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Read your first
book in French.
Today.

A book club in the language you're learning. Real novels at your level, fifteen minutes a day — starting at A0 and graduating you to paper books you read without Google Translate.

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Available in French · Spanish · Italian · German · Portuguese · Dutch · English

Modern Classics

Die Verwandlung

Franz Kafka

Letters

Letters to a young poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

Mythology

The Argonauts

Apollonius

Modern French

L'amour en éclats

M. Ferrand

Spanish Golden Age

Don Quijote

Cervantes

"First app I've stuck with past day 14."

r/languagelearning

"Comprehensible input, but with a real product around it."

Hacker News

"I'm actually reading Camus now. In French."

Quora

"Built like a craft, not a SaaS."

Indie Hackers

How it works

Thirty days with a book — read it, respond to it.

Pick a book

Browse our shelves. Modern classics, easy readers, mythology, plays, history. New books published monthly.

Read a passage every day

Adapted for your level. We'll catch the grammar — focus on the idea.

Write back

Each day ends with a question only you can answer. Your replies become a journal in your target language.

A day with Storica

Letter 8 of Letters to a Young Poet

First — read this passage

Sur la solitude · in French

Ce que je voudrais vous demander encore, cher monsieur, c'est de garder la patience devant tout l'irrésolu de votre cœur, et d'essayer d'aimer les questions elles-mêmes…

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Then — write back

" Écrivez sur une question qui vit en vous depuis longtemps — sans chercher la réponse. "

You write 80–120 words. Storica catches the grammar so you can focus on the idea. Your reply joins your journal in this language.

★ Real-time feedback ★ Vocab patterns tracked ★ No streaks

From readers

Plateaus break when you write back.

Existential

L'Étranger

Albert Camus

" I finished L'Étranger in 30 days. Real Camus, not a graded reader. I had to look words up but I never wanted to stop.

Marin K.

B1 → B2 · French · 4 books in

Spanish Classics

Lazarillo de Tormes

Anonymous, 1554

" After two years of Duolingo I could recognize Spanish but not produce it. After eight weeks of Storica I write 200 words a day without thinking.

Hannah W.

A2 → B1 · Spanish · 3 books in

Modern Classics

Die Verwandlung

Franz Kafka

" The hook at the end of each passage is the trick. You write because you actually have something to say back to the book.

Daniel O.

B2 → C1 · German · 6 books in

Why it works

Reading you can't fake.
Writing that's actually yours.

Languages stick when learners produce, not when they recognize. From A0 to paperback novels, Storica pairs comprehensible input with daily output — the loop research has pointed to for forty years. The end of the road: paper books, no translator, real conversation.

Read our methodology piece.

Vocab retention vs. flashcards +340%

Avg time from A0 to first paperback 5 mo

Readers who finish their first book 8 / 10

Languages

Seven languages — one method.

Each book is adapted to your target language and CEFR level. Same daily rhythm — passage, hook, write back.

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More coming

In the pipeline

Questions

The obvious ones first.

Duolingo trains recognition — you tap the right answer from a menu. Storica trains production — you read a real passage, then write your own response. The intermediate plateau breaks when you produce, not when you recognize.

Pricing

One price. The whole library.

Read your first book free. After that, $59.99 a year for everything we publish.

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✓One full book (30 days)

✓Daily passages & writing

✓Basic feedback

✓Saved journal

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✓New titles every month

✓Full feedback on every reply

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Read your first
book in French.
Today.

Thirty days with a book — read it, respond to it.

On the shelves this month.

Letter 8 of Letters to a Young Poet

Plateaus break when you write back.

Reading you can't fake.
Writing that's actually yours.

Seven languages — one method.

Notes on how we read.

The obvious ones first.

One price. The whole library.

Pick a book.
Start tomorrow.

Read your first book in French. Today.

Thirty days with a book — read it, respond to it.

On the shelves this month.

Letter 8 of Letters to a Young Poet

Plateaus break when you write back.

Reading you can't fake. Writing that's actually yours.

Seven languages — one method.

Notes on how we read.

The obvious ones first.

One price. The whole library.

Pick a book. Start tomorrow.

Join the reading club.

Read your first
book in French.
Today.

Reading you can't fake.
Writing that's actually yours.

Pick a book.
Start tomorrow.