About HSKStory
HSKStory is a graded Chinese reader: 198+ multi-chapter stories across HSK 1–9, read aloud by native-speaker voices, with every word tappable. It runs in the browser and in the iPhone and Android apps. Three stories are free.
- Stories
- 198+
- Levels
- HSK 1–9
- Voices
- Luna and Kai
- Free
- 3 stories
- Apps
- iOS · Android
- Since
- 2026
Why I built HSKStory
Anthony · founder
I make HSKStory. I read Chinese every day, now at HSK 6, and answer every email myself.
You open a graded reader and it's about buying fruit at the market. Again. Or you try a real novel and understand every third word. There's nothing in between.
That was me at HSK 3. I could pass the test and I still couldn't read anything real. So in 2026 I started building the stories I wanted: slice of life, mystery, romance, sci-fi.
There are 198+ of them now, across all nine levels of HSK 3.0. That includes HSK 7–9, where graded stories are still hard to find.
Most of my time went into the Reader itself: audio that follows every word, pinyin only when you need it, no popups or clutter.
How a story gets made
- 1
Written for one level
Editors develop each story for one HSK level and check every word against the official HSK 3.0 lists.
- 2
Read aloud and synced
Luna and Kai, our native-speaker Mandarin voices, read every chapter, and the audio is synced word by word with the text.
- 3
New stories every week
Each one goes through the same level and audio checks before it reaches the library.