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Here's an excerpt from the article I am reading
([link](https://niseco.hatenablog.jp/entry/2015/08/19/%E8%AA%B0%E3%81%8C%E8%AA%AD%E3%82%93%E3%81%A7%E3%82%82%E9%96%93%E9%81%95%E3%81%84%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F%E9%9D%A2%E7%99%BD%E3%81%84%E3%81%8A%E3%81%99%E3%81%99%E3%82%81%E5%B0%8F%E8%AA%AC%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9)
to the article):

> あくまで私の個人的な評価ではありますが、この中からあなたのお気に入りの本がきっと見つかるはずですよ！また、
> **今回取り上げる本は文庫版がほとんどなので気軽に買って読んでもらえる作品ばかりです** 。

Last line is where I am stuck at. I understand it as,

' _Most of the books I am going to introduce this time are paperbacks which
can be casually bought and read anywhere_ '

What I don't understand is the もらえる at the end. Is it there only for
politeness or does it have any nuance ?

Would the last sentence make sense without the もらえる、

> **今回取り上げる本は文庫版がほとんどなので気軽に買って読める作品ばかりです。**
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grammar subsidiary-verbs giving-and-receiving
What does もらえる mean in this sentence ?
It's only for politeness.

It's OK if you do it or not.
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もらえる is the potential form of the [subsidiary-verb
もらう](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/308/5010). This もらう implies the
action of 読む is somehow beneficial to the speaker, i.e., the author of this
article would be happy if someone took a look at his review, bought the book
and read it. In this case, such a nuance is not essential, and it can be
safely omitted without largely changing the meaning. もらう itself has nothing to
do with keigo, but maybe the sentence would look slightly more friendly with
もらえる because of how it indicates a connection between the author and the
readers.
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