250+ Places for Free Books Online
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Introduction

Online Local Libraries -These sites have links
This is a listing of 260 sites that legally offer free
to local libraries which have much content for
books (eBooks) for download or for online viewing.
members
Some time ago I went looking for some free eBooks
and was surprised to find that there are many
Alphabetical Listing
resources for this. I decided to put together this list
1RomanceEBooks
of sites that offer free eBooks as a reference. Since
romance collection for download in a variety of
there are so many, I was not able to check each one
formats. These are not public domain offerings, but
out thoroughly. So comments from you on any of
some of their usual offerings made available for free.
these sites would be appreciated and added to the
2020k Large collection, divided into categories and
comments in the article.
sub-categories for download in a variety of formats.
I have tried to make certain that all of the eBooks at
Note: Many of the links to the Internet Archive from
these
for
this site are not working.
viewing/downloading. However, it is possible that I
About Charles Dickens
have made a mistake. If you suspect any of these
Charles Dickens. Suggested by Sea Mac.
sites of illegally offering copyrighted materials, then
AdaIC.org has several free books on Ada as well as
please let me know.
textbooks and tutorials on Ada.
Putting this together was exhausting, but the list is not
Alive and Free - Links to free ebooks of living authors
exhaustive, so I encourage you to post any sites that
AllBooksFree A small, but unique, listing of free fiction
you know of that are not listed here.
ebooks, available for download, mostly in pdf.
The listing here is in alphabetical order. Given the size
AllPDFBooks has a good sized collection of books
of this list now, it may be easier to search by genre. I
available in biology, chemistry,
have set up 14 pages here of different genres. If you
magic and hindi kahaniyan, for download in pdf.
do not see one that covers your interests, let me know
Suggested by an anonymous user.
and I may be able to put one together.
AllRomanceBooks lists 169 free romance ebooks for
I have also put together a listing of sites that offer
download.
free and legal audio books at
there appeared to be the 1RomanceEBooks and

sites
are
legally
available
Free Audio Books Online
Alphabetical Listing
- A listing of the site
names in alphabetical order

Listing by Genre
This site is All About
physics, computer,
Registration is required.
I noticed that
eHarlequin listings shown there, as well as quite a few
These listings may be search in the following methods:

