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Introduction
This is a listing of 260 sites that legally offer free books (eBooks) for download or for online viewing.
Some time ago I went looking for some free eBooks and was surprised to find that there are many
resources for this. I decided to put together this list of sites that offer free eBooks as a reference.
Since there are so many, I was not able to check each one out thoroughly. So comments from you on
any of these sites would be appreciated and added to the comments in the article.
I have tried to make certain that all of the eBooks at these sites are legally available for
viewing/downloading. However, it is possible that I have made a mistake. If you suspect any of these
sites of illegally offering copyrighted materials, then please let me know.
Putting this together was exhausting, but the list is not exhaustive, so I encourage you to post any sites
that you know of that are not listed here.
The listing here is in alphabetical order. Given the size of this list now, it may be easier to search by
genre. I have set up 14 pages here of different genres. If you do not see one that covers your
interests, let me know and I may be able to put one together.
I have also put together a listing of sites that offer free and legal audio books at
Listing by Genre - Links to pages here for different book genres (14)
Online Local Libraries -These sites have links to local libraries which have much content for
members
Alphabetical Listing
1RomanceEBooks offers 27 free books from their romance collection for download in a variety of
formats. These are not public domain offerings, but some of their usual offerings made available for
free.
2020k Large collection, divided into categories and sub-categories for download in a variety of formats.
Note: Many of the links to the Internet Archive from this site are not working.
AdaIC.org has several free books on Ada as well as textbooks and tutorials on Ada.
AllBooksFree A small, but unique, listing of free fiction ebooks, available for download, mostly in pdf.
AllPDFBooks has a good sized collection of books available in biology, chemistry, physics,
computer, magic and hindi kahaniyan, for download in pdf. Suggested by an anonymous user.
AllRomanceBooks lists 169 free romance ebooks for download. Registration is required. I noticed
that there appeared to be the 1RomanceEBooks and eHarlequin listings shown there, as well as quite a
few others. Again, these are not public domain, but the free offerings of current publishers.
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American Mathematical Society has a pretty complete listing of books involving mathematics.
Arthur's Classic Novels - Over 4000 novels covering a great variety of topics, nicely separated into
categories and "best" lists. Some very interesting entries here. Available for online viewing.
Ask Sam - A small collection of classics, including Shakespeare, and legal, resource and government
texts.
AssociatedContent has several cookbooks available for download in pdf. Most are short and specific
(muffin recipes etc.), but the Chocolate recipe book is over 600 pages and the Blue Ribbon recipes are
over 400 pages.
AstrologyWeekly 10 books for online reading and about 30 for download. All on astrology.
Authorama offers a few hundred books, searchable by author, for online viewing.
BABBooks is a children's site that has 25 free illustrated books available for online reading or
listening.
Baen Free Library - A small library of downloadable science fiction novels in a variety of formats.
BaenCD - A small collection of science fiction books from Baen's promotional CDs. They are
downloadable in a variety of formats as well as viewable online.
Baldwin Online Children's Projects 520 classic children's books in a variety of genres for online
viewing.
BBC (Dr. Who) for those who like Dr. Who, this is a collection of 8 books for online reading or
download in a choice of 3 formats
Beenleigh State School of Queensland, Australia has a large collection of children stories to read
online with audio built in.
Bibliomania - Over 2,000 classic novels, study guides, biographies and more. HTML only.
BlackMaskFiction offers 20 or so free detective stories that were originally published in magazines
during 1925 to 1939 for download in pdf.
BookBoon offers a number of free textbooks on computer programing and other subjects for download
in pdf. These are legal textbooks written for BookBoon which contain some ads within the books.
Book-bot 14,571 books available for online viewing in their easy to view reader. Very nice find by
fellow editor Rhiannon.
BookBox is a children's site that has about 20 free books available for download in pdf (as a single
page) and MP3. Also free games and coloring books.
BookGlutton is a collection of 1200+ books for online reading with the added feature of groups
available for discussion of the readings. Nice combination of reading and socializing. Suggested by an
anonymous poster.
