eBooks, Audiobooks & Braille

On this page you will find links to freely available eBook and Audio Books as well as to some useful tools to help you understand the book you are reading or to help you find a new book to read.

EBooks

BPL's Overdrive https://bpl.overdrive.com/ The Boston Public Library has thousands of eBooks, classics as well as recently published and new eBook titles. See notes below to access Overdrive from BPL.

Internet Archive Books https://archive.org/details/texts The Internet Archive offers over 20,000,000 freely downloadable books and texts. There is also a collection of 2.3 million modern eBooks that may be borrowed by anyone with a free archive.org account.

Math eBooks http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/mathematics.php

Planet eBook https://www.planetebook.com/ Planet eBook hails from Australia and shares classic books that are in the public domain (that means they are freely available).

Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg was *the* first provider of free online eBooks. They have over 60,000 titles to choose from!

Coming soon! SORA https://masslibma.libraryreserve.com/10/45/en/SignIn.htm?url=Default.htm

Audio/MP3 Books

LibriVox https://librivox.org/ Offers free audio books that are in the public domain.

Loyal Books http://www.loyalbooks.com/ Over 7,000 free classic audio books.

StoryNory https://www.storynory.com/ StoryNory has a collection of stories, myths, and picture books.

Reading Ideas and Book Tools

Good Reads https://www.goodreads.com/ This is one of the first places I go to get reading ideas and to find book reviews from a dedicated community of readers.

Order of Books https://www.orderofbooks.com/ Ever wonder which book in a series to read first? You could Google it, or you could check out the order of books website.

Schmoop https://www.shmoop.com/ Schmoop has study guides and help understanding the books you are reading. It is like having a digital librarian at your side 24/7.

Series and Sequels http://yaseries.bettendorflibrary.com/index.php/Main_Page Do you love a good series? Check out this extensive list.

What Should I Read Next https://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/ is a great tool for finding a book to read based on your past reading interests. Type in the name of a book you loved and the site will return a list of similar books that you might also enjoy.