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    Lookalikes…
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    http://feedurbrain.com/
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    http://textbooknova.com/

    Specialized
    http://giuciao.com/
    http://pdfchm.com/
    http://zainbooks.com/

    Need to Register
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    Medical books pdf:
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    free books

    The Classics

    Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here.

    1. Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.
    2. The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.
    3. Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.
    4. Page by Page Books: Find books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, as well as speeches from George W. Bush on this site.
    5. Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.
    6. Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.
    7. Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.
    8. Planet eBook: Download free classic literature titles here, from Dostoevsky to D.H. Lawrence to Joseph Conrad.
    9. The Spectator Project: Montclair State University’s project features full-text, online versions of The Spectator and The Tatler.
    10. Bibliomania: This site has more than 2,000 classic texts, plus study guides and reference books.
    11. Online Library of Literature: Find full and unabridged texts of classic literature, including the Bronte sisters, Mark Twain and more.
    12. Bartleby: Bartleby has much more than just the classics, but its collection of anthologies and other important novels made it famous.
    13. Fiction.us: Fiction.us has a huge selection of novels, including works by Lewis Carroll, Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Flaubert, George Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.
    14. Free Classic Literature: Find British authors like Shakespeare and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, plus other authors like Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and more.

    Textbooks

    If you don’t absolutely need to pay for your textbooks, save yourself a few hundred dollars by reviewing these sites.

    1. Textbook Revolution: Find biology, business, engineering, mathematics and world history textbooks here.
    2. Wikibooks: From cookbooks to the computing department, find instructional and educational materials here.
    3. KnowThis Free Online Textbooks: Get directed to stats textbooks and more.
    4. Online Medical Textbooks: Find books about plastic surgery, anatomy and more here.
    5. Online Science and Math Textbooks: Access biochemistry, chemistry, aeronautics, medical manuals and other textbooks here.
    6. MIT Open Courseware Supplemental Resources: Find free videos, textbooks and more on the subjects of mechanical engineering, mathematics, chemistry and more.
    7. Flat World Knowledge: This innovative site has created an open college textbooks platform that will launch in January 2009.
    8. Free Business Textbooks: Find free books to go along with accounting, economics and other business classes.
    9. Light and Matter: Here you can access open source physics textbooks.
    10. eMedicine: This project from WebMD is continuously updated and has articles and references on surgery, pediatrics and more.

    Math and Science

    Turn to this list to find books about math, science, engineering and technology.

    1. FullBooks.com: This site has “thousands of full-text free books,” including a large amount of scientific essays and books.
    2. Free online textbooks, lecture notes, tutorials and videos on mathematics: NYU links to several free resources for math students.
    3. Online Mathematics Texts: Here you can find online textbooks like Elementary Linear Algebra and Complex Variables.
    4. Science and Engineering Books for free download: These books range in topics from nanotechnology to compressible flow.
    5. FreeScience.info: Find over 1800 math, engineering and science books here.
    6. Free Tech Books: Computer programmers and computer science enthusiasts can find helpful books here.

    Children’s Books

    Even children’s books are now available online. Find illustrated books, chapter books and more.

    1. byGosh: Find free illustrated children’s books and stories here.
    2. Munseys: Munseys has nearly 2,000 children’s titles, plus books about religion, biographies and more.
    3. International Children’s Digital Library: Find award-winning books and search by categories like age group, make believe books, true books or picture books.
    4. Lookybook: Access children’s picture books here.

    Philosophy and Religion

    For books about philosophy and religion, check out these websites.

    1. Bored.com: Bored.com has music ebooks, cooking ebooks, and over 150 philosophy titles and over 1,000 religion titles.
    2. Ideology.us: Here you’ll find works by Rene Descartes, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, David Hume and others.
    3. Free Books on Yoga, Religion and Philosophy: Recent uploads to this site include Practical Lessons in Yoga and Philosophy of Dreams.
    4. The Sociology of Religion: Read this book by Max Weber, here.
    5. Religion eBooks: Read books about the Bible, Christian books, and more.