BookPop is another children's site that has a number of illustrated books free for online reading.
There are also some coloring pages for download. There are supposed to be music and story downloads,
but I kept getting an error when trying to reach those.
BookRags - Small collection of free with many paid. Hard to find the free ones. Available in Word or
PDF.
BooksShouldBeFree While primarily a good sized collection of audio books, each of the books is
available for online reading or for download in text.
Bookstacks is a small collection (100+) of classic works available for online viewing, with many also
available in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Reader versions. Nicely set up.
Bored.com has over 15,000 books available for online viewing. Nicely divided into a good variety of
categories.
BritishLibrary has a virtual books section with a small, but interesting, collection for online
viewing.
BrowzerBooks has an interesting collection of novels in a wide variety of genres (check bottom
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of page for links to genres) either available for online reading or download in pdf.
BucaroTecHelp has an interesting collection of free business books available for download in pdf.
These deal with internet business for the most part. You do have to view their news feed to be able to
download, but registration is not necessary.
ByGosh offers a small collection of very nicely illustrated classics for younger children and older
children. Also some short stories. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
CandlelightStories has a good number of stories from the Arabian nights collection as well as other
story books available for online reading.
CBeebies is a BBC site that offers a good number of free stories, in flash, for online reading and
listening. Also, has games, music and coloring books.
ChestofBooks Large collection, divided into categories, for online viewing. Nice collection.
Children's Books Online is an excellent collection (600+) of illustrated antique children's books for
viewing online. They are also available for download at a fee. This little gem was suggested by an
anonymous poster.
ChildrenStory a children site that offers a nice collection of fairy tales for online viewing as well
as Bible stories and coloring books.
Classic Authors.net contains the works of over a hundred authors (and short biography for each), with
a varying number of works per author. Online viewing only.
Classic Book Library is a small collection (100+) of classic works arranged by genre. Online viewing
only.
Classic Book Shelf Electronic Library offers the works of 50+ authors in varying amounts. Online
viewing only.
Classic Literature Library Decent size collection that has complete works of a small variety of authors
and works of others and a nice children's section available for online viewing.
Classic Reader offers thousands of free classic books for online viewing.
ComputerBooks.us larger collection, sub categorized and available for download in pdf
CougarWebWorks has several of the works of Nowick Gray available for free download in pdf.
CrankyLibrarian 3011 books by 752 authors available for online viewing. Complete works of several
authors and some interesting categories.
CrapHound has a few works of Cory Doctrow available for free download.
CreativeHomemaking has a number of free cookbooks available for download in pdf. Some
interesting entries here, including "How to Make a Gingerbread House".
DailyLit - Read books online by daily email or RSS feed. Over 700 titles.
Developnew a good collection of free computer software books available for reading online.
Diesel eBooks - Offers 750+ ebooks formatted for Microsoft Reader and MobiPocket.
DigitalLibraryofIndia has a large collection of works available in several formats for online
viewing or download. Sorted by title.
DivineLifeSociety over 200 books on Yoga, religion and philosophy available in pdf or HTML
DLTK-Teach offers free printable children's books. Most are geared towards pre-schoolers,
including a set on the alphabet, but there are some stories for older children also. Suggested by
Cathy of PuzzlEd.
DominicGreen offers 4 of his science fiction novels for free reading online.
DoverCentreBooks has a very large collection of links to free online cookbooks, horror stories,
meditation, spiritualism and fables.. They are sorted alphabetically and since they are to a variety of
download sites, the availability of online viewing and download formats vary.
DragonBytes Nice collection of horror novels available for online viewing. Separate section for
Vampire novels.
DuncanLongPublications offers several works for free online viewing. Generally, a pdf download
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Earthbound The 5 book science fiction series of Earthbound available for download in lit .pdb .pdf .txt .rtf.
