The Classics

Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here.

Textbooks

If you don’t absolutely need to pay for your textbooks, save yourself a few hundred dollars by reviewing these sites.

Math and Science

Turn to this list to find books about math, science, engineering and technology.

Children’s Books

Even children’s books are now available online. Find illustrated books, chapter books and more.

byGosh: Find free illustrated children’s books and stories here. Munseys: Munseys has nearly 2,000 children’s titles, plus books about religion, biographies and more. International Children’s Digital Library: Find award-winning books and search by categories like age group, make believe books, true books or picture books. Lookybook: Access children’s picture books here.

Philosophy and Religion

For books about philosophy and religion, check out these websites.

Bored.com: Bored.com has music ebooks, cooking ebooks, and over 150 philosophy titles and over 1,000 religion titles. Ideology.us: Here you’ll find works by Rene Descartes, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, David Hume and others. Free Books on Yoga, Religion and Philosophy: Recent uploads to this site include Practical Lessons in Yoga and Philosophy of Dreams. The Sociology of Religion: Read this book by Max Weber, here. Religion eBooks: Read books about the Bible, Christian books, and more.

Plays

From Shakespeare to George Bernard Shaw to more contemporary playwrights, visit these sites.

ReadBookOnline.net: Here you can read plays by Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and others. Plays: Read Pygmalion, Uncle Vanya or The Playboy of the Western World here. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: MIT has made available all of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories. Plays Online: This site catalogs “all the plays [they] know about that are available in full text versions online for free.” ProPlay: This site has children’s plays, comedies, dramas and musicals.

Modern Fiction, Fantasy and Romance

These websites boast collections of graphic novels, romance novels, fantasy books and more.

Foreign Language

For books in a foreign language like French, Spanish and even Romanian, look here.

History and Culture

Refresh your memory of world history, the classics and U.S. history here.

LibriVox: LibriVox has a good selection of historical fiction. The Perseus Project: Tufts’ Perseus Digital Library features titles from Ancient Rome and Greece, published in English and original languages. Access Genealogy: Find literature about Native American history, the Scotch-Irish immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries, and more. Free History Books: This collection features U.S. history books, including works by Paul Jennings, Sarah Morgan Dawson, Josiah Quincy and others. Most Popular History Books: Free titles include Seven Days and Seven Nights by Alexander Szegedy and Autobiography of a Female Slave by Martha G. Browne.

Rare Books

Look for rare books online here.

Questia: Questia has 5,000 books available for free, including rare books and classics. …

Arts and Entertainment

This list features books about celebrities, movies, fashion and more.

Mystery

Here you can find mystery books from Sherlock Holmes to more contemporary authors.

MysteryNet: Read free short mystery stories on this site. TopMystery.com: Read books by Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, GK Chesterton and other mystery writers here. Mystery Books: Read books by Sue Grafton and others.

Poetry

These poetry sites have works by Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe and others.

The Literature Network: This site features forums, a copy of The King James Bible, and over 3,000 short stories and poems. Poetry: This list includes “The Raven,” “O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde.” Poem Hunter: Find free poems, lyrics and quotations on this site. Famous Poetry Online: Read limericks, love poetry, and poems by Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Lord Byron and others. Google Poetry: Google Books has a large selection of poetry, from The Canterbury Tales to Beowulf to Walt Whitman. QuotesandPoem.com: Read poems by Maya Angelou, William Blake, Sylvia Plath and more. CompleteClassics.com: Rudyard Kipling, Allen Ginsberg and Alfred Lord Tennyson are all featured here. PinkPoem.com: On this site, you can download free poetry ebooks.

Miscellaneous

For even more free book sites, check out this list.

Banned Books: Here you can follow links of banned books to their full text online. World eBook Library: This monstrous collection includes classics, encyclopedias, children’s books and a lot more. DailyLit: DailyLit has everything from Moby Dick to the more recent phenomenon, Skinny Bitch. A Celebration of Women Writers: The University of Pennsylvania’s page for women writers includes Newbery winners. Free Online Novels: These novels are fully online and range from romance to religious fiction to historical fiction. ManyBooks.net: Download mysteries and other books for your iPhone or eBook reader here. Authorama: Books here are pulled from Google Books and more. You’ll find history books, novels and more. Prize-winning books online: Use this directory to connect to full-text copies of Newbery winners, Nobel Prize winners and Pulitzer winners.

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