Free Ebooks
30+ Free Ebooks Websites
Looking for free ebooks? Here’s over 30 websites that offer free ebooks to either read online, or download to your own computer, laptop, tablet or other mobile device. (Some downloads include zipped files in
.zip, .rar, or other formats.) While a few of the sites offering free ebooks may require registration, registration is typically free for the most basic access.
Many of the sites are ad-supported (banners, text advertisements, etc.). If you’re willing to wade through the clutter you’ll certainly find some great free reads.
Enjoy!
Free Ebooks to Read Online or Download
(FYI: The list is presented in alphabetical order. All links open in a new window.)
| Website | Description | Signup |
| Adobe Free eBooks | Free sample ebooks and ebook chapters (ePub format) from leading publishers available for Adobe Digital Editions users. | No |
| Barnes and Noble | Free fiction and nonfiction ebooks for Nook from Barnes and Noble. | Yes |
| Bartleby | Free access to classic texts and reference materials. | No |
| Bibliomania | Free online literature, more than 2000 classic texts, book notes, author biographies, book summaries and reference books. | No |
| BookBoon | Provides free ebooks and textbooks for students (in PDF format). | No |
| (The) Book Depository | Free classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction ebooks for download. | No |
| Book Gold Mine | Large collection of biology, computer science, business and math e-books, lectures and notes. | No |
| Book Yards | Free ebooks, education materials, information, and other content. | No |
| Books In My Phone | Classic and contemporary free ebook titles for reading with cell phones and java enabled mobile devices. | Yes |
| DailyLit | Read books online in short excerpts by daily email and RSS feed. | Yes |
| Diesel eBooks | Offers free ebooks formatted for both Microsoft Reader and Mobipocket. | Yes (Signup to “purchase” free ebooks. No credit card required.) |
| eBook Mall | Free ebooks – some are only free for a limited time as special promotions. | Yes (Signup to “purchase” free books. No credit card required.) |
| E-Books Directory | Links to freely downloadable ebooks, documents and lecture notes found all over the internet. | No |
| Feedbooks | Free original and public domain ebooks for tablets, pcs, smartphones, and other mobile devices. | No |
| Free Book Spot | Free ebooks in many different formats for online and offline reading. | No |
| Free Computer Books | Free computer, mathematics, and technical books and lecture notes. | No |
| Free Tech Books | Free online computer science and programming books, textbooks, and lecture notes. | Yes (for certain titles) |
| GetFreeEbooks.com | Offer free ebooks and complied lists of ebooks in many different subject areas. | No |
| GoodReads | Lists GoodReads titles that are also available as free ebooks. | No |
| Issu | Service for writing, reading, and sharing ebooks, magazines, and other digital content. | Yes (for certain titles / services) |
| ManyBooks.net | Over 29,000 ebooks available for Kindle, Nook, iPad and other eReaders. Variety of formats. | No |
| MemoWare | Free ebooks for Kindle and Nook in PDF and other e-reader formats. | No |
| Obooko | Hundreds of ebooks hosted by Obooko and offered for free in a lots of subjects and formats. | Yes |
| (The) Online Books Page | The University of Pennsylvania’s online book archives of free classic ebooks for online reading. | No |
| OpenCulture.org’s Free Ebooks | Categorized listing of free classic and contemporary ebooks in a variety of formats (PDF, Kindle, ePub). | No |
| OpenLibrary.org | Free community website for ebook reading, writing, and sharing. | Yes |
| PDFbook | Newer fiction and nonfiction ebooks for download in PDF format. | No (nonregistered uses restricted to 1 download per day) |
| Planet eBook | Free PDF ebooks of classic literature to download and share. | No |
| Poem Hunter | Over 800 pages of free poetry ebooks in PDF format. | No |
| Project Gutenberg | Free original copyrighted and public domain ebooks from hundreds of authors. | No |
| Read Easily | A free ebook library for the blind or visually impaired. Every book has been formatted to be friendly with Text to Speech Software and screen options adjust text size and contrast. | No |
| Scribd | Online community for writing, publishing, reading and sharing ebooks free. | Yes (for certain titles) |
| Witguides | A great source for fiction and nonfiction, how-to-guides and tutorials – many in PDF format. | No |
| WOWIO | Free ebooks, comics, and graphic novels. | Yes |