EasyMediaBroadcast offers a nice size collection of mostly classical works for download in TK3. You must use the
TK3 reader, available for free at the site, for these books. Books are sorted by author and title.
eBookLobby - Small, but interesting and unique, collection divided into 13 categories
E-Books Directory 944 books in 344 categories available for download in varying formats.
eBooksforYoungReaders offers a large collection of free books for download nicely categorized into
reading levels.
eBooksJustPublished Interesting collection of DRM free eBooks listed daily. Most are free.
eBookNook A good number of stories, mostly romance, but some children and vampire stories
available for online reading.
eBookPlanet has an interesting and unique collection of works in 12 categories available for
download in pdf. Suggested by an anonymous user.
eBooksRead Over 41,000 books available for download in pdf or text. Search by author or title
eduplace offers 14 "leveled" books for children for online reading or printing.
eHarlequin offers 17 free romance novels for download in several different format options. These are
not public domain novels, but some of Harlequin's usual offerings.
EldritchPress has a good sized collection of public domain works with some unique
categorization.
eReader.com has a small collection of free ebooks for download, but a couple interesting entries.
Registration required.
eServer Technical Communications has 875 works in its software section and 161 in its web design
section (although a number were no longer available) as well as some articles in its other sections.
eText.lib The University of Virginia online library has a large collection of works available for online
viewing (some are available in Microsoft Reader). Even though a good number are limited to UVA
students and staff, there is still a good amount of interesting material available to the general public.
Suggested by poster mike dutch.
EveryonesReading is offering 10 free romance novels for download in several formats. These are one
book from each of their series and are being offered to celebrate their first anniversary (so they may
not be there long).
FableLibrary has an interesting and unique collection of childrens works. Most are available for
viewing online, including some flash versions. But a few are available for download. Suggested by
Cathy of PuzzlEd.
Federal Citizen Information Center offers informational booklets on a great variety of subjects.
Many are free and most of the paid ones are available for a free download. Suggested by an
anonymous poster
Fiction eBooks is a interesting small collection of works of fiction (including some Beatrix Potter
illustrated childrens books) as well as some books for writers and works philosophy and sociology.
Online viewing only.
FictionPress is a growing network over 1 million writers/readers, and home to over 1,200,000
original works by unsigned authors.
FictionWise has 35 books available for free download in a great variety of formats. Most are the usual
classics available elsewhere, but there are a couple of unusual ones and a few reference books that
might be interesting. Registration is required.
FindingFreeeBooks has links to free book offerings posted. Also worth checking out the limited time
offers section. This is a nice spot to check as there are unique entries here.
FloridaDisaster.org offers three books on hazardous weather for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade readers
in download in pdf.
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FreeBookSpot - 5,000 free eBooks downloadable in 96 categories available for download in a number
of different formats. Suggested by devinathann.
FreeBooks4Doctors Over 650 works (in varying languages) dealing with medical matters. Available
in pdf download.
FreeeBooksCanada has a large listing of free books available for download in pdf. Very
interesting collection worth checking out.
FreeBooksforAll A fairly large collection of non-fiction books available for download (mostly in pdf)
FreeComputer Books - Free computer, math, technical books and lecture notes
FreeeBookDownloadLinks has a very nice size collection of links to free computer science books
online. Download options vary as these are links to other sites.
Free eBooks Net - Free books and resources for authors. Also magazines
FreeOnlineBooks offers over 5,000 free books, mostly classics, for online viewing. Works may be
searched by author, title, keyword, reading level and 15 genres. You can adjust the page width and
font size and style. Registration is not necessary, but free registration allows some extra features.
FreeOnlineBookstore has a good number of links to free books in a wide variety of categories.
The most engineering and electrical engineering books I have seen listed at a site. But they also have
works in about 15 other categories. Since most link off site, the options for downloading/viewing vary.
Free Online Novels Interesting collection for online viewing. Several hundred novels separated into
categories.
FreeQuickRecipes 3 cookbooks available for download in pdf and a large amount of recipes for online
viewing as well as other information on kitchen and diet
FreeRead a bibliography of Australian writers who died before 1955, with links to a good number of
them for download or viewing.
