Welcome to our copyright free books section. Below you can find a list of sites that offer creative commons, public domain, and other nonrestrictive copyright licensed books. These sites are ranked mostly according to how expansive their collections are.
This is a custom Google search that only searches the book sites listed below. While a great way to find a file quick make sure you check the licensing as a lot of these sites have paid sections.
| Internet Text Archive Rank:  (5/5)
Open text archive from internet archives. Has a huge amount of copyright free books and text. |
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| Project Gutenberg Free Books Rank: (5/5)
Copyright free books made available from various sources. Project Gutenberg is one of the best sources for free ebooks. |
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| Google Books Rank:  (4/5)
Large amount of copyright free books available but mostly older stuff. |
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| Free Books Rank: (4/5)
More than 1,000 copyright free books including audio readings of them. Includes multiple topics. Mostly older content. |
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| Free Computer Books Rank: (4/5)
Copyright free books on various computer topics. Lots of new content as well. Mostly free eBooks. |
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| ByGosh Free Children’s Books Rank: (4/5)
Copyright free books for children complete with illustrations. Ranges from poems to novels. |
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| Online Sapiens Free Books Rank: (4/5)
Short but interesting collection of free eBooks. Lots of focus on science like Darwin, dinosaurs, science experiments, etc. |
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| Free eBooks Rank:  (3/5)
Download hundreds of copyright free ebooks here. Lots of different categories to choose from. More modern content. |
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| Classical Authors Library Rank: (3/5)
Copyright free books written by classical authors such as Mark Twain, Jules Verne, Aesop, etc. |
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| Free Great Books Index Rank: (3/5)
Great books by great authors available here. All free books mostly in eBook format as HTML. |
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| Internet Public Library Rank: (3/5)
Lots of free text on a variety of topics. Mostly a directory to other pages with various copyright free text on their subject. |
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| UPenn Online Books Rank: (3/5)
Various online books covering a lot of different topics. Some books are better than others. |
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| Read Print Rank: (3/5)
A large collection of free books of classical literature from a lot of different authors. Nicely laid out. |
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| Women’s History Books Rank: (3/5)
Lots of information on where to find copyright free women’s history books and a couple other topics. |
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| Free Fiction Books Rank: (3/5)
Large selection of free fiction books from various authors. Also has a few other categories available. |
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| Literature of the Fantastic Rank: (3/5)
Copyright free books on Sci-Fi and Fantasy specifically. |
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| Public Book Shelf Rank:  (2/5)
Lots of copyright free romance books with a few other topics as well but they’re mostly sparse. |
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| World Public Library (pay site) Rank: (2/5)
Huge collection of free eBooks on all kinds of topics but there is a subscription fee to become a member. |
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| Free Book Stacks Rank: (2/5)
Copyright free books by the classic authors. Shakespeare, etc. |
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| Finnish Books Rank: (2/5)
Really nice collection of older Finnish texts. Might be of some use to you if you can translate them or speak the language. |
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| Page by Page Books Rank: (2/5)
Large list of copyright free books by classic authors. Nicely laid out page makes navigation easy. |
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| Free Public Literature Books Rank:  (1/5)
Decent amount of copyright free books on classical literature. Few amateur writings on various subjects. |