offers 27 free books from their
others. Again, these are not public domain, but the
free offerings of current publishers.
American
-
Links to pages
here for different book genres (14)
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.
BlackMaskFiction
Available for online viewing.
stories that were originally published in magazines
Ask Sam - A small collection of classics, including
during 1925 to 1939 for download in pdf.
Shakespeare, and legal, resource and government
BookBoon
texts.
computer
AssociatedContent has several cookbooks available
download in pdf. These are legal textbooks written
for download in pdf.
for BookBoon which contain some ads within the
Most are short and specific
offers 20 or so free detective
offers a number of free textbooks on
programing
and
other
subjects
for
(muffin recipes etc.), but the Chocolate recipe book is
books.
over 600 pages and the Blue Ribbon recipes are over
Book-bot 14,571 books available for online viewing
400 pages.
in their easy to view reader. Very nice find by fellow
AstrologyWeekly 10 books for online reading and
editor Rhiannon.
about 30 for download. All on astrology.
BookBox
Authorama offers a few hundred books, searchable by
books available for download in pdf (as a single page)
author, for online viewing.
and MP3. Also free games and coloring books.
BABBooks
is a children's site that has 25 free
BookGlutton is a collection of 1200+ books for online
illustrated books available for online reading or
reading with the added feature of groups available
listening.
for discussion of the readings. Nice combination of
Baen Free Library - A small library of downloadable
reading and socializing. Suggested by an anonymous
science fiction novels in a variety of formats.
poster.
BaenCD - A small collection of science fiction books
BookPop is another children's site that has a number
from Baen's promotional CDs. They are downloadable
of illustrated books free for online reading. There are
in a variety of formats as well as viewable online.
also some coloring pages for download. There are
Baldwin
supposed to be music and story downloads, but I kept
Online
Children's
Projects
520
classic
is a children's site that has about 20 free
children's books in a variety of genres for online
getting an error when trying to reach those.
viewing.
BookRags - Small collection of free with many paid.
BannerBooks offers 5 unique books for reading
Hard to find the free ones. Available in Word or PDF.
online.
BooksShouldBeFree While primarily a good sized
Bartelby - Harvard classics and encyclopedias. HTML
collection of audio books, each of the books is
only.
available for online reading or for download in text.
BBC (Dr. Who) for those who like Dr. Who, this is a
Bookstacks is a small collection (100+) of classic
collection of 8 books for online reading or download
works available for online viewing, with many also
in a choice of 3 formats
available
Beenleigh State School of Queensland, Australia has
versions. Nicely set up.
a large collection of children stories to read online
BookYards - 16,000+ books, videos, educational
with audio built in.
material.
Berkely SunSite Classics - A small collection of
Bored.com has over 15,000 books available for online
classics. HTML only.
viewing.
Bibliomania - Over 2,000 classic novels, study guides,
categories.
biographies and more. HTML only.
BritishLibrary has a virtual books section with a small,
in
Adobe
PDF
and
Microsoft
Reader
Nicely divided into a good variety of
but interesting, collection for online viewing.
BrowzerBooks has an interesting collection of novels
Classic Book Shelf Electronic Library offers the works
in a wide variety of genres (check bottom of page for
of 50+ authors in varying amounts. Online viewing
links to genres) either available for online reading or
only.
download in pdf.
Classic Literature Library Decent size collection that
BucaroTecHelp has an interesting collection of free
has complete works of a small variety of authors and
business books available for download in pdf. These
works of others and a nice children's section available
deal with internet business for the most part. You do
for online viewing.
have to view their news feed to be able to download,
Classic Reader offers thousands of free classic books
but registration is not necessary.
for online viewing.
ByGosh
Classical Authors Index
offers a small collection of very nicely
Portraits, biographies
illustrated classics for younger children and older
and pictures of 460 classic authors. 1258 online books
children.
of
Also some short stories.
Suggested by
Cathy of PuzzlEd.
classical
literature
extensively
enhanced
with
2,510,227 annotations from the Encyclopedia of the
CandlelightStories
has a good number of stories
Self. Suggested by Sea Mac.
from the Arabian nights collection as well as other
ComputerBooks.us larger collection, sub categorized
story books available for online reading.
and available for download in pdf
CBeebies is a BBC site that offers a good number of