FreeRomanceFiction offers 5 free works available for download in pdf. These are in their
Holiday, Paranormal, Erotic and historical subsections. There may be works added in the future.
Free SF Online over 2,000 links to science fiction books for reading online
FreeSFReader Collection of links for mostly science fiction, fantasy and horror novels and short stories,
but also some other genres
FreeTechBooks - Computer science and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes.
GenieBooks offers 15 books for younger readers for download in PowerPoint. Has not been updated in
a while, but links still work. Sponsored by University of Auburn. PowerPoint can be read with the free
Open Office.
Giraffian offers a nice collection of books for pre-schoolers, covering the alphabet, numbers colors
and other topics. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
Globusz - A place for new authors to post their work and for readers to check them out for free.
GoldenGems a collection of little golden books and other illustrated books for children for online
viewing and saving as jpg.
Google Book Search - Good selection of free ebooks available in a variety of categories.
Gutenberg - Over 25,000 books for download there and over 100,000 available through their affiliates.
HANDebooks has 15 public domain classics available for download in Plucker or eReader.
HeritageAuctionGalleries offers two works of James L. Halperin, The First Immortal and The
Truth Machine, for free download in MS Word.
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Heygidday Thousands of works in a great variety of categories available for download in pdf (zipped).
HorrorMasters 2100 classic horror novels available for download in pdf, plus links to horror novels at
other sites.
HowTo offers around 150 free "how to" ebooks on a wide variety of topics. Suggested by an
anonymous poster.
Infomotions - 14,000 listings from full classic novels to Western philosophy. HTML only.
Ink.Imagedjinn has a nice collection of short fairy tales, a couple of myth stories and the book
Pinocchio available for online viewing. A site for children.
InklessTales offers 15 children stories for online viewing as well as games, poems and activities.
In-Tech offers 80 full length books for free download in pdf (zipped). Large selection on the topic
of robotics. There are also about 2000 journal articles available here for free.
Internet Sacred Text Archive very interesting and large collection of books on religion, mythology,
folklore and the esoteric available for online viewing.
Islaam Pure & Clear around 50 Islamic books for reading or download
JamesDunavant offers his book, The Keepers of Forever, for download in HTML. or online
viewing. A download compatible with Palm Pilot is also available.
JeffInlo offers his book, Alien Cradle, for download in a large variety of formats and for online
reading.
Jody Kihara has made two of her books for children available for free download in PDF and apparently
more freebies are forthcoming.
JuliaCarda offers her novel, Portal to Peace, for free download in pdf at her website.
Kellscraft Studio Around 250 books available for online viewing. Kellscraft lists out of print, public
domain novels, most published prior to 1923. Searchable by title, author and topic.
KiddoTime is a site for those learning to read. It has phonics, word, music and puzzle games.
Suggested by Sefi.
KidsAudioBooks has 12 classic books for children for download in pdf. Most are available
elsewhere, but there is one unique entry. Also a good collection of audio books and some coloring
books. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
KidsKnowIt is not a book site, but it does have a lot of reading for children, along with
educational puzzles and games.
KidsNurseryRhymes a British site featuring over 1200 nursery rhymes for online viewing. Also has
sing along rhymes (must have midi player-available there) and some nursery rhyme disco recordings
available for download in MP3.
Knowledgerush has a good sized collection separated into about 30 categories. Nice children and
Mystery sections, among others.
LearningPage has a series (38) of printable "Tommy" story books suitable for about
8-10-year-olds, plus some other printable books, for free. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
Librivox Although mostly know for its excellent collection of audio books. A poster named Les has
pointed out that they also have links to online viewing sites for all of its large collection of audio books
and also download links.
LilFingers Storybooks Small collection of books for very young children for reading and being read to.
Linux Online Around 25 Linux, open source and programing, books for download or reading
Listverse has a interesting top ten list (though there are 11 entries) of free sci fi books on the web.
