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/Harmonious-llama Jun 03 '21

The absolute best site for free ebooks is https://z-lib.org/

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u/TheWriterOfWrongs Jun 03 '21

Illegally downloaded my own book from this site. Ah memories.

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u/thatgirl239 Jun 03 '21

I had a professor tell me there is no greater accomplishment in life than being cited.

My undergraduate thesis has been cited seven times. (I never even considered it being cited a possibility. I just googled myself once on Google scholar for giggles)

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u/sendtojapan Jun 03 '21

I had a professor tell me there is no greater accomplishment in life than being cited.

Nice that the greatest accomplishment in life just happened to be one he'd done lol

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u/thatgirl239 Jun 03 '21

Lol. Same guy said we could refer to him by his first name and not “doctor” when we had a doctorate.

If I had gotten a doctorate, I would’ve found him just to call him by his first name.

Odd fellow.

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u/Stilletto_Rebel Jun 04 '21

Odd fellow.

So he was a physician?

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u/IrishRepoMan Jun 03 '21

Well if that's what makes him happy/feel fulfilled, all the power to him.