    Plays

    From Shakespeare to George Bernard Shaw to more contemporary playwrights, visit these sites.

    1. ReadBookOnline.net: Here you can read plays by Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and others.
    2. Plays: Read Pygmalion, Uncle Vanya or The Playboy of the Western World here.
    3. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: MIT has made available all of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories.
    4. Plays Online: This site catalogs “all the plays [they] know about that are available in full text versions online for free.”
    5. ProPlay: This site has children’s plays, comedies, dramas and musicals.

    Modern Fiction, Fantasy and Romance

    These websites boast collections of graphic novels, romance novels, fantasy books and more.

    1. Public Bookshelf: Find romance novels, mysteries and more.
    2. The Internet Book Database of Fiction: This forum features fantasy and graphic novels, anime, J.K. Rowling and more.
    3. Free Online Novels: Here you can find Christian novels, fantasy and graphic novels, adventure books, horror books and more.
    4. Foxglove: This British site has free novels, satire and short stories.
    5. Baen Free Library: Find books by Scott Gier, Keith Laumer and others.
    6. The Road to Romance: This website has books by Patricia Cornwell and other romance novelists.
    7. Get Free Ebooks: This site’s largest collection includes fiction books.
    8. John T. Cullen: Read short stories from John T. Cullen here.
    9. SF and Fantasy Books Online: Books here include Arabian Nights, Aesop’s Fables and more.
    10. Free Novels Online and Free Online Cyber-Books: This list contains mostly fantasy books.

    Foreign Language

    For books in a foreign language like French, Spanish and even Romanian, look here.

    1. Project Laurens Jz Coster: Find Dutch literature here.
    2. ATHENA Textes Francais: Search by author’s name, French books, or books written by other authors but translated into French.
    3. Liber Liber: Download Italian books here. Browse by author, title, or subject.
    4. Biblioteca romaneasca: Find Romanian books on this site.
    5. Bibliolteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes: Look up authors to find a catalog of their available works on this Spanish site.
    6. KEIMENA: This page is entirely in Greek, but if you’re looking for modern Greek literature, this is the place to access books online.
    7. Proyecto Cervantes: Texas A&M’s Proyecto Cervantes has cataloged Cervantes’ work online.
    8. Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum: Access many Latin texts here.
    9. Project Runeberg: Find Scandinavian literature online here.
    10. Italian Women Writers: This site provides information about Italian women authors and features full-text titles too.
    11. Biblioteca Valenciana: Register to use this database of Catalan and Valencian books.
    12. Ketab Farsi: Access literature and publications in Farsi from this site.
    13. Afghanistan Digital Library: Powered by NYU, the Afghanistan Digital Library has works published between 1870 and 1930.
    14. CELT: CELT stands for “the Corpus of Electronic Texts” features important historical literature and documents.
    15. Projekt Gutenberg-DE: This easy-to-use database of German language texts lets you search by genres and author.

    History and Culture

    Refresh your memory of world history, the classics and U.S. history here.

    1. LibriVox: LibriVox has a good selection of historical fiction.
    2. The Perseus Project: Tufts’ Perseus Digital Library features titles from Ancient Rome and Greece, published in English and original languages.
    3. Access Genealogy: Find literature about Native American history, the Scotch-Irish immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries, and more.
    4. Free History Books: This collection features U.S. history books, including works by Paul Jennings, Sarah Morgan Dawson, Josiah Quincy and others.
    5. Most Popular History Books: Free titles include Seven Days and Seven Nights by Alexander Szegedy and Autobiography of a Female Slave by Martha G. Browne.

    Rare Books

    Look for rare books online here.

    1. Questia: Questia has 5,000 books available for free, including rare books and classics.

    Arts and Entertainment

    This list features books about celebrities, movies, fashion and more.