Literarium has a small collection of classic works available for online viewing. A nice collection of
Sherlock Holmes, some interesting historical documents and a few unique classic works.
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LiteratureMaster has thousands of ebooks in a wide variety of categories available for online
viewing.
LiteratureNetwork has over 1900 full books and over 3000 short stories and poems by over 250
authors available for online reading. Searchable by author and they have a few unusual ones.
Luisa Green offers 3 of her romance ebooks for free download in pdf.
Magickeys small, but interesting, and unusual, collection of childrens books for online viewing.
MagickSpells is a collection of books on astrology, magic and mythology for free viewing online.
Maria'sCouzina has 3 free cookbooks available for download in pdf. Two of the books are Greek
recipes an the other is world cuisine. These appear to be shortened versions of the full cookbook, but
still have some interesting entries and information.
MeatBook has an online cookbook image of the Ground Meat Cookbook available for online
viewing.
MedLine Plus is a great, trustworthy site for general health information, including tutorials, clinical
trial updates and the latest news in medicine. You can also find plenty of books, including some
intended for children.
MicrosoftReader has links to free works at the University of Virginia and the University of
Oregon. Between those two sites, there is a large number of works available for download.
Mises Institute Several hundred books, mostly on economics (and from a libertarian point of view)
available for download as pdf. Some unique entries here. Suggested by poster, Bill Starr.
MIT Internet Classics Archive - Over 400 works of classical literature available for download.
MIT OpenCourseWare offers a large selection of business courses in its Sloan School of Management
section.
MobiPocket over 10,000 works, in a variety of categories, available for download in MOBI.
Molwick Small collection of scientific and educational books available for download in pdf
MusicalTales offers "Helena and the Orchestra of the World of Mist" as a download in text, video,
soundtrack or audiobook.
Nancy'sKitchen has a nice size collection of small cookbooks available for free download in pdf.
NetLibrary - Small selection of free. But annual membership is only $8.95 for over 500,000 works.
NewFreeBooks has links to free ebooks covered by copyright, but still available legally (most
times direct from the author's site. Excellent source for newer works.
OnlineBooks4free large collection of links to other sites for online viewing or download. Nicely
categorized.
Online Books Page from the University of Pennsylvania is a listing of over 30,000 free books on the
web. Mostly this references to other sites, but they do have the Gutenberg listings available for
download as well as some interesting special exhibits.
Online Library of Liberty hosts over an interesting collection of over 1,100 books available for online
viewing and also for download.
OnlineSapiens has a small collection for online viewing, but a few unique entries worth a look.
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PalaceofAmino has the 9 book "Bounty Hunter" series available for free download in pdf.
Payton Lee offers 17 of her romance works and several short stories for download in pdf. The
downloads are at LuLu, which supposedly requires registration to download, but I was able to download
and did not have to register.
PDFFreeBooks Small collection of children's books and two rare books on Syriac grammar and Arabic-
English lexicon. Available for download in PDF or DJVU.
PennLibraries has several special collections for online viewing, including a Celebration of
Women Writers and the verity.library.upenn.edu/search97cgi/s97_cgi
PerseusDigitalLibrary - A large collection of classical texts broken down to time period written.
ProgrammingeBooks has a very nice collection of downloads and links for a wide variety of
programming languages.
Project Gutenberg Australia over 1600 novels and an assortment of other works available in varying
ways, including test, pdf and online viewing
PsychClassics has 25 books on site for reading, links to 200 other books and about 200 articles
all classic works in the field of Psychology.
PublicLiterature Has some unique public domain novels among its classic collection of around 100
books. Also has a large selection of writings submitted by authors which are free and legal to download,
but not to distribute. All are available for online viewing and download in several formats.
PubMed Bookshelf is an engine which lets you search for books containing keywords of your choice
and then browse them.
PubMed Central This search engine covers all the open-access articles [rather than books] available on
PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's main scientific portal (where you can also find abstracts from
many restricted-access articles).