CougarWebWorks has several of the works of Nowick
free stories, in flash, for online reading and listening.
Gray available for free download in pdf.
Also, has games, music and coloring books.
CrankyLibrarian 3011 books by 752 authors available
Chessville
40+
ebooks
on
Chess
available
for
download (mostly in PDF)
ChestofBooks
Large
for online viewing. Complete works of several authors
and some interesting categories.
collection,
divided
into
CrapHound has
a
few
works
categories, for online viewing. Nice collection.
available for free download.
ChildrensBooksForever
CreativeHomemaking
has a nice collection of
has
a
of
Cory
number
Doctrow
of
free
illustrated books available in pdf.
cookbooks available for download in pdf.
Children's Books Online is an excellent collection
interesting entries here, including "How to Make a
(600+) of illustrated antique children's books for
Gingerbread House".
viewing online.
DailyLit - Read books online by daily email or RSS
at a fee.
They are also available for download
This little gem was suggested by an
Some
feed. Over 700 titles.
anonymous poster.
Developnew a good collection of free computer
ChildrenStory
software books available for reading online.
a children site that offers a nice
collection of fairy tales for online viewing as well as
Diesel eBooks - Offers 750+ ebooks formatted for
Bible stories and coloring books.
Microsoft Reader and MobiPocket.
Classic Authors.net contains the works of over a
DigitalLibraryofIndia has a large collection of works
hundred authors (and short biography for each), with
available in several formats for online viewing or
a varying number of works per author. Online viewing
download. Sorted by title.
only.
DivineLifeSociety over 200 books on Yoga, religion
Classic Book Library is a small collection (100+) of
and philosophy available in pdf or HTML
classic works arranged by genre. Online viewing only.
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
e-cookbooks.net has 14 smaller cookbooks available
older children also.
for free download in pdf.
Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
DominicGreen offers 4 of his science fiction novels for
eduplace offers 14 "leveled" books for children for
free reading online.
online reading or printing.
DoverCentreBooks has a very large collection of links
eHarlequin
to free online cookbooks, horror stories, meditation,
download in several different format options. These
spiritualism and fables.. They are sorted alphabetically
are not public domain novels, but some of Harlequin's
and since they are to a variety of download sites, the
usual offerings.
availability of online viewing and download formats
EldritchPress has a good sized collection of public
vary.
domain works with some unique categorization.
DragonBytes Nice collection of horror novels available
eReader.com has a small collection of free ebooks for
for online viewing.
download,
Separate section for Vampire
offers
but
a
17
free
couple
romance
novels
interesting
for
entries.
novels.
Registration required.
DuncanLongPublications offers several works for free
eServer - Over 30,000 works covering a variety of
online viewing.
interests
Generally, a pdf download costs
money, but some are ad supported and are free.
eServer Technical Communications has 875 works in
Earthbound
its software section and 161 in its web design section
The 5 book science fiction series of Earthbound
(although a number were no longer available) as well
available for download in lit .pdb .pdf .txt .rtf.
as some articles in its other sections.
EasyMediaBroadcast offers a nice size collection of
eText.lib The University of Virginia online library has a
mostly classical works for download in TK3. You must
large collection of works available for online viewing
use the TK3 reader, available for free at the site, for
(some are available in Microsoft Reader). Even though
these books. Books are sorted by author and title.
a good number are limited to UVA students and staff,
eBookLobby - Small, but interesting and unique,
there is still a good amount of interesting material
collection divided into 13 categories
available to the general public. Suggested by poster
E-Books Directory 944 books in 344 categories
mike dutch.
available for download in varying formats.
EveryonesReading is offering 10 free romance novels
eBooksforYoungReaders offers a large collection of
for download in several formats. These are one book
free books for download nicely categorized into
from each of their series and are being offered to
reading levels.
celebrate their first anniversary (so they may not be
eBooksJustPublished Interesting collection of DRM
there long).
free eBooks listed daily. Most are free.
FableLibrary has an interesting and unique collection
eBookNook
of childrens works.
A good number of stories, mostly
Most are available for viewing
romance, but some children and vampire stories
online, including some flash versions. But a few are
available for online reading.
available for download.