    1. Books-On-Line: This large collection includes movie scripts, newer works, cookbooks and more.
    2. Chest of Books: This site has a wide range of free books, including gardening and cooking books, home improvement books, craft and hobby books, art books and more.
    3. Free e-Books: Find titles related to beauty and fashion, games, health, drama and more.
    4. 2020ok: Categories here include art, graphic design, performing arts, ethnic and national, careers, business and a lot more.
    5. Free Art Books: Find artist books and art books in PDF format here.
    6. Free Web design books: OnlineComputerBooks.com directs you to free web design books.
    7. Free Music Books: Find sheet music, lyrics and books about music here.
    8. Free Fashion Books: Costume and fashion books are linked to the Google Books page.

    Mystery

    Here you can find mystery books from Sherlock Holmes to more contemporary authors.

    1. MysteryNet: Read free short mystery stories on this site.
    2. TopMystery.com: Read books by Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, GK Chesterton and other mystery writers here.
    3. Mystery Books: Read books by Sue Grafton and others.

    Poetry

    These poetry sites have works by Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe and others.

    1. The Literature Network: This site features forums, a copy of The King James Bible, and over 3,000 short stories and poems.
    2. Poetry: This list includes “The Raven,” “O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde.”
    3. Poem Hunter: Find free poems, lyrics and quotations on this site.
    4. Famous Poetry Online: Read limericks, love poetry, and poems by Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Lord Byron and others.
    5. Google Poetry: Google Books has a large selection of poetry, from The Canterbury Tales to Beowulf to Walt Whitman.
    6. QuotesandPoem.com: Read poems by Maya Angelou, William Blake, Sylvia Plath and more.
    7. CompleteClassics.com: Rudyard Kipling, Allen Ginsberg and Alfred Lord Tennyson are all featured here.
    8. PinkPoem.com: On this site, you can download free poetry ebooks.

    Miscellaneous

    For even more free book sites, check out this list.

    1. Banned Books: Here you can follow links of banned books to their full text online.
    2. World eBook Library: This monstrous collection includes classics, encyclopedias, children’s books and a lot more.
    3. DailyLit: DailyLit has everything from Moby Dick to the more recent phenomenon, Skinny Bitch.
    4. A Celebration of Women Writers: The University of Pennsylvania’s page for women writers includes Newbery winners.
    5. Free Online Novels: These novels are fully online and range from romance to religious fiction to historical fiction.
    6. ManyBooks.net: Download mysteries and other books for your iPhone or eBook reader here.
    7. Authorama: Books here are pulled from Google Books and more. You’ll find history books, novels and more.
    8. Prize-winning books online: Use this directory to connect to full-text copies of Newbery winners, Nobel Prize winners and Pulitzer winners.

     


     

    The Classics

    Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here.

    1. Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.
    2. The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.
    3. Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.
    4. Page by Page Books: Find books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, as well as speeches from George W. Bush on this site.
    5. Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.
    6. Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.
    7. Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.
    8. Planet eBook: Download free classic literature titles here, from Dostoevsky to D.H. Lawrence to Joseph Conrad.
    9. The Spectator Project: Montclair State University’s project features full-text, online versions of The Spectator and The Tatler.
    10. Bibliomania: This site has more than 2,000 classic texts, plus study guides and reference books.
    11. Online Library of Literature: Find full and unabridged texts of classic literature, including the Bronte sisters, Mark Twain and more.
    12. Bartleby: Bartleby has much more than just the classics, but its collection of anthologies and other important novels made it famous.
    13. Fiction.us: Fiction.us has a huge selection of novels, including works by Lewis Carroll, Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Flaubert, George Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.
    14. Free Classic Literature: Find British authors like Shakespeare and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, plus other authors like Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and more.

    Textbooks

    If you don’t absolutely need to pay for your textbooks, save yourself a few hundred dollars by reviewing these sites.

