The Classics
Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other
famous authors here.
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Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels
online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.
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Page by Page Books: Find books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
and H.G. Wells, as well as speeches from George W. Bush on this site.
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Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical
fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature,
but they’re all classics.
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Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George
Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.
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Planet eBook: Download free classic literature
titles here, from Dostoevsky to D.H. Lawrence to Joseph Conrad.
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The Spectator Project: Montclair State University’s project
features full-text, online versions of The
Spectator and The Tatler.
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Bibliomania: This site has more than 2,000 classic
texts, plus study guides and reference books.
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Online Library of Literature: Find full and unabridged texts of
classic literature, including the Bronte sisters, Mark Twain and more.
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Bartleby: Bartleby has much more than just the classics, but
its collection of anthologies and other important novels made it famous.
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Fiction.us: Fiction.us has
a huge selection of novels, including works by Lewis Carroll, Willa Cather,
Sherwood Anderson, Flaubert, George Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.
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Free Classic Literature: Find British authors like Shakespeare
and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, plus other authors like Jules Verne, Mark Twain,
and more.
Textbooks
If you don’t absolutely need to pay for your
textbooks, save yourself a few hundred dollars by reviewing these sites.
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Textbook Revolution: Find biology, business, engineering,
mathematics and world history textbooks here.
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Wikibooks: From cookbooks to the computing department, find
instructional and educational materials here.
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Online Science and Math Textbooks: Access biochemistry, chemistry,
aeronautics, medical manuals and other textbooks here.
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MIT Open Courseware Supplemental Resources: Find free videos, textbooks and more
on the subjects of mechanical engineering, mathematics, chemistry and more.
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Flat World Knowledge: This innovative site has created an
open college textbooks platform that will launch in January 2009.
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Free Business Textbooks: Find free books to go along with
accounting, economics and other business classes.
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eMedicine: This project from WebMD is continuously updated and
has articles and references on surgery, pediatrics and more.
Math and Science
Turn to this list to find books about math, science,
engineering and technology.
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FullBooks.com: This site has “thousands of full-text
free books,” including a large amount of scientific essays and books.
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Free online textbooks, lecture notes,
tutorials and videos on mathematics: NYU links to several free resources for math
students.
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Online Mathematics Texts: Here you can find online textbooks
likeElementary Linear Algebra and Complex
Variables.
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Science and Engineering Books for free
download: These books
range in topics from nanotechnology to compressible flow.
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Free Tech Books: Computer programmers and computer
science enthusiasts can find helpful books here.
Children’s Books
Even children’s books are now available online. Find
illustrated books, chapter books and more.
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Munseys: Munseys has nearly 2,000 children’s titles, plus
books about religion, biographies and more.
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International Children’s Digital Library: Find award-winning books and search by
categories like age group, make believe books, true books or picture books.
Philosophy and Religion
For books about philosophy and religion, check out
these websites.
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Bored.com: Bored.com has
music ebooks, cooking ebooks, and over 150 philosophy titles and over 1,000
religion titles.
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Ideology.us: Here you’ll find works by Rene
Descartes, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, David Hume and others.
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Free Books on Yoga, Religion and
Philosophy: Recent
uploads to this site include Practical
Lessons in Yoga and Philosophy of Dreams.
Plays
From Shakespeare to George Bernard Shaw to more
contemporary playwrights, visit these sites.
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ReadBookOnline.net: Here you can read plays by Chekhov,
Thomas Hardy, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and others.
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: MIT has made available all of
Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories.
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Plays Online: This site catalogs “all the plays
[they] know about that are available in full text versions online for free.”
Modern Fiction, Fantasy and Romance
These websites boast collections of graphic novels,
romance novels, fantasy books and more.
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The Internet Book Database of Fiction: This forum features fantasy and
graphic novels, anime, J.K. Rowling and more.
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Free Online Novels: Here you can find Christian novels,
fantasy and graphic novels, adventure books, horror books and more.
Foreign Language
For books in a foreign language like French, Spanish
and even Romanian, look here.
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ATHENA Textes Francais: Search by author’s name, French books,
or books written by other authors but translated into French.
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Bibliolteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes: Look up authors to find a catalog of
their available works on this Spanish site.
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KEIMENA: This page is entirely in Greek, but if you’re
looking for modern Greek literature, this is the place to access books online.
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Italian Women Writers: This site provides information about
Italian women authors and features full-text titles too.
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Afghanistan Digital Library: Powered by NYU, the Afghanistan
Digital Library has works published between 1870 and 1930.
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CELT: CELT stands for “the Corpus of Electronic Texts”
features important historical literature and documents.
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Projekt Gutenberg-DE: This easy-to-use database of German
language texts lets you search by genres and author.
History and Culture
Refresh your memory of world history, the classics and
U.S. history here.
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The Perseus Project: Tufts’ Perseus Digital Library
features titles from Ancient Rome and Greece, published in English and original
languages.
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Access Genealogy: Find literature about Native American
history, the Scotch-Irish immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries, and more.
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Free History Books: This collection features U.S. history
books, including works by Paul Jennings, Sarah Morgan Dawson, Josiah Quincy and
others.
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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.
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Arts and Entertainment
This list features books about celebrities, movies,
fashion and more.
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Chest of Books: This site has a wide range of free
books, including gardening and cooking books, home improvement books, craft and
hobby books, art books and more.
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2020ok: Categories here include art, graphic design,
performing arts, ethnic and national, careers, business and a lot more.
Mystery
Here you can find mystery books from Sherlock Holmes
to more contemporary authors.
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TopMystery.com: Read books by Edgar Allan Poe, Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, GK Chesterton and other mystery writers here.
Poetry
These poetry sites have works by Emily Dickinson,
Edgar Allan Poe and others.
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The Literature Network: This site features forums, a copy of
The King James Bible, and over 3,000 short stories and poems.
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Poetry: This list includes “The Raven,” “O Captain! My
Captain!” and “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde.”
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Famous Poetry Online: Read limericks, love poetry, and poems
by Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Lord Byron and others.
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Google Poetry: Google Books has a large selection of
poetry, fromThe Canterbury Tales to Beowulf to Walt Whitman.
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CompleteClassics.com: Rudyard Kipling, Allen Ginsberg and
Alfred Lord Tennyson are all featured here.
Miscellaneous
For even more free book sites, check out this list.
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World eBook Library: This monstrous collection includes
classics, encyclopedias, children’s books and a lot more.
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A Celebration of Women Writers: The University of Pennsylvania’s page
for women writers includes Newbery winners.
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Free Online Novels: These novels are fully online and
range from romance to religious fiction to historical fiction.
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Authorama: Books here are pulled from Google Books and more. You’ll
find history books, novels and more.
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Prize-winning books online: Use this directory to connect to
full-text copies of Newbery winners, Nobel Prize winners and Pulitzer winners.
