With countless free eBooks available, there’s no need to break the bank when you’re in the mood for a great read. Here are five websites where you can find your next favorite!
1. Project Gutenberg
According to the website, the eBook was created on July 4, 1971, by Michael S. Hart, Project Gutenberg’s founder. Today, Project Gutenberg offers more than 70,000 free eBooks, mostly older works in the public domain that were digitized and proofread by thousands of volunteers.
Here you can find a plethora of classic literature from famous authors like Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens, just to name a few.
The best part? There is no registration required, and no special app needed!
Simply enjoy your book by downloading it or reading it online in your web browser.
2. PDF Books World
PDF Books World offers a wide variety of genres for readers of all ages such as fiction, nonfiction, academic, and juvenile fiction and nonfiction—mostly older works in the public domain.
These high-quality PDFs feature easy-to-read fonts and table of contents. Many also have illustrations and internal reference links.
Read online or download. No account required.
3. Smashwords
Smashwords is a platform where independent authors and publishers share their fiction or nonfiction works. While some require purchase, there are more than 93,000 free eBooks to choose from, including contemporary and classic books, as well as children’s books and even cookbooks.
Using the website’s filter, you can search for free books of various lengths. Not all books are available as PDFs and require an eBook reader.
You must create an account and sign in to access the books.
4. Open Library
Open Library is an initiative of the nonprofit Internet Archive. Their goal is to create a web page for every book ever published.
On this website, you can digitally “borrow” books, including several best-selling series such as Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, and Dune.
An account is required.
5. Free-eBooks.net
Here you can find the works of countless new and independent authors of both fiction and nonfiction. There are also plenty of classic works available.
From romance to biographies to self-help books, there are countless options to choose from (109,200 to be more precise).
You must create an account, but standard memberships are free and allow members access to five eBooks every month in PDF and/or TXT formats.
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