    1. Textbook Revolution: Find biology, business, engineering, mathematics and world history textbooks here.
    2. Wikibooks: From cookbooks to the computing department, find instructional and educational materials here.
    3. KnowThis Free Online Textbooks: Get directed to stats textbooks and more.
    4. Online Medical Textbooks: Find books about plastic surgery, anatomy and more here.
    5. Online Science and Math Textbooks: Access biochemistry, chemistry, aeronautics, medical manuals and other textbooks here.
    6. MIT Open Courseware Supplemental Resources: Find free videos, textbooks and more on the subjects of mechanical engineering, mathematics, chemistry and more.
    7. Flat World Knowledge: This innovative site has created an open college textbooks platform that will launch in January 2009.
    8. Free Business Textbooks: Find free books to go along with accounting, economics and other business classes.
    9. Light and Matter: Here you can access open source physics textbooks.
    10. eMedicine: This project from WebMD is continuously updated and has articles and references on surgery, pediatrics and more.

    Math and Science

    Turn to this list to find books about math, science, engineering and technology.

    1. FullBooks.com: This site has “thousands of full-text free books,” including a large amount of scientific essays and books.
    2. Free online textbooks, lecture notes, tutorials and videos on mathematics: NYU links to several free resources for math students.
    3. Online Mathematics Texts: Here you can find online textbooks like Elementary Linear Algebra and Complex Variables.
    4. Science and Engineering Books for free download: These books range in topics from nanotechnology to compressible flow.
    5. FreeScience.info: Find over 1800 math, engineering and science books here.
    6. Free Tech Books: Computer programmers and computer science enthusiasts can find helpful books here.

    Children’s Books

    Even children’s books are now available online. Find illustrated books, chapter books and more.

    1. byGosh: Find free illustrated children’s books and stories here.
    2. Munseys: Munseys has nearly 2,000 children’s titles, plus books about religion, biographies and more.
    3. International Children’s Digital Library: Find award-winning books and search by categories like age group, make believe books, true books or picture books.
    4. Lookybook: Access children’s picture books here.

    Philosophy and Religion

    For books about philosophy and religion, check out these websites.

    1. Bored.com: Bored.com has music ebooks, cooking ebooks, and over 150 philosophy titles and over 1,000 religion titles.
    2. Ideology.us: Here you’ll find works by Rene Descartes, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, David Hume and others.
    3. Free Books on Yoga, Religion and Philosophy: Recent uploads to this site include Practical Lessons in Yoga and Philosophy of Dreams.
    4. The Sociology of Religion: Read this book by Max Weber, here.
    5. Religion eBooks: Read books about the Bible, Christian books, and more.

    Plays

    From Shakespeare to George Bernard Shaw to more contemporary playwrights, visit these sites.

    1. ReadBookOnline.net: Here you can read plays by Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and others.
    2. Plays: Read Pygmalion, Uncle Vanya or The Playboy of the Western World here.
    3. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: MIT has made available all of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories.
    4. Plays Online: This site catalogs “all the plays [they] know about that are available in full text versions online for free.”
    5. ProPlay: This site has children’s plays, comedies, dramas and musicals.

    Modern Fiction, Fantasy and Romance

    These websites boast collections of graphic novels, romance novels, fantasy books and more.

    1. Public Bookshelf: Find romance novels, mysteries and more.
    2. The Internet Book Database of Fiction: This forum features fantasy and graphic novels, anime, J.K. Rowling and more.
    3. Free Online Novels: Here you can find Christian novels, fantasy and graphic novels, adventure books, horror books and more.
    4. Foxglove: This British site has free novels, satire and short stories.
    5. Baen Free Library: Find books by Scott Gier, Keith Laumer and others.
    6. The Road to Romance: This website has books by Patricia Cornwell and other romance novelists.
    7. Get Free Ebooks: This site’s largest collection includes fiction books.
    8. John T. Cullen: Read short stories from John T. Cullen here.
    9. SF and Fantasy Books Online: Books here include Arabian Nights, Aesop’s Fables and more.
    10. Free Novels Online and Free Online Cyber-Books: This list contains mostly fantasy books.

    Foreign Language

    For books in a foreign language like French, Spanish and even Romanian, look here.