eBookPlanet has an interesting and unique collection
PuzzlEd.
of works in 12 categories available for download in
Federal
pdf. Suggested by an anonymous user.
informational booklets on a great variety of subjects.
eBooksRead
Over
41,000
books
available
download in pdf or text. Search by author or title
for
Citizen
Suggested by Cathy of
Information
Center
offers
Many are free and most of the paid ones are available
for a free download. Suggested by an anonymous
FreeComputer
poster
technical books and lecture notes
FeedBooks - Thousand of eBooks downloadable in a
FreeeBookDownloadLinks
variety of formats
collection of links to free computer science books
Fiction eBooks is a interesting small collection of
online. Download options vary as these are links to
works
other sites.
of
fiction
(including
some
Beatrix
Potter
Books
-
Free
has
computer,
a
very
math,
nice
size
illustrated childrens books) as well as some books for
Free eBooks Net - Free books and resources for
writers and works philosophy and sociology. Online
authors. Also magazines
viewing only.
FreeOnlineBooks offers over 5,000 free books, mostly
FictionPress
is a growing network over 1 million
classics, for online viewing. Works may be searched
writers/readers, and home to over 1,200,000 original
by author, title, keyword, reading level and 15 genres.
works by unsigned authors.
You can adjust the page width and font size and
FictionWise has 35 books available for free download
style.
in a great variety of formats.
registration allows some extra features.
Most are the usual
Registration
is
not
necessary,
FreeOn-LineBooks
unusual ones and a few reference books that might be
individualist feminism and libertarianism available for
interesting. Registration is required.
online viewing.
FindingFreeeBooks has links to free book offerings
FreeOnlineBookstore has a good number of links to
posted.
Also worth checking out the limited time
free books in a wide variety of categories. The most
offers section. This is a nice spot to check as there
engineering and electrical engineering books I have
are unique entries here.
seen listed at a site.
FloridaDisaster.org offers three books on hazardous
about 15 other categories. Since most link off site,
weather for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade readers in
the options for downloading/viewing vary.
download in pdf.
Free Online Novels Interesting collection for online
Franklin - Thousands of free titles available in text and
viewing.
HTML format
categories.
FreeBookCentre links to thousands of computer
FreeQuickRecipes
ebooks divided into many sub-categories
download in pdf and a large amount of recipes for
FreeBookSpot - 5,000 free eBooks downloadable in
online viewing as well as other information on kitchen
96 categories available for download in a number of
and diet
different formats. Suggested by devinathann.
FreeRead a bibliography of Australian writers who
FreeBooks4Doctors
Over
650
works
(in
varying
collection
free
classics available elsewhere, but there are a couple of
Several
Interesting
but
on
But they also have works in
hundred
3
novels
separated
into
cookbooks
available
for
died before 1955, with links to a good number of
languages) dealing with medical matters. Available in
them for download or viewing.
pdf download.
FreeRomanceFiction offers 5 free works available for
FreeeBooksCanada has a large listing of free books
download
available for download in pdf.
Paranormal, Erotic and historical subsections.
Very interesting
in
pdf.
These
are
collection worth checking out.
may be works added in the future.
FreeBooksforAll A fairly large collection of non-fiction
Free SF Online
books available for download (mostly in pdf)
books for reading online
in
their
Holiday,
There
over 2,000 links to science fiction
FreeSFReader Collection of links for mostly science
HolyBooks.com
fiction, fantasy and horror novels and short stories, but
and spiritual texts in full length for free. Suggested by
also some other genres
an anonymous poster.
FreeTechBooks - Computer science and programming
HorrorMasters 2100 classic horror novels available for
books, textbooks and lecture notes.
download in pdf, plus links to horror novels at other
FullBooks - Thousand of free full text books.
sites.
GenieBooks offers 15 books for younger readers for
HowTo offers around 150 free "how to" ebooks on a
download in PowerPoint. Has not been updated in a
wide variety of topics. Suggested by an anonymous
while, but links still work. Sponsored by University of
poster.
Auburn. PowerPoint can be read with the free Open
Infomotions - 14,000 listings from full classic novels
Office.
to Western philosophy. HTML only.
George Bernard Shaw books
Download holy books, sacred
We hope you
Ink.Imagedjinn has a nice collection of short fairy
enjoy reading these George Bernard Shaw books on
tales, a couple of myth stories and the book Pinocchio
Read Print. Suggested by Sea Mac.
available for online viewing. A site for children.
GetFreeEbooks - Smaller collection of all free ebooks.
