5 free sites
Free Books & Reading
5 free sites in Books & Reading. Every one was opened and checked before it went on the list. 3 of them sit in a legal gray area and are marked on the row.
- Project Gutenberg gutenberg.org Top pick
A library of 70,000+ ebooks whose copyright has expired, downloadable as plain text or EPUB with no account needed.
- Open Library openlibrary.org Top pick
An Internet Archive project that lets you borrow scanned books online for free, like a library card catalog with actual lending.
- Anna's Archive annas-archive.org Gray area
A single search bar over Library Genesis, Sci-Hub, and other book/paper mirrors at once.
Shadow library index, copyright-infringing. Use your own judgment.
- Library Genesis libgen.li Gray area
A searchable mirror of pirated books and academic texts you can download by title, author, or ISBN.
Shadow library, a copyright-infringing book mirror. Use your own judgment.
- PDF Drive pdfdrive.com Gray area
A search engine for PDF files scattered across the web: books, papers, and manuals.
Mixed legitimacy, indexing both public-domain and unlicensed scans. Use your own judgment.
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