    1. Project Laurens Jz Coster: Find Dutch literature here.
    2. ATHENA Textes Francais: Search by author’s name, French books, or books written by other authors but translated into French.
    3. Liber Liber: Download Italian books here. Browse by author, title, or subject.
    4. Biblioteca romaneasca: Find Romanian books on this site.
    5. Bibliolteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes: Look up authors to find a catalog of their available works on this Spanish site.
    6. KEIMENA: This page is entirely in Greek, but if you’re looking for modern Greek literature, this is the place to access books online.
    7. Proyecto Cervantes: Texas A&M’s Proyecto Cervantes has cataloged Cervantes’ work online.
    8. Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum: Access many Latin texts here.
    9. Project Runeberg: Find Scandinavian literature online here.
    10. Italian Women Writers: This site provides information about Italian women authors and features full-text titles too.
    11. Biblioteca Valenciana: Register to use this database of Catalan and Valencian books.
    12. Ketab Farsi: Access literature and publications in Farsi from this site.
    13. Afghanistan Digital Library: Powered by NYU, the Afghanistan Digital Library has works published between 1870 and 1930.
    14. CELT: CELT stands for “the Corpus of Electronic Texts” features important historical literature and documents.
    15. Projekt Gutenberg-DE: This easy-to-use database of German language texts lets you search by genres and author.

    History and Culture

    Refresh your memory of world history, the classics and U.S. history here.

    1. LibriVox: LibriVox has a good selection of historical fiction.
    2. The Perseus Project: Tufts’ Perseus Digital Library features titles from Ancient Rome and Greece, published in English and original languages.
    3. Access Genealogy: Find literature about Native American history, the Scotch-Irish immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries, and more.
    4. Free History Books: This collection features U.S. history books, including works by Paul Jennings, Sarah Morgan Dawson, Josiah Quincy and others.
    5. Most Popular History Books: Free titles include Seven Days and Seven Nights by Alexander Szegedy and Autobiography of a Female Slave by Martha G. Browne.

    Rare Books

    Look for rare books online here.

    1. Questia: Questia has 5,000 books available for free, including rare books and classics.

    Arts and Entertainment

    This list features books about celebrities, movies, fashion and more.

    1. Books-On-Line: This large collection includes movie scripts, newer works, cookbooks and more.
    2. Chest of Books: This site has a wide range of free books, including gardening and cooking books, home improvement books, craft and hobby books, art books and more.
    3. Free e-Books: Find titles related to beauty and fashion, games, health, drama and more.
    4. 2020ok: Categories here include art, graphic design, performing arts, ethnic and national, careers, business and a lot more.
    5. Free Art Books: Find artist books and art books in PDF format here.
    6. Free Web design books: OnlineComputerBooks.com directs you to free web design books.
    7. Free Music Books: Find sheet music, lyrics and books about music here.
    8. Free Fashion Books: Costume and fashion books are linked to the Google Books page.

    Mystery

    Here you can find mystery books from Sherlock Holmes to more contemporary authors.

    1. MysteryNet: Read free short mystery stories on this site.
    2. TopMystery.com: Read books by Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, GK Chesterton and other mystery writers here.
    3. Mystery Books: Read books by Sue Grafton and others.

    Poetry

    These poetry sites have works by Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe and others.

    1. The Literature Network: This site features forums, a copy of The King James Bible, and over 3,000 short stories and poems.
    2. Poetry: This list includes “The Raven,” “O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde.”
    3. Poem Hunter: Find free poems, lyrics and quotations on this site.
    4. Famous Poetry Online: Read limericks, love poetry, and poems by Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Lord Byron and others.
    5. Google Poetry: Google Books has a large selection of poetry, from The Canterbury Tales to Beowulf to Walt Whitman.
    6. QuotesandPoem.com: Read poems by Maya Angelou, William Blake, Sylvia Plath and more.
    7. CompleteClassics.com: Rudyard Kipling, Allen Ginsberg and Alfred Lord Tennyson are all featured here.
    8. PinkPoem.com: On this site, you can download free poetry ebooks.

    Miscellaneous

    For even more free book sites, check out this list.

