Digital Books on the Web

The following are resources for finding digital books on the web.

All Topics
Audiobooks to Download
Fiction
Foreign Language Books
Nonfiction
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Books to Purchase

 

All Topics

The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
A collection of about 14,000 “classic” public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

Bibliomania
Thousands of ebooks, poems, articles, short stories and plays all of which are absolutely free.

Project Gutenberg
Over 20,000 free ebooks online.  Includes audio books as well.

 

Audiobooks to Download

LibriVox
The goal of LibriVox is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.

 

Fiction

Bartleby’s Fiction
(also see Books to Purchase)

 

Foreign Language Books

Internet Public Library Classical Chinese Literature

University of Pennsylvania’s Foreign Language Online Books

University of Virginia eText Foreign Language Center

 

Nonfiction

Bartleby's Nonfiction

 

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Baen Free Library
Has about 100 free current science fiction and/or fantasy books.

Doctor Who
Rare and acclaimed "Doctor Who novels available to read for free! All feature brand new artwork and extensive notes by the original authors."

Elfwood
"A huge non-profit home to amateur Fantasy/Sci-Fi literature and art, plus some how-to guides."

 

Books to Purchase

CourseSmart
Before you buy your textbook, see if it is available here.  If it is available it will be less expensive than the hard copy.

eBooks.com
User pays for each copy of a book that is downloaded.  Includes thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles.

 

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