires a massive vocabulary – around 9,000 words. However, for a ONE book, you need to learn far fewer – sometimes just a few dozen key words.
ReadOriginal helps you build an ideal chain of books, selecting words that work for both your current book and the ones that follow. Each story becomes a stepping stone to the next, leaving only a small handful of new words to learn in between—so you can read with practically no interruption.
How it works
Vocabulary Match Indicator
Each book has a clear, color-coded indicator showing the percentage of words you already know and the number of top words to learn to reach your desired level of comprehension (98%+). One click and you have the word list ready!
Book Finder
Explore a vast library of popular English books, instantly analyzed and sorted by how well they fit your current vocabulary. Actually, you can analyze any text, even movie subtitles!
Bookshelf
Peek into the future! The Bookshelf shows how words from one book pave the way for the next. You can build a strategy where books and words are selected with the future in mind, ensuring the number of new words to learn from book to book always stays small.
Personalized Flashcards
Choose definitions and examples in a dictionary and in two clicks turn them into Anki flashcards!
Full Immersion
We follow best practices: using monolingual dictionaries and reading with full immersion. Even the interface is English-only. It’s the best way to stop translating in your head and start thinking in English.
It's closer than you think! Select a book, learn the key words for the first pages, and start reading today!