    1. Banned Books: Here you can follow links of banned books to their full text online.
    2. World eBook Library: This monstrous collection includes classics, encyclopedias, children’s books and a lot more.
    3. DailyLit: DailyLit has everything from Moby Dick to the more recent phenomenon, Skinny Bitch.
    4. A Celebration of Women Writers: The University of Pennsylvania’s page for women writers includes Newbery winners.
    5. Free Online Novels: These novels are fully online and range from romance to religious fiction to historical fiction.
    6. ManyBooks.net: Download mysteries and other books for your iPhone or eBook reader here.
    7. Authorama: Books here are pulled from Google Books and more. You’ll find history books, novels and more.
    8. Prize-winning books online: Use this directory to connect to full-text copies of Newbery winners, Nobel Prize winners and Pulitzer winners.

     

    99 legal sites to download literature

    #100001046
    HyChief
    Keymaster

    Archive.org,
    a site that does more than you think. It offers an extensive catalog of media such as online books, PDFs, documents, and even old YouTube tutorials. What’s more, you can download these books in different formats based on your preferences. With archive.org, you can back up your digital books and documents. As a website, it’s a testament to its name and you have access to media you can’t find anywhere else.

    Bookboon
    you’re not only getting access to textbooks for free but also textbooks that were written and published by the top lecturers of the best universities. Whether the course you’re studying is in the Business department, Economics, Literature, Science and Technology, you have a catalog of top-end books to pick from. Also, the site offers you a skill learning program for personal development.

    OpenEd
    promotes through its catalog of materials centered on the most popular courses in British Columbia.
    The books offered are well versed in areas of Accounting, Sociology, Media, Arts, Biology, Business, Skill Learning, Trading, and Technology. The site is easily accessible through keywords and specific fields.

    bioRxiv
    is a science-dedicated website that offers a catalog of books for topics like Dermatology, Ecology, Pharmacology, and so on.
    It’s also a site that keeps its consumers informed as you get notifications about newly published articles and papers. They also have a Twitter page that you can follow for updates.

    Bookshare
    is your go-to source for all things non-mainstream. From cooking to literature to graphic arts, there’s a book for each of your needs. Also, if you require college books for free to prep for an SAT or MCAT, LSAT, or GRE exam, look no further than Bookshare.

    Cite Seer X
    is the website for you. With a wide array of books written before 2000 and created by Penn University, Cite Seer X offers a portal to the past and ensures you have a blast looking for the books you need. Cite Seer X also offers citations for the content you use; a handy tool.

    Digital Book Index
    offers links to hundreds of thousands of digital books for all subject areas. These subject areas range from Math to Sciences to Medicine to Religion to Law to Philosophy and History. At Digital Book Index, you are granted access to thousands of PDF books from authors, publishers, universities, and private websites, all for free.

    Every Poet
    is your online buddy for all things poetry. You get access to outstanding classical poetic publications from renowned poets like Sylvia Platt and Robert Frost. What’s more, you can submit your publications for assays and even read other publications from other Every Poet users. A hub for poets looking for free college books, Every Poet is a website dedicated to making your studies of English and literature courses easier.

    Free E-Books.net
    is a website that also offers free college textbooks for students to aid their studies. It offers a catalog of books in all areas of study, with a huge focus on Literature. When you access the website, you get a drop-down menu that organizes all textbooks based on their area of study. Another cool feature is the access to online videos and blogs from skilled experts in various fields of study.

    Free Book Spot
    is another treasure chest for students looking for free college textbooks to download in PDF format. Here, you can search for digital books on topics such as Agriculture, Economy, Astronomy, Sciences, Math, Archaeology, and much more.

    Freeditorial
    What happens when you mix the features of an open digital library and an online publishing house to form one website? The result is an open-for-all hub of writers and publishers known as You see, at Freeditorial, you get access to download free college textbooks from all spheres of education. Also, these books are available in English and Spanish in an easy-to-access catalog. Writers can also publish their works for the masses to see.

    IntechOpen
    has been a household name for all things digital textbooks since 2004. It boasts over 2,000 published textbooks in the fields of computer science books, robotics, and many STEM courses you’re interested in. To further prove its credibility and popularity, IntechOpen has amassed over 60 million downloads on its websites. The website also offers journals that have been reviewed by your peers in your field of study for your reading consumption.