PuzzlEd is not a book site, but has links to sites offering free books (which will be incorporated
here when I have time) and a collection of jigsaw and other puzzles and other activities for children.
Questia Online Library offers over 5,000 classic and rare works for free online viewing
QuickFound has links to many and varied free online cookbooks for viewing and for download in pdf.
Definitely worth checking out.
Qvadis hosts over 6,000 free titles available in Palm Database (.pdb) format.
RalphRobertMoore offers his work, Father Figure, for free download in pdf.
RandomStatic offers Newton's Sleep, a novel published in 2008, for free download in pdf or html.
ReadEasily - Small collection of works that has option for larger print. HTML only.
ReadTheseLips short fiction, poetry and other writings especially for and about lesbians.
RIF Reading Planet has an interesting collection of books for online viewing that changes monthly.
Also has activities and games as well as Asian/Pacific, Caribbean, Hispanic and native American sections
with books and activities.
RJRummel offers his six book "Never Again" series for free download in pdf.
RobertBurtonRobinson offers a number of free books and short stories for free online viewing and
for free download in pdf.
RobertSchifreen has made his new book "The Web Book", which covers everything involved in setting
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RodCockle offers a nice collection of illustrated books for online viewing, as well as games and
puzzles for 4-8 year olds. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
Rolf A.F. Witzsche offers 14 of his novels for online viewing, download in pdf or as audio books in
MP3/M4B. 12 of the novels are part of his "The Lodging of the Rose" series.
RomanceCorner offers quite a few short works for online reading. They look to be adult oriented
works.
RomanceNovelTV lists 7 romance novels available for free Kindle download at Amazon.
Romantic4Ever offers 2 free ebooks by author, Joan Reeves, as well as some short story romance
fiction for reading online.
RomanticMarriageStories features romance works about married life. These short stories present a
high view of marriage and portray the fun a romantic couple can have in a happy and sexy marriage.
RoundTopRegister has the romantic novel, Children of the Sunrise, available for online reading.
SamizdatPress has a small collection of science and math works and links to other works. Their
focus is on "material of a pedagogical nature".
Sarah Reinke has made several of her romance novels, and some non-romance novels, available for
download in pdf. These are for mature audiences and you must be over 18 years of age to download.
Scholastic Small collection of children's books available for online viewing (or read to you). Featuring
Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Scholastic Mini-books has a good selection of stories available to read or print, many of which
are free. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
ScienceBooksOnline has a large listing of links to computer science books available for download
in its computer science category. Since these links are off site, download options vary, but most
seemed to be in pdf.
ScienceFictionandFantasy has a small listing of public domain works available for download in
text or html. Most can be found elsewhere, but there are a few unique entries.
Scifimatter has a nice listing of free sci fi books available on the internet. Some are already listed
here, but there are quite a few unique entries.
SejarahMelayuLibrary is perhaps the largest public on-line collection of books and other documents on the history
of the Malay archipelago and its surrounding region. Consisting of over 700 books and academic papers in electronic
PDF format, the library is divided into seven broad sections:
SillyBooks has a number of free books available for online reading. There are also puzzles, games
and contests.
Sloan St.James has made 4 of her romance novels, including THE DARK PLAIN, an RWA award
winning novel, available for download in pdf.
specficworld has a small collection of free sci fi books available for download in pdf. Mostly short
story collections.
Starry FreeOnlineNovels small collection, but some interesting entries, available for online viewing.
Stiljack offers a free complete crime novel of Martin Cooper along with 5 short stories and also has
a few other authors short stories. Aspiring writers are encouraged to have their books posted there.
StoriesRUs has the romantic novel "Romantic Venture" available for online reading.
StoryPlace Elementary has six stories and related activities for online viewing geared for elementary
school age children.
StoryPlace PreSchool has a nice collection of books and activities designed for pre-schoolers
available for online viewing.
Suvudu offers the first book in some of their acclaimed sci fi series for free download. Interesting
entries.
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TechBooksforFree offers a wide range of free programming and computer books divided into nine
main categories.
