Free LIT Reader
Open LIT Files Online

Upload your .lit file here. Microsoft Reader was discontinued and no current e-reader opens LIT natively, so a browser-based reader is usually the only way left to get at these books without converting them first.

LIT is Microsoft Reader's ebook format, used widely in the early 2000s. Microsoft retired the format, which is why LIT files often appear unopenable on modern machines.

Yes. Once the LIT file is parsed, ReadLoudly narrates it with any of 1200+ AI voices, with adjustable speed and saved listening position — the same experience as a modern EPUB.

No. ReadLoudly reads DRM-free LIT files directly. Conversion is only necessary if the file carries Microsoft Reader DRM, which must be removed by the rights holder before any reader can open it.

Yes. Reading and listening to LIT files is free, with no account required to start and no watermark on anything. Paid plans — Core at $5/month, Plus at $10/month, Pro at $19/month — raise the upload size limit, unlock all 1200+ AI voices, add MP3 downloads and offline listening, and remove ads.

Yes — LIT is fully supported on this page, and it is one of 24 formats ReadLoudly reads aloud: documents (PDF, DOCX, ODT, RTF), ebooks (EPUB, MOBI, AZW, FB2, CHM, LRF, LIT, PDB, RB), text and web files (TXT, HTML), comics (CBR, CBZ), and images (via OCR) (JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WEBP, TIFF, SVG). Upload an LIT file here and it opens straight away; any other format on that list has its own reader page.

Yes. This reader runs in the mobile browser on iOS and Android — nothing to install — so you can open an LIT file straight from your phone's Files app, an email attachment or a cloud drive. Playback continues in the background, and your position syncs to any other device you sign in on.

It is parsed to extract its text, then removed from the processing servers. ReadLoudly does not train models on your files, does not share them with third parties, and does not make them visible to anyone else. Signed-in users can choose to keep an LIT file in their own private library; a guest upload is discarded when the session ends.

LIT is Microsoft Reader's discontinued ebook format, which no modern e-reader opens natively. ReadLoudly opens it directly in the browser, so you do not need the original software that created it.

Every format gets its own reader page rather than being funnelled into one generic uploader, so nothing loses its format-specific handling. Nearest neighbours to LIT among ReadLoudly's ebooks: PDB, RB, EPUB, MOBI. The Tools page lists all of them.