    Library Genesis
    is a website that offers college textbooks for free for any kind of student. That’s right, every free college textbook you need is available to download in PDF on the website. You can easily search through the LibGen Library using keywords, ISBN, year of publication, authors, extensions, and so on. The textbooks are available to download in various languages making them a popular choice around the globe.

    Libre Text
    packs a punch in the hub of the digital book. With 398 textbooks on offer, the website is host to over 220 million students looking for free college textbooks. Also, it’s the kind of website you go to when searching for PDFs that have already been tested and reviewed by your fellow college students.

    Lyryx
    is a website that offers free college textbooks but it doesn’t end there. With Lyryx, your learning process is taken a step further with the implementation of online assignments tailor-made to help keep your senses sharp and develop your skills. Lyryx as a website offers free college textbooks to all college students with subjects like Mathematics Statistics, Economics, and Business as their main focus.

    Manybooks.net
    With over 29,000 digital books available to college students, boasts an extensive catalog and houses an attractive interface that makes searching for books to download worthwhile. But it’s not just their books that are many, the website offers free college textbooks in 46 languages making it a global go-to place.

    Mobilism
    has established itself as an extensive eBook library for the masses. With an extensive catalog and an easy-to-search feature, you’ll face zero difficulties finding the academic books you need. Another great feature of Mobilism is the regular updates, especially to the download links. So, if you encounter a broken link, the authors can be notified and changes will be made.

    Online Mathematics Textbooks
    website provides students with a list of 77 titles that can be safely attributed to the category of ‘must-have’ mathematics textbooks. Such a book collection is a real find for aspiring math students and people with a keen interest in math. The book list is thoroughly elaborated by George Cain from Georgia Tech, being at the same time one of the authors of various textbooks, and includes valuable materials created by other professors. All books are 100% free and available for downloading.

    Openstax
    is a website created by Rice University, a nonprofit organization. It’s a website that provides free college textbooks in PDFs with the sole aim of improving students’ access to learning tools. The website offers its services in both English and Spanish languages. As for the textbooks offered, they range in subjects from Math to Sciences to Economics to Business and so on.

    Open Textbook Library
    is a free online source for college textbooks that was created by the Open Educational Network. It was set up to help improve the quality of higher education as well as increase access to learning tools such as free textbooks. They offer PDFs for subjects such as Arts, Mathematics, Social Sciences, History, Media arts, Journalism, and many more. These textbooks have been licensed by the authors and made available for your use.

    OER Commons
    is a digital platform for you to explore thousands of useful digital books. With a variety of subjects available for you, the platform offers you access to educators and their works, all to help improve your educational prowess. The advanced search feature of the website makes it easy to search for the free college textbooks you need quickly and accurately.

    Ocean of PDF
    is a massive digital library of free college textbooks for you to pick from. With its extensive library and easy interface, searching for the textbooks you need is a piece of cake, and if you don’t find what you need, you can request for it to be added.

    Open Culture
    is a website that offers an immense amount of resources with textbooks offering every form of knowledge available. The site is most popular for its provision of materials centered on cultural and educational media content. The site is home to thousands of free college textbooks and you can bump up your learning with audiobooks if you wish. The website is easily accessible and the contents are of top quality and free too.

    Project Gutenberg
    is a project that offers an increase in the distribution of useful resources, especially free college textbooks. Humanities students will love this site because of its extensive library of large fictional and cultural resources. The textbooks are easy to search for and downloading them is no fuss at all.

    PDFBooksWorld
    The website’s library is filled with textbooks written by renowned authors from the pre-digitization age. One feature that makes this site worthwhile is the availability of different digital textbooks, each suited to the different screen sizes available. This makes reading a lot easier.

    PDF Grab
    is another website that grants you access to free college textbooks in the form of e-books or PDFs, depending on your visual preference. The search feature of the website allows you to search using either the title of the book or ISBN. With PDF Grab, you get access to digital books of different categories including Business, Law, Medicine, and so on.

