Literature, Reading, Writing, Listening & Poetry Sites
Great Websites for
Books, Reading, Writing, Listening & Poetry
AP Daily Live Review offers prep for all AP courses.
Audm lets you listen to longform journalism from top-tier publications without subscriptions.
Bartleby provides access to literature, poems and reference works, including the Harvard Classics & Shelf of Fiction, Grey's Anatomy, Oxford Shakespeare collection and so much more.
Book Creator allows students to engage in the real-world application of online publishing. Create and publish fiction, non-fiction, comic books, picture books, how-to guides, and more.
Bookopolis is an online community for readers to share their favorite books and discover new ones.
Digital Public Library of America creates access to millions of libraries, texts, museums & archives to empower people to learn and grow.
ESL English Language Learning is a site that provides written text partnered with audio, explanations of idioms and so much more for those learning English as a new language.
Eunoia is a list of words from all languages that just don't translate.
GoodReads connects readers and helps you "meet your next favorite book".
High School Ace is a collection of free online academic resources for teens. It features interactive quiz games focused on English, Math, History, and Science facts, homework help, plus links to lots of great websites.
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction is a treat for all sci fi fans!
The Library Map maps more than 100K books and links them based on similarity. Fun way to explore similar books!
LibriVox provides free access to free public domain audiobooks, which are read by volunteers. You can also volunteer to be a reader!
Listen Notes is an incredible podcast search engine. Curate playlists and listen on your favorite podcast player apps.
LitHub is a great source for book recommendations plus their daily newsletter is fabulous!
MCN Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museums is, by far, the most comprehensive guide to virtual museum resources, E-learning, and online collections covering art, culture, history, literature and science. Amazing!
Medium is a community of readers and writers offering unique perspectives on ideas large and small.
Merriam-Webster: Time Traveler lets you know what year words first appeared in print. Also check out their Word of the Day and Words at Play.
My Storybook is a website and app where young people can create their own stories. Take a writing lesson, build your own storybook, keep and share your stories, it’s all here in My Storybook
Nobel Prize helps you learn about the history, work and people who have won the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature, plus all other categories.
Old Time Radio lets you access shows and programs from the "olden days"
Poem Hunter has an extensive and easily searchable database of poetry.
Poets.org is an amazing hub for poets, poems, events, resources, the Academy of American Poets 7 so much more
Project Gutenberg offers more than 50,000 free eBooks which you can download in Kindle, ePub or PDF format or read online.
Readow uses AI to help recommend your next book.
Rhyme Desk helps poets and rappers find rhyming words. Check out their WORKSHEET for multiple words at a time!
Spreeder is free online speed reading software designed to help you improve your reading speed and comprehension.
Standard Ebooks is a volunteer driven, not-for-profit project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and free.
Storyboard That is a storyboarding tool with templates to create stories. Choose scenes, characters, text bubbles, and much more.
Time Traveler lets you know what year specific words came into print.
US Copyright Office is helpful for all things related to copyright -- protecting your ideas or work, understanding the process or seeing what's already been registered.
What Should I Read Next? helps you select a great next read based on books you've read and loved.
Wordnik is a huge online dictionary that offers definitions and examples from many sources plus Word of the Day.
Wordsmith: A.Word.A.Day is a worldwide community of people who love words, wordplay, language and literature.
World Digital Library provides free access to manuscripts, rare books, maps, photographs, and other important cultural documents from all countries and cultures.
Write Well video series from Macalester University teaches you the art of, well, writing well.