TheFreeLibrary has a large collection of free classic books sorted by author and searchable by author,
title or keyword. There is also a small biography of every author along with the listing of that author's
works on the site. The site claims to have over 5 million works. Online viewing only.
Tikiri has a nice collection of Sri Lankan stories available in English and Sinhalese available as pdf.
ToddlerSchool has a small collection of illustrated books to read and listen to online. Also has
educational games for younger children. Suggested by Sefi.
TopMystery A good amount of each of the few mystery authors listed are available for online viewing
or download
Tor.com has a good number of Science Fiction & Fantasy stories available for download in pdf, mobi
pocket, html or ePub. Also available for listening or download as MP3.
TrinityMoon a small collection of novels and short stories for online reading.
Vitalita The Vitalita Culinary Group is offering two free vegan cookbooks for download in text. A Taste
of Vitality and Desserts of Vitality include pictures of the finished dishes.
Web Literature has 6500+ works of over 350 authors available for online viewing. A nice feature is
that they try to display the full works of the listed authors
WordIQ Nice collection of over 10,000 books available for online viewing. There are some unusual
entries here, but hard to find unless looking for specific title or author.
WorldofTales a collection of folktales, fairy tales and fables from around the world available for online
viewing.
WorldWideSchool has a fairly large collection of free books spread across 12 categories, with
numerous sub-categories. Search by author name and title also available. Available for online viewing.
Zbooc has a large collection of books, tutorials and how to guides for download in pdf. A free site,
but registration is required. Suggested by Glenn.
Libraries
On the advice of anonymous poster that most public library systems offer free ebooks, audiobooks, and
music downloads to their customers for free, I did some checking and found that there are a large
amount of offerings available through online libraries. It appears most, if not all, require a local library
card. These are sites that have links to local library sites.
LibWeb is a good search source for local libraries online. A good selection of US and worldwide
locations.
Public Libraries very good for US, looked not as thorough as LibWeb on worldwide.
Internet Public Library also has some links, but I found the above two to be superior set ups.
Genre Pages
Because this page is becoming extremely long I have switched the genre sections to their own pages.
Please check these separate pages out if you are interested in a particular genre as they have some
links that have not been added to this main list as of yet and they also have links to audio books.
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JustFreeBooks searches a list of websites that contain public domain books or books whose
authors have authorized free distribution (through a Creative Commons license, a GNU Free
Documentation License or other method). There are not warez.
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http://www.javahere.com
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Thanks, TJ Hawk
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I found this list of online reading sites to be Extremely useful: so it delights me to be able to add
to it.
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or perhaps ....
Shakespeare's Plays
The complete texts of Shakespeare plays with explanatory notes, from your trusted
Shakespeare source. http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/
Or here:
William Shakespeare - the Complete Works
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/index.htm
There you go. Are there any other authors you are particularly looking for? I like giving
you options ....
C. Mc.
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As to other authors, that has been a bit of a stumbling block for me. What I envisioned
for the classics page was to have links much like yours above to a number of writers
who are recognized as greats. There are a good number of sites that carry classic
works, so I thought it would be good to have links to sites for those individuals.
Certainly Shakespeare is one of the greats. Who else to include, and not include, is a
tougher question for me.
Some names I have thought of (and you can give your opinion) are:
Mark Twain
Leo Tolstoy
Charles Dickens
Miguel de Cervantes
George Bernard Shaw
Samuel Beckett
I was also thinking of some of the great Greek writers of long ago.
I do not know how many individual listings would be the right number to have.
Any pages you find on authors you feel belong there are great
Great work
Steve
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http://selfknowledge.com/index.shtml
Pretty much exactly what you had in mind - all in one stop - Isn't It? (I found that
over at Software Santa: http://softwaresanta.com/smf/index.php?topic=2545.html
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The book links are all valid so far, for online reading. I do find their use of
hypertext a bit distracting, but that may just be me.
I'll have to take a closer look to see if their collections are the complete works.
Still, a good find even if some of the features are not available.