    PDF Drive
    is just the website you need to discover these textbooks and download them for free. Browse through their catalog and discover the most sought-after textbooks.

    PDF Magazine
    is host to thousands of magazines that can be viewed and downloaded in PDF format. The large library of this website contains half a million resources and is a good place to source the free college textbooks you need. A great feature of this website is the availability of textbooks in 40 different languages, making it easy to access globally.

    ScholarWorks
    offers a wide range of free college textbooks for students and aims to improve learning at a higher level. This is achieved through the easily accessible digital books written and published by scholars.

    Saylor Academy
    is a digital free college textbooks library that offers you textbooks in PDF, Microsoft Word, and Epub formats. Added to that, you’re allowed to review each textbook through a survey so you can let the publishers know what you think of their books and papers. Saylor Academy offers diverse digital books across many fields of study including online marketing and public speaking.

    Sci-Hub
    for students in the science field looking for free college textbooks specific to their area of study. Regardless of its specificity, the website has a lot of great content and features digital books, journals, and research papers. The site also houses files that are hard to find and makes it easier to access a lot of science-related textbooks.

    The Assayer
    The contents of the digital library are textbooks that have been released by publishers and made available for public use. This site makes it easier to download textbooks from previous years rather than spend money on new ones.

    VK.com is a Russian website that offers students the opportunity to browse a collection of e-books and download whatever books pick their interest. The cool thing about this site is that you get access to a series of textbooks that have been previously used by students who passed through your field.

    Wikibooks
    offers. It’s a site dedicated to helping you start up and build your knowledge in all fields including STEM courses, Social Sciences, and language learning. Browse the various e-books available to get started.

    Z-Library,
    or zlib for short, has every digital book you need. The website is also easy to navigate and there’s a search bar that you can use to locate your desired books using keywords, authors, or ISBN.

    The Wayback Machine
    The Wayback Machine, also known as internet archive, is a service that preserves archived content from the internet, including pdfs, ebooks, and sites that are no longer live. Internet Archive has millions of ebooks that are used from public libraries’ digital inventories. It has books, movies, software, music, websites, and pretty much any media that could be uploaded on the internet.

    Open Library
    This site operates most like an actual library and is connected to The Wayback Machine/Internet Archive. You are able to borrow a book and then give back access. It has a large art section and has almost all of the classic books. The site is translatable to several languages.

    PDF Drive
    PDF drive is a great resource for popular reading choices. They have most of the newer books and even recommend different titles each week. Sometimes there may be a wait to download certain titles based on how requested they are. There is a premium option available to avoid this issue, but most users do not.

    PDF Magazine
    This site is catered towards magazines and has over 565,000 available for PDF download. Every kind of print magazine is in digital format on this platform. You can also browse by language and they currently offer issues in 40 different languages.

    Every Poet
    Similar to PDF Magazine and Sci-Hub, Every Poet focuses specifically on poetry. This site would be very helpful for anyone taking an English class. Beyond classics like Robert Frost and Sylvia Platt, you can also submit your own poetry and read submissions from other users.

    bioRxiv
    This site is another source focused on science. It offers a great breakdown of different subjects like epidemiology, ecology, cancer research, etc. You can also subscribe to the site using RSS feed so you have a constant refresh of new articles and information. They also tweet when papers in certain subjects are published to the site.

    Cite Seer X
    This site works well for content published before 2000 and created by Penn State University. You can search by author and title, but you should know what you’re looking for since there isn’t a browsing tab. They also have premade citations for the content you use.

    AbeBooks
    has one of the largest collections of used and rare books. You can get a great price for cheap college textbooks and other assigned reading when you shop their site. When you’re done with the semester, you can earn some of your money back by selling your textbooks on AbeBooks as well!

    Make sure you’re getting the absolute best deal on your textbook with CampusBooks.com. You can compare prices on new or used books from top brands such as Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Chegg, eCampus.com and save up to 90% off.
    Also, try Slugbooks and BigWords. They are two textbook price comparison websites that come highly recommended

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