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A carefully chosen directory of legal, trustworthy places to discover public-domain books, open textbooks, scholarly sources, and digital collections. Availability can vary by territory.
Project Gutenberg
Free public-domain ebooks and literary classics in several download formats.
Standard Ebooks
Beautifully formatted public-domain editions for modern devices and readers.
Poetry Foundation
Poems, poet biographies, essays, and a strong starting point for poetry readers.
Internet Archive
A vast digital archive of books, periodicals, audio, and cultural materials.
HathiTrust Digital Library
Millions of digitized volumes from research libraries, including public-domain texts.
OpenStax
Peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks for science, history, and more.
Library of Congress Books
Digitized books, rare collections, and primary sources from the U.S. national library.
Digitalbook.io
Public-domain ebooks and audiobooks for classic literature listeners.
Most-read public-domain classics
Browse a useful entry point to timeless novels, essays, and plays with high reader interest.
Directory of Open Access Books
Academic open-access books in the humanities, social sciences, and global research.
The Met Collection
Searchable art history, object research, and public-domain images for visual learners.
World Digital Library
Manuscripts, maps, photographs, and cultural documents from around the world.
LibriVox audiobooks
Volunteer-read public-domain audiobooks for commuting, walking, and accessible reading.
Open Culture free ebooks
A browsable directory of free cultural learning resources and classic ebooks.