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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
· Free Audio Books Online
These listings may be search in the following methods:
· Alphabetical Listing - A listing of the site names in alphabetical order
· 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.
About Charles Dickens This site is All About Charles Dickens. Suggested by Sea Mac.
AdaIC.org has several free books on Ada as well as textbooks and tutorials on Ada.
Alive and Free - Links to free ebooks of living authors
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.
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.
BannerBooks offers 5 unique books for reading online.
Bartelby - Harvard classics and encyclopedias. HTML only.
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.
Berkely SunSite Classics - A small collection of classics. HTML only.
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.
BookYards - 16,000+ books, videos, educational material.
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 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.
Chessville 40+ ebooks on Chess available for download (mostly in PDF)
ChestofBooks Large collection, divided into categories, for online viewing. Nice collection.
ChildrensBooksForever has a nice collection of illustrated books available in pdf.
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.
Classical Authors Index Portraits, biographies and pictures of 460 classic authors. 1258 online books of classical literature extensively enhanced with 2,510,227 annotations from the Encyclopedia of the Self. Suggested by Sea Mac.
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.
CrapHoundhas 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.
DominicGreenoffers 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 costs money, but some are ad supported and are free.
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
e-cookbooks.net has 14 smaller cookbooks available for free download in pdf.
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 - Over 30,000 works covering a variety of interests
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
FeedBooks - Thousand of eBooks downloadable in a variety of formats
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.
Franklin - Thousands of free titles available in text and HTML format
FreeBookCentre links to thousands of computer ebooks divided into many sub-categories