diff --git a/VorleserKit/Sources/BookParser/EPUBParser.swift b/VorleserKit/Sources/BookParser/EPUBParser.swift
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+import Foundation
+import ZIPFoundation
+import SwiftSoup
+
+public enum EPUBParserError: Error, CustomStringConvertible {
+	case cannotOpenArchive(URL)
+	case missingContainerXML
+	case missingOPF(String)
+	case malformedOPF
+	case noSpineItems
+
+	public var description: String {
+		switch self {
+		case .cannotOpenArchive(let url): "cannot open EPUB archive at \(url.path)"
+		case .missingContainerXML: "missing META-INF/container.xml"
+		case .missingOPF(let path): "missing OPF file at \(path)"
+		case .malformedOPF: "malformed OPF (package document)"
+		case .noSpineItems: "EPUB has no spine items"
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+public struct EPUBParser {
+	public static func parse(url: URL) throws -> Book {
+		let archive: Archive
+		do {
+			archive = try Archive(url: url, accessMode: .read)
+		} catch {
+			throw EPUBParserError.cannotOpenArchive(url)
+		}
+
+		let opfPath = try findOPFPath(in: archive)
+		let opfDir = (opfPath as NSString).deletingLastPathComponent
+		let opfData = try extractData(from: archive, path: opfPath)
+		let (title, author, manifest, spine) = try parseOPF(data: opfData)
+
+		guard !spine.isEmpty else { throw EPUBParserError.noSpineItems }
+
+		var chapters: [Chapter] = []
+		for (index, itemRef) in spine.enumerated() {
+			guard let href = manifest[itemRef] else { continue }
+			let fullPath = opfDir.isEmpty ? href : "\(opfDir)/\(href)"
+
+			var chapterTitle: String
+			var chapterText: String
+			do {
+				let htmlData = try extractData(from: archive, path: fullPath)
+				let html = String(data: htmlData, encoding: .utf8) ?? ""
+				let doc = try SwiftSoup.parse(html)
+				chapterTitle = try doc.select("h1, h2, h3, title").first()?.text() ?? "Chapter \(index + 1)"
+				let body = try doc.body()?.text() ?? ""
+				chapterText = normalizeWhitespace(body)
+			} catch {
+				chapterTitle = "Chapter \(index + 1) (parse error)"
+				chapterText = ""
+			}
+
+			chapters.append(Chapter(index: index, title: chapterTitle, text: chapterText))
+		}
+
+		return Book(
+			title: title ?? url.deletingPathExtension().lastPathComponent,
+			author: author,
+			chapters: chapters
+		)
+	}
+
+	private static func findOPFPath(in archive: Archive) throws -> String {
+		let containerData = try extractData(from: archive, path: "META-INF/container.xml")
+		let parser = ContainerXMLParser(data: containerData)
+		guard let opfPath = parser.parse() else {
+			throw EPUBParserError.missingContainerXML
+		}
+		return opfPath
+	}
+
+	private static func parseOPF(data: Data) throws -> (title: String?, author: String?, manifest: [String: String], spine: [String]) {
+		let parser = OPFParser(data: data)
+		guard let result = parser.parse() else {
+			throw EPUBParserError.malformedOPF
+		}
+		return result
+	}
+
+	private static func extractData(from archive: Archive, path: String) throws -> Data {
+		guard let entry = archive[path] else {
+			throw EPUBParserError.missingOPF(path)
+		}
+		var data = Data()
+		_ = try archive.extract(entry) { chunk in
+			data.append(chunk)
+		}
+		return data
+	}
+
+	private static func normalizeWhitespace(_ text: String) -> String {
+		text.components(separatedBy: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+			.filter { !$0.isEmpty }
+			.joined(separator: " ")
+	}
+}
+
+// MARK: - XML Parsers
+
+private class ContainerXMLParser: NSObject, XMLParserDelegate {
+	private let data: Data
+	private var opfPath: String?
+
+	init(data: Data) {
+		self.data = data
+	}
+
+	func parse() -> String? {
+		let parser = XMLParser(data: data)
+		parser.delegate = self
+		parser.parse()
+		return opfPath
+	}
+
+	func parser(_ parser: XMLParser, didStartElement element: String, namespaceURI: String?,
+	            qualifiedName: String?, attributes: [String: String]) {
+		if element == "rootfile", let path = attributes["full-path"] {
+			opfPath = path
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+private class OPFParser: NSObject, XMLParserDelegate {
+	private let data: Data
+	private var title: String?
+	private var author: String?
+	private var manifest: [String: String] = [:]
+	private var spine: [String] = []
+	private var currentElement = ""
+	private var currentText = ""
+	private var inMetadata = false
+
+	init(data: Data) {
+		self.data = data
+	}
+
+	func parse() -> (String?, String?, [String: String], [String])? {
+		let parser = XMLParser(data: data)
+		parser.delegate = self
+		parser.parse()
+		return (title, author, manifest, spine)
+	}
+
+	func parser(_ parser: XMLParser, didStartElement element: String, namespaceURI: String?,
+	            qualifiedName: String?, attributes: [String: String]) {
+		let localName = element.components(separatedBy: ":").last ?? element
+		currentElement = localName
+		currentText = ""
+
+		switch localName {
+		case "metadata":
+			inMetadata = true
+		case "item":
+			if let id = attributes["id"], let href = attributes["href"] {
+				manifest[id] = href
+			}
+		case "itemref":
+			if let idref = attributes["idref"] {
+				spine.append(idref)
+			}
+		default:
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	func parser(_ parser: XMLParser, foundCharacters string: String) {
+		currentText += string
+	}
+
+	func parser(_ parser: XMLParser, didEndElement element: String, namespaceURI: String?,
+	            qualifiedName: String?) {
+		let localName = element.components(separatedBy: ":").last ?? element
+		if inMetadata {
+			let trimmed = currentText.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+			if localName == "title" && title == nil && !trimmed.isEmpty {
+				title = trimmed
+			} else if localName == "creator" && author == nil && !trimmed.isEmpty {
+				author = trimmed
+			} else if localName == "metadata" {
+				inMetadata = false
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/VorleserKit/Tests/BookParserTests/EPUBParserTests.swift b/VorleserKit/Tests/BookParserTests/EPUBParserTests.swift
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+import Testing
+import Foundation
+@testable import BookParser
+
+@Suite("EPUBParser")
+struct EPUBParserTests {
+	let fixtureURL: URL = {
+		Bundle.module.url(forResource: "test", withExtension: "epub", subdirectory: "Fixtures")!
+	}()
+
+	@Test func parsesTestEPUB() throws {
+		let book = try EPUBParser.parse(url: fixtureURL)
+		#expect(book.chapters.count == 2)
+		#expect(book.chapters[0].title == "Chapter One")
+		#expect(book.chapters[0].text.contains("first chapter"))
+		#expect(book.chapters[1].title == "Chapter Two")
+	}
+
+	@Test func extractsTitle() throws {
+		let book = try EPUBParser.parse(url: fixtureURL)
+		#expect(!book.title.isEmpty)
+	}
+
+	@Test func throwsOnInvalidFile() {
+		let badURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/tmp/nonexistent.epub")
+		#expect(throws: EPUBParserError.self) {
+			try EPUBParser.parse(url: badURL)
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test func chaptersHaveSequentialIndices() throws {
+		let book = try EPUBParser.parse(url: fixtureURL)
+		for (i, chapter) in book.chapters.enumerated() {
+			#expect(chapter.index == i)
+		}
+	}
+}
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