InklessTales
Giraffian offers a nice collection of books for pre-
viewing as well as games, poems and activities.
schoolers, covering the alphabet, numbers colors and
In-Tech offers 80 full length books for free download
other topics. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
in pdf (zipped).
Globusz - A place for new authors to post their work
robotics. There are also about 2000 journal articles
and for readers to check them out for free.
available here for free.
GoldenGems a collection of little golden books and
InternationalChildrensDigitalLibrary nice collection of
other illustrated books for children for online viewing
children's books from around the world in a variety of
and saving as jpg.
languages and nicely categorized, available for online
Google Book Search - Good selection of free ebooks
viewing
available in a variety of categories.
InternetArchive - Over 500,000 texts available for
GrtBooks - A large collection of great books and
download
classics.
Internet Sacred Text Archive very interesting and
Gutenberg - Over 25,000 books for download there
large collection of books on religion, mythology,
and over 100,000 available through their affiliates.
folklore and the esoteric available for online viewing.
HANDebooks has 15 public domain classics available
Into Windows
for download in Plucker or eReader.
dozen downloadable PDF 'Tips and Tricks' Guides to
HawkStories.com
Windows 7. Suggested by Sea Mac
Free Downloads of Stories,
offers 15 children stories for online
Large selection on the topic of
Into Windows has about a
Classic Novels, and Fairy Tales. Suggested by TJ Hawk.
Islaam Pure & Clear around 50 Islamic books for
HealthRecipes 8 cookbooks available for download in
reading or download
pdf
JamesDunavant offers his book, The Keepers of
HeritageAuctionGalleries offers two works of James L.
Forever, for download in HTML. or online viewing. A
Halperin, The First Immortal and The Truth Machine,
download compatible with Palm Pilot is also available.
for free download in MS Word.
JeffInlo offers his book, Alien Cradle, for download in
Heygidday Thousands of works in a great variety of
a large variety of formats and for online reading.
categories available for download in pdf (zipped).
JimDeFilippi
offers 8 of his crime novels for free
Librivox Although mostly know for its excellent
download in pdf.
collection of audio books. A poster named Les has
Jody Kihara has made two of her books for children
pointed out that they also have links to online viewing
available for free download in PDF and apparently
sites for all of its large collection of audio books and
more freebies are forthcoming.
also download links.
JuliaCarda offers her novel, Portal to Peace, for free
LilFingers Storybooks Small collection of books for
download in pdf at her website.
very young children for reading and being read to.
Kellscraft Studio Around 250 books available for
Linux Online Around 25 Linux, open source and
online viewing.
programing, books for download or reading
domain
Kellscraft lists out of print, public
novels,
most
published
prior
to
1923.
Listverse has a interesting top ten list (though there
Searchable by title, author and topic.
are 11 entries) of free sci fi books on the web.
KiddoTime is a site for those learning to read. It has
Literarium has a small collection of classic works
phonics, word, music and puzzle games. Suggested
available for online viewing.
by Sefi.
Sherlock
KidsAudioBooks has 12 classic books for children for
documents and a few unique classic works.
download in pdf. Most are available elsewhere, but
Literature.org has a collection of classics, arranged by
there is one unique entry. Also a good collection of
author, for online viewing.
audio books and some coloring books. Suggested by
LiteratureMaster has thousands of ebooks in a wide
Cathy of PuzzlEd.
variety of categories available for online viewing.
KidsKnowIt is not a book site, but it does have a lot
LiteratureNetwork has over 1900 full books and over
of reading for children, along with educational puzzles
3000 short stories and poems by over 250 authors
and games.
available for online reading. Searchable by author and
KidsNurseryRhymes a British site featuring over 1200
they have a few unusual ones.
nursery rhymes for online viewing.
LiteraturePost 825 works from 71 authors available
Also has sing
Holmes,
some
A nice collection of
interesting
historical
along rhymes (must have midi player-available there)
for online viewing.
and some nursery rhyme disco recordings available for
Luisa Green offers 3 of her romance ebooks for free
download in MP3.
download in pdf.
Knowledgerush has a good sized collection separated
Magickeys
into about 30 categories. Nice children and Mystery
collection of childrens books for online viewing.
sections, among others.
MagickSpells is a collection of books on astrology,
LearningIsland Nice collection of children books
magic and mythology for free viewing online.
available for online viewing.
