E-books

The Classics

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

1. Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.

2. The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.

3. 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.

4. Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.

5. Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.

6. Planet eBook: Download free classic literature titles here, from Dostoevsky to D.H. Lawrence to Joseph Conrad.

7. The Spectator Project: Montclair State University’s project features full-text, online versions of The Spectator and The Tatler.

8. Bibliomania: This site has more than 2,000 classic texts, plus study guides and reference books.

9. Online Library of Literature: Find full and unabridged texts of classic literature, including the Bronte sisters, Mark Twain and more.

10. Bartleby: Bartleby has much more than just the classics, but its collection of anthologies and other important novels made it famous.

11. 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.

12. 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.

15. Online Medical Textbooks: Find books about plastic surgery, anatomy and more here.

16. Free Business Textbooks: Find free books to go along with accounting, economics and other business classes.

17. Light and Matter: Here you can access open source physics textbooks.

18. 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.

25. FullBooks.com: This site has “thousands of full-text free books,” including a large amount of scientific essays and books.

26. Online Mathematics Texts: Here you can find online textbooks likeElementary Linear Algebra and Complex Variables.

27. FreeScience.info: Find over 1800 math, engineering and science books here.

28. 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.

31. byGosh: Find free illustrated children’s books and stories here.

32. International Children’s Digital Library: Find award-winning books and search by categories like age group, make believe books, true books or picture books.

33. Lookybook: Access children’s picture books here.

Philosophy and Religion

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

35. Ideology.us: Here you’ll find works by Rene Descartes, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, David Hume and others.

36. Free Books on Yoga, Religion and Philosophy: Recent uploads to this site include Practical Lessons in Yoga and Philosophy of Dreams.

37. 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.

40. ReadBookOnline.net: Here you can read plays by Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and others.

41. Plays: Read Pygmalion, Uncle Vanya or The Playboy of the Western World here.

42. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: MIT has made available all of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories.

43. 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.

45. Public Bookshelf: Find romance novels, mysteries and more.

46. The Internet Book Database of Fiction: This forum features fantasy and graphic novels, anime, J.K. Rowling and more.

47. Foxglove: This British site has free novels, satire and short stories.

48. Baen Free Library: Find books by Scott Gier, Keith Laumer and others.

49. The Road to Romance: This website has books by Patricia Cornwell and other romance novelists.

50. Get Free Ebooks: This site’s largest collection includes fiction books.

51. John T. Cullen: Read short stories from John T. Cullen here.

52. SF and Fantasy Books Online: Books here include Arabian Nights,Aesop’s Fables and more.

53. Free Novels Online and Free Online Cyber-Books: This list contains mostly fantasy books.

Foreign Language

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

55. Bibliolteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes: Look up authors to find a catalog of their available works on this Spanish site.

56. KEIMENA: This page is entirely in Greek, but if you’re looking for modern Greek literature, this is the place to access books online.

57. Proyecto Cervantes: Texas A&M’s Proyecto Cervantes has cataloged Cervantes’ work online.

58. Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum: Access many Latin texts here.

59. Project Runeberg: Find Scandinavian literature online here.

60. Italian Women Writers: This site provides information about Italian women authors and features full-text titles too.

61. Afghanistan Digital Library: Powered by NYU, the Afghanistan Digital Library has works published between 1870 and 1930.

62. CELT: CELT stands for “the Corpus of Electronic Texts” features important historical literature and documents.

History and Culture

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

70. The Perseus Project: Tufts’ Perseus Digital Library features titles from Ancient Rome and Greece, published in English and original languages.

71. Access Genealogy: Find literature about Native American history, the Scotch-Irish immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries, and more.

72. 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.

Arts and Entertainment

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

77. Books-On-Line: This large collection includes movie scripts, newer works, cookbooks and more.

78. 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.

79. Free e-Books: Find titles related to beauty and fashion, games, health, drama and more.

Mystery

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

85. MysteryNet: Read free short mystery stories on this site.

88. PoetryThe Literature Network: This site features forums, a copy of The King James Bible, and over 3,000 short stories and poems.

89. Poetry: This list includes “The Raven,” “O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde.”

90. Poem Hunter: Find free poems, lyrics and quotations on this site.

91. Famous Poetry Online: Read limericks, love poetry, and poems by Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Lord Byron and others.

92. Google Poetry: Google Books has a large selection of poetry, fromThe Canterbury Tales to Beowulf to Walt Whitman.

93. QuotesandPoem.com: Read poems by Maya Angelou, William Blake, Sylvia Plath and more.

94. CompleteClassics.com: Rudyard Kipling, Allen Ginsberg and Alfred Lord Tennyson are all featured here.

95. PinkPoem.com: On this site, you can download free poetry ebooks.

Miscellaneous

96. Banned Books: Here you can follow links of banned books to their full text online.

97. World eBook Library: This monstrous collection includes classics, encyclopedias, children’s books and a lot more.

98. A Celebration of Women Writers: The University of Pennsylvania’s page for women writers includes Newbery winners.

99. Free Online Novels: These novels are fully online and range from romance to religious fiction to historical fiction.

100. Authorama: Books here are pulled from Google Books and more. You’ll find history books, novels and more.

101. Prize-winning books online: Use this directory to connect to full-text copies of Newbery winners, Nobel Prize winners and Pulitzer winners.