"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life."
- W. Somerset Maugham
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| Mr. Breeze and His Favorite Book |
If you love to read ebooks, but your wallet is thin, there are many sites online for free ebooks.
Your local library! Your local library's web page probably includes eBooks to borrow. If you don't have a library card, do get one! It's free.
- Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is an online library of over 70,000 free eBooks to download or read online. Much of the world’s great public domain literature is available. Many titles are also available as audiobooks. - The Internet Archive
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 Internet Archive account. - Open Library
Open Library’s catalog provides links to discover, borrow, and read from the Internet Archive’s collections. Your Internet Archive account can be used to sign-in to Open Library. - Standard Ebooks
Standard Ebooks provides beautifully-formatted editions of ebooks found in Project Gutenberg. - Ebooks.com
400 of their most popular classics to read, free of charge. - Google Play
Google Play Bookstore has a page of freebies. - For the Amazon Kindle:
You can, of course, borrow hardcopy from your local library. Want a book not available at your local library? Use InterLibrary Loan to borrow books from other libraries. Ask the librarian.
OverDrive and WorldCat are both online catalogs to help you locate books, including rare or unique hardcopy.
Do you have a favorite site for free ebooks or audiobooks not listed here? Please leave a comment.