Mark
LearningPage has a series (38) of printable "Tommy"
Library presents The Complete Literary Works of Mark
story books suitable for about 8-10-year-olds, plus
Twain. Suggested by Sea Mac.
some other printable books, for free. Suggested by
ManyBooks - 22,000 books available for download in
Cathy of PuzzlEd.
a variety of formats.
Leo Tolstoy's Books, Biography, Quotes
Maria'sCouzina has 3 free cookbooks available for
Read Leo Tolstoy's Books, Biography, and Quotes over
download in pdf. Two of the books are Greek recipes
at read print. Suggested by Sea Mac.
an the other is world cuisine. These appear to be
small,
Twain
but
interesting,
Books
The
and
Classic
unusual,
Literature
shortened versions of the full cookbook, but still have
MyRomanceStory
some interesting entries and information.
daily. Registration is required.
Master Texts is a collection of 30+ authors for online
Nancy'sKitchen has a nice size collection of small
viewing.
cookbooks available for free download in pdf.
MeatBook has an online cookbook image of the
NetLibrary - Small selection of free.
Ground Meat Cookbook available for online viewing.
membership is only $8.95 for over 500,000 works.
MedLine Plus is a great, trustworthy site for general
NewFreeBooks has links to free ebooks covered by
health information, including tutorials, clinical trial
copyright, but still available legally (most times direct
updates and the latest news in medicine. You can also
from the author's site.
find plenty of books, including some intended for
works.
children.
NightOwlRomance has 6 interesting romance novels
MemoWare - Free books for PDA.
available for download in pdf.
MicrosoftReader has links to free works at the
OnlineBooks4free large collection of links to other
University of Virginia and the University of Oregon.
sites
Between those two sites, there is a large number of
categorized.
works available for download.
Online
Microsoft Windows 7 Tips Guide
Windows 7
for
offers 2 free romance novellas
online
Books
But annual
Excellent source for newer
viewing
Page
or
from
download.
the
Nicely
University
of
Pennsylvania is a listing of over 30,000 free books on
Tips & Tricks covers many interesting Windows 7 tips
the web.
that improve your productivity by familiarizing yourself
they do have the Gutenberg listings available for
with some of the enhancements that are new in
download as well as some interesting special exhibits.
Windows 7. Suggested by Sea Mac.
OnlineComputerBooks -
Mises Institute Several hundred books, mostly on
computer books.
economics (and from a libertarian point of view)
OnlineFreeeBooks - links to various ebooks (mostly
available for download as pdf. Some unique entries
pdf) in 9 categories
here. Suggested by poster, Bill Starr.
Online Library of Liberty hosts over an interesting
MIT Internet Classics Archive - Over 400 works of
collection of over 1,100 books available for online
classical literature available for download.
viewing and also for download.
MIT OpenCourseWare
OnlineSapiens has a small collection for online
offers a large selection of
Mostly this references to other sites, but
Good selection of free
business courses in its Sloan School of Management
viewing, but a few unique entries worth a look.
section.
OxfordTextArchive
MobileRead - Forum listing thousands of free ebooks.
downloadable as ASCII or DOC
MobiPocket over 10,000 works, in a variety of
PagebyPage a few hundred works available for online
categories, available for download in MOBI.
viewing.
Molwick Small collection of scientific and educational
PalaceofAmino has the 9 book "Bounty Hunter" series
books available for download in pdf
available for free download in pdf.
Munsey's - Over 18,000 ebooks available in a variety
Payton Lee
of formats
several short stories for download in pdf.
MusicalTales offers "Helena and the Orchestra of the
downloads are at LuLu, which supposedly requires
World of Mist" as a download in text, video,
registration to download, but I was able to download
soundtrack or audiobook.
and did not have to register.
-
Over
2,000
classical
texts
offers 17 of her romance works and
The
PDFBooks - 4,700 pdf ebooks
when I have time) and a collection of jigsaw and other
PDFFreeBooks Small collection of children's books
puzzles and other activities for children.
and two rare books on Syriac grammar and Arabic-
Questia Online Library offers over 5,000 classic and
English lexicon.
rare works for free online viewing
Available for download in PDF or
DJVU.
QuickFound has links to many and varied free online
PennLibraries has several special collections for online
cookbooks for viewing and for download in pdf.
viewing, including a Celebration of Women Writers
Definitely worth checking out.
and the verity.library.upenn.edu/search97cgi/s97_cgi
Qvadis hosts over 6,000 free titles available in Palm
PerseusDigitalLibrary - A large collection of classical
Database (.pdb) format.
texts broken down to time period written.
RalphRobertMoore offers his work, Father Figure, for
