Pile of books

Places to find free books to read!

Global Gray
This site has tons of free books in various formats that the owner Julie has put together. Most of these are extremely old books that are past their copyright so that she can make them legally available. Find an abundance of spiritual and cultural topics as well as fiction works.

Googlebooks
I used Googlebooks often do preview books before I buy them. It often has huge portions of the book readable, and supposedly some books have the entire thing availabe.

Hoopla
Borrow music, ebooks and movies instantly using your library card.

Internet Sacred Text Archive
This is the motherload of ancient spiritual texts.

International Children’s Digital Library
This site has the mission to “promote tolerance and respect for diverse cultures by providing access to the best of children’s literature from around the world.” It has lots of great books to read for kids.

Library of Congress
Lots of free classics for you to read.

Librivox
Free way to listen to audio books online.

Manybooks
Free books to read online.

Open Library
A catalog of books. You are able to borrow and read digital books from their website

Overdrive
Using the app Libby or Sora you are able to checkout books from Overdrive. You will need a valid library card, and your library will have to work with them.

Project Gutenburg
Oldest e-book collection online.

Storynory
Free audio books for kids!

Wattpad
Tons of original writings uploaded by authors.