Thanks again.
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Oh, Yeah!
Some of my favorite authors are on your short list. It may take me a day or two to
get around to all of them. I'd think 3 to 5 GOOD (complete) links should be
enough.
Mark Twain:
The Complete Works of Mark-Twain http://www.mtwain.com/
Mark Twain - Biography and Works http://www.online-literature.com/twain/
The Complete Literary Works of Mark Twain http://mark-twain.classic-
literature.co.uk/
Partial works: http://www.readprint.com/author-83/Mark-Twain-books
Charles Dickens:
The Works and Life of Charles Dickens http://www.dickens-online.info/
Dickens http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/
About Charles Dickens http://www.classicauthors.net/Dickens/
partial works: http://books.mirror.org/gb.dickens.html
Leo Tolstoy:
(Not as much on him)
http://www.readprint.com/author-82/Leo-Tolstoy-books
http://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/
http://www.classicauthors.net/Tolstoy/
http://www.literature.org/authors/tolstoy-leo/
I'll scratch around later for more of those authors you listed. I'll edit them into this
posting as I find them.
Namaste, C. Mc.
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I'll start up a page at my workspace soon and link it here so you can post
anything you find there as the space for these comments is going to get thinner
and thinner.
Fell free to add in any authors you would like and I'll put them in.
Blessings
Steve
Update: Sent you an email with the link for the draft so you can post there.
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I find this list invaluable (IE beyond Value) so I'm all tingly to find something useful to add
to it. Glad I could help!
And to think that that MIT Shakespeare site has been online since 1993! I didn't start
surfing the 'net until 1998 (Using a friend's AOL 2.7 Dial up at 33K - hot damn: that was
fast back then!). And I'm one of the old timers.
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I missed the reading books at kidsaudio and I could have sworn I had bygosh in here (but not
so). So thanks for those.
That list at homeschooling is great and I just found another great listing of children sites, so
that page is going to get a big update.
I still have a bunch to add here over the next few days. I will link PuzzlEd here when I get
time. When I first saw that name, I thought you would be an Ed not a Cathy. :)
Steve
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I hadn't thought that Ed sounds like a bloke (my brother, actually)- I just thought it might
sound educational... oh well.
I'm still working on my little books for beginners but I'm also checking out free sites when
I get time so I'll let you know if I get some more- you already have so many on your list;
it's a great resource!
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there's a pretty good website for free pdf downloads, but they carry mostly free how-to guides.
give it a try: http://www.zbooc.com/
Glenn
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Thanks
Steve
Update: Finally got around to updating this list and zbooc is in.
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Best bet would be to check an online library that serves your area.
Steve
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Update: Finally got around to updating this list and ebookplanet is in.
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http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
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It is working
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Free Magazines:
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http://www.freebook-s.com
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and : www.scribd.com
The first one is updated several times per day. Both lacks good e-book
indexing.
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http://www.howto.co.uk
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A great site with over 150 ebooks on a variety of topics (all factual). No registration or fees at all.
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I am not sure where to add that in as of yet, but it is a great resource and should get listed up
top somewhere.
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Steve
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I was able to get downloads for some books there. But it appears that many of the ones from
the Internet Archive (which got them from Google) have the error you refer to.
Since the ones that I ran into as not available at the archive were from Google, I checked
over at Google and I have some work to do on that also. There are more mystery books there
that are not listed under mystery.
I will be shifting the genre categories to their own pages soon and hopefully will get that
worked out so the links can be accurate.
Thanks again.
Steve
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These website links are brilliant - thank you so much! It's especially good that you have listed the
sites both alphabetically and also by genre. My younger sister and I have particularly enjoyed
your children's book list but my dad is not impressed that we keep using all the ink in the printer!
Hehe.
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As to your site link, when I have the time I am going to set up a separate section featuring
contests and giveaways for books and yours will be listed.
Thanks again
Steve
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I have just re-done the genre pages and will be adding a page for business related books.
Thanks
Steve
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