PlaneteBook - Free classical literature
free download in pdf.
PlanetPDFeBooks - Small collection of classical works.
RandomStatic
ProgrammingeBooks has a very nice collection of
published in 2008, for free download in pdf or html.
downloads
ReadBookOnline has a nice collection of classics
and
links
for
a
wide
variety
of
offers
Newton's
Sleep,
a
novel
programming languages.
available for online viewing.
Project Gutenberg Australia over 1600 novels and an
ReadEasily - Small collection of works that has option
assortment of other works available in varying ways,
for larger print. HTML only.
including test, pdf and online viewing
ReadPrint - Thousands of books, poems and short
PsychClassics has 25 books on site for reading, links
stories.
to 200 other books and about 200 articles all classic
ReadTheseLips short fiction, poetry and other writings
works in the field of Psychology.
especially for and about lesbians.
PublicBookShelf
around
150
books
in
varying
RealTime - Free media for IT professionals
categories for online viewing.
RIF Reading Planet has an interesting collection of
PublicLiterature Has some unique public domain
books for online viewing that changes monthly. Also
novels among its classic collection of around 100
has activities and games as well as Asian/Pacific,
books.
Caribbean, Hispanic and native American sections with
Also
has
a
large
selection
of
writings
submitted by authors which are free and legal to
books and activities.
download, but not to distribute. All are available for
RJRummel offers his six book "Never Again" series for
online viewing and download in several formats.
free download in pdf.
PubMed Bookshelf is an engine which lets you search
RobertBurtonRobinson
for books containing keywords of your choice and
books and short stories for free online viewing and
then browse them.
for free download in pdf.
PubMed Central This search engine covers all the
RobertSchifreen has made his new book "The Web
open-access articles [rather than books] available on
Book", which covers everything involved in setting up
PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's main
a website available exclusively to visitors here at
scientific portal (where you can also find abstracts
Gizmo's.
from many restricted-access articles).
RodCockle offers a nice collection of illustrated books
PuzzlEd
for online viewing, as well as games and puzzles for 4-
is not a book site, but has links to sites
offering free books (which will be incorporated here
offers a number of free
8 year olds. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
Rolf A.F. Witzsche offers 14 of his novels for online
Scifimatter
viewing, download in pdf or as audio books in
available on the internet.
MP3/M4B.
here, but there are quite a few unique entries.
12 of the novels are part of his "The
has a nice listing of free sci fi books
Some are already listed
Lodging of the Rose" series.
SebastianSwan a collection of Sebastian Swan stories
RomanceCorner offers quite a few short works for
for online viewing.
online reading. They look to be adult oriented works.
SejarahMelayuLibrary is perhaps the largest public
RomanceNovelTV lists 7 romance novels available for
on-line collection of books and other documents on
free Kindle download at Amazon.
the
Romantic4Ever offers 2 free ebooks by author, Joan
surrounding region. It consists of over 700 books and
Reeves, as well as some short story romance fiction for
academic papers in electronic PDF format.
reading online.
Shakespeare's Plays
RomanticMarriageStories
features romance works
history
of
the
Malay
archipelago
and
its
The complete texts of
Shakespeare plays with explanatory notes, from your
about married life. These short stories present a high
trusted Shakespeare source. Suggested by Sea Mac.
view of marriage and portray the fun a romantic
SillyBooks has a number of free books available for
couple can have in a happy and sexy marriage.
online reading.
RoundTopRegister has the romantic novel, Children
contests.
of the Sunrise, available for online reading.
Sloan St.James has made 4 of her romance novels,
SamizdatPress has a small collection of science and
including THE DARK PLAIN, an RWA award winning
math works and links to other works. Their focus is
novel, available for download in pdf.
on "material of a pedagogical nature".
SnipFiles - Small collection of free ebooks and
Sarah Reinke
software.
has made several of her romance
There are also puzzles, games and
novels, and some non-romance novels, available for
SparkNotes:
download in pdf. These are for mature audiences and
Guides for High School and Jr High students.
you must be over 18 years of age to download.
Suggested by an anonymous poster.
Scholastic
available
Small
for
collection
online
of
viewing
(or
children's
read
to
Has today's Most Popular Study
books
specficworld
has a small collection of free sci fi
you).
books available for download in pdf.
Mostly short
Featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog.
story collections.
