A reading companion for great novels
Read closely. Remember everything. Never be spoiled.
Before each chapter, ChapterAlly tells you what to notice. After it, a lecturer’s close reading, two questions and a hook into the next. It never gets a word ahead of your page.
Takes two minutes. Your first chapter is free.
Before you read
Norwegian Wood · Prologue · Hamburg, 1987
- Notice 01Notice the narrator’s age, and how far back he is reaching.
- Notice 02Listen for the song, the Beatles’ ‘Norwegian Wood.’ Ask why this one melody, of all things, can undo a grown man in an airplane seat.
A library worth reading slowly.
Classics and modern favourites, each prepared chapter by chapter and checked for spoilers before it reaches the shelf.
How it works
One chapter, start to finish.
Every chapter runs the same calm loop. Here it is on the first chapter of 1984.
- 01
Before you read
The Brief: two or three things to notice. A hunt, not homework.
Notice 01Watch the telescreen and the posters. Notice that the screen receives as well as transmits, that it cannot be turned off, and that Big Brother’s eyes seem to follow Winston.
- 02
Read
In your own copy, at your own pace. Mark a moment or leave a prediction in the margin.
Moment marked: the telescreen can’t be switched off.
- 03
After you read
A lecturer’s close reading you can read or listen to, plus two questions and what you unlocked.
The lecturer’s take
Opens when you finish the chapter - 04
The hook
One line that closes the chapter and pulls you into the next.
Chapter two is ready when you are.
A scene for every chapter.
Illustrated books open with a plate for the Foreword and add a new scene for each chapter you close, all in one hand-printed style.
The Companion
It knows exactly where you are.
Ask about a character, a symbol, a line that puzzled you. The Companion answers with everything up to your chapter and nothing past it. Characters, motifs and the field guide fill in as you read, never before.
Is Boo Radley even real?
That’s further along than you’ve read, so I won’t say. What chapter one does show is where the children’s ‘facts’ about him come from: gossip, dares and imagination. Hold on to that; the whole town runs on the same fuel.
Your reading life
Read your way to a title.
Close chapters, spot motifs, keep lines and make predictions. Points add up to titles, starting at Reader and climbing to Scholar of Small Things. Every book has badges of its own too.
Level 1
Reader
0 pts
Level 2
Close Reader
120 pts
Level 4
Marginalian
550 pts
Level 7
Scholar of Small Things
2100 pts
ChapterAlly Plus
Start for $19.99. Finish the book.
Three months of every book, every chapter and the Companion for $19.99, then $59.99 every three months until you cancel. The price is on the button, and so is the renewal.
Today
Pay $19.99. Every book, every chapter and the Companion open.
Your first 3 months
Read one book to the last page, then the next. Cancel any time from your account.
After 3 months
Your plan renews at $59.99 every 3 months until you cancel.
The whole shelf, and every book we add to it. Each chapter is checked for spoilers before it reaches you.
3 months
$19.99first 3 months
Then $59.99 every 3 months. Cancel any time.
12 months
$49.99first year
Then $109.99 every year, about $9.17 a month. Cancel any time.
1 month
$10.99first month
Then $19.99 every month. Cancel any time.
Every plan renews automatically at its regular price until you cancel from your account. Introductory prices are for new subscribers.
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Free and Plus, side by side
| What you get | Free | Plus |
|---|---|---|
| The Brief before each chapter | Chapter one | Every chapter |
| The lecturer’s take and two questions | Chapter one | Every chapter |
| Characters, motifs and lines, as you meet them | Chapter one | Every chapter |
| Ask the Companion anything, spoiler-safe | — | |
| Every book in the library, and each new one | — | |
| Progress on every device |
Questions
Is it really spoiler-free?
Yes. Everything ChapterAlly shows you stops at the chapter you’re on: the briefs, the lecturer’s take, the characters, even the Companion’s answers. It can’t read ahead, so neither do you.
Do I need my own copy of the book?
Yes. ChapterAlly doesn’t include the books themselves. You read your own paperback, e-book or audiobook, and ChapterAlly reads alongside you.
What’s free?
The first chapter of the first book you start, with its Brief, the lecturer’s take and the questions. That’s enough to see how it works before you decide.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes, it works in any browser on any device. Your progress is saved to your account, so it’s there wherever you sign in.
How do I cancel?
Anytime, from your account page. You keep Plus until the end of the period you’ve paid for, and nothing renews after that.
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