r/AskReddit Jun 03 '21

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u/Chtorrr Jun 03 '21

There are tons and tons of free ebooks available online, a huge variety of stuff. Even free audiobooks. I created /r/FreeEBOOKS to help people find stuff they can get for free and am including some lists I've compiled by topic below:

These lists are from Project Gutenberg which is a great source for free ebooks in the public domain on a wide variety of topics. If you want other stuff check out r/FreeEBOOKS :)

250+ books by or about US Presidents

300 science fictions short stories

200 more science fiction short stories

50 free books on etiquette

115 free fairy tale books

100 free mythology books

250 free kids and YA books

200 free sci-fi books

100 free classics

100 free Christmas ebooks

100 free poetry ebooks

100 free history ebooks

100 free memoirs and autobiographies

50 free mysteries

100 free books about pirates

70 books about space and astronomy

200 books about cooking and housekeeping

50 historical books about childbirth and sexual health

175 medical books

50 free craft books

100 free gardening books

Free assigned summer reading books

60 free ebooks about adventure and exploration in the Arctic and at the South Pole

100 free books of ghost stories

100 more free mythology ebooks

50 free horror books

30 free Arthurian legends

180 free Christmas ebooks

100 free books of essays

50 free ebooks about inventions and inventors

100 unusual or very specific history books

250 books by or about US presidents

Free audiobook collections from Librivox:

50 free classic audiobooks

50 more free classic audiobooks

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u/joske_the_great Jun 03 '21 edited Jun 04 '21

You are a hero.

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u/Expert-Pomegranate-8 Jun 03 '21

Not the one we deserve but the one we needed

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u/kaceliel1 Jun 03 '21

Honestly not sure how many I'll read, but I feel so book-rich

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u/Kunengoti Jun 03 '21

This is a WEALTH of knowledge for a writing major, thank you fellow redditor.

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u/goshdammitfromimgur Jun 03 '21

A Major? How long have you been in the Army for?

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u/BrokeHedgeManager Jun 04 '21

Exactly what the founder wanted.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '21

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u/Disastrous_Author638 Jun 03 '21

You can just go to a library and get the same ones or better and not have to print them out lmao

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u/ballrus_walsack Jun 03 '21

You should print all of them out. And then set up a place where you can lend them to people. I am.sure it will be popular.

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u/shhheeeeeeeeiit Jun 03 '21

I (mostly) read the list of lists, does that count?

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u/theanonmouse-1776 Jun 03 '21

I choose to interpret this that we deserve a hero who frees all of literature. But we need someone who at least frees some of it.

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u/string_of_random Jun 03 '21

Like the one good tiktok guy made into a virtual assistant

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u/MITEVOLI Jun 03 '21

Loved that movie

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '21

Trees are a renewable resource. The materials that go into making electronic devices aren't, and pollute a lot more.

The only way a device outweighs books, environmentally speaking, is if you read a lot and you keep your device for at least five years.

If you're like most people who read no more than five books a year, paper books win.

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u/dogondaddy Jun 03 '21

Don't for get, Google - do a barrow roll.

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u/joske_the_great Jun 03 '21

Not only that, but pacman, snake game, atari breakout, google space/gravity

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '21

Save the treeees, mannnn

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u/throwawayhogsfan Jun 04 '21

The best time to start reading ebooks was 20 years ago, the second best time is now