Scholastic Mini-books has a good selection of stories
Starfall nice little collection of works to help children
available to read or print, many of which are free.
learn to read
Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
Starry FreeOnlineNovels small collection, but some
ScienceBooksOnline has a large listing of links to
interesting entries, available for online viewing.
computer science books available for download in its
Stiljack offers a free complete crime novel of Martin
computer science category. Since these links are off
Cooper along with 5 short stories and also has a few
site, download options vary, but most seemed to be in
other authors short stories.
pdf.
encouraged to have their books posted there.
ScienceFictionandFantasy has a small listing of public
StoriesRUs
domain works available for download in text or html.
Venture" available for online reading.
Most can be found elsewhere, but there are a few
StoryPlace Elementary has six stories and related
unique entries.
activities for online viewing geared for elementary
has
school age children.
the
Aspiring writers are
romantic
novel
"Romantic
StoryPlace PreSchool has a nice collection of books
Tikiri
and activities designed for pre-schoolers available for
available in English and Sinhalese available as pdf.
online viewing.
ToddlerSchool
Suvudu
books
offers the first book in some of their
has a nice collection of Sri Lankan stories
to
has a small collection of illustrated
read
and
listen to
online.
Also
has
acclaimed sci fi series for free download. Interesting
educational games for younger children. Suggested
entries.
by Sefi.
TampaReads
offers 3 first grade books for online
reading.
TopMystery A good amount of each of the few
mystery authors listed are available for online viewing
TechBooksforFree
offers
a
wide
range
of
free
or download
programming and computer books divided into nine
Tor.com has a good number of Science Fiction &
main categories.
Fantasy stories available for download in pdf, mobi
TechToolBlog Links to 345 online programing books
pocket, html or ePub. Also available for listening or
The Biography and Works of George Bernard
download as MP3.
Shaw
TrinityMoon a small collection of novels and short
Online Literature dot com has The
Biography and Works of George Bernard Shaw.
stories for online reading.
Suggested by Sea Mac.
Vitalita The Vitalita Culinary Group is offering two free
The
Biography
and
Works
of
Leo
Tolstoy
Online Literature dot com has The Biography
Vitality and Desserts of Vitality include pictures of the
finished dishes.
and Works of Leo Tolstoy. Suggested by Sea Mac.
The Complete works of Mark Twain
vegan cookbooks for download in text. A Taste of
The
Web Literature has 6500+ works of over 350 authors
Complete works of Mark Twain, Biography, Quotes
available for online viewing.
over at mtwain.com. This site contains *almost all* of
they try to display the full works of the listed authors
Mark Twain's works. Suggested by Sea Mac.
WitGuides - Small collection of free ebooks in a
The
variety of categories.
Complete
Works
of
William
Shakespeare
is the Web's first edition of the Complete
A nice feature is that
WordIQ Nice collection of over 10,000 books available
Works of William Shakespeare. This site has offered
for online viewing.
Shakespeare's
here, but hard to find unless looking for specific title
plays
and
poetry
to
the
Internet
There are some unusual entries
community since 1993. Suggested by Sea Mac.
or author.
TheFreeLibrary has a large collection of free classic
WorldofTales a collection of folktales, fairy tales and
books sorted by author and searchable by author, title
fables from around the world available for online
or keyword. There is also a small biography of every
viewing.
author along with the listing of that author's works on
WorldWideSchool has a fairly large collection of free
the site. The site claims to have over 5 million works.
books spread across 12 categories, with numerous
Online viewing only.
sub-categories. Search by author name and title also
The
Dickens
Works
and
Charles
Life
Dickens
of
online,
a
Charles
available. Available for online viewing.
website
Wowio - Good size collection of novels and also
dedicated to one of the most prolific and esteemed
comic books.
English writers, generally considered the greatest
Zbooc has a large collection of books, tutorials and
novelist of the Victorian era. Suggested by Sea Mac.
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.

Free Children's Books Online

Free Science Fiction & Fantasy Books Online

Free Horror, Ghost & Gothic Books Online

Free Romance Books Online

Free Computer & Internet Books Online

Free Mystery, Detective, Thriller & Crime
(Fiction) Books Online

Free "Westerns" Books Online

Free Cooking, Food & Wine Books Online

Free Religion & Spirituality Books Online

Free Health, Fitness & Medicine Books
Online

Free Biography, Autobiography & Memoir
Books Online

Free Travel Books Online

Free History Books Online
Free Business Books Online