Top 10 Best Places to Get Free Books (Part 1)

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In our fast paced world of email, and RSS feeds, sometimes it’s best to just slow down and read a good book…but if you’re unwilling to shell out big bucks for the latest bestseller – try out these great resources, and read to your hearts content!

1.Find Popular Public Domain Works With The Gutenberg Project Top 100 List 

This site is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet.  Their collection, pieced together by thousands of volunteers, now amount to over 20,000 works which have fallen into public domain.  With great numbers however, comes the headache of picking true literary gems from the fodder -  That’s why this Top 100 page is so valuable.

2. Exchange Used Books With BookMooch

Want a real physical book for a change?  BookMooch is a community for exchanging used books.  Under a points system, it lets you give away books you no longer need in exchange for books you really want.

300+ Places for Free Books Online

Introduction

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This is a listing of 321 sites that legally offer free books (eBooks) for download or for online viewing.
Some time ago I went looking for some free eBooks and was surprised to find that there are many resources for this.  I decided to put together this list of sites that offer free eBooks as a reference.  Since there are so many, I was not able to check each one out thoroughly.  So comments from you on any of these sites would be appreciated and added to the comments in the article.
I have tried to make certain that all of the eBooks at these sites are legally available for viewing/downloading.  However, it is possible that I have made a mistake.  If you suspect any of these sites of illegally offering copyrighted materials, then please let me know.
Putting this together was exhausting, but the list is not exhaustive, so I encourage you to post any sites that you know of that are not listed here.
The listing here is in alphabetical order.  Given the size of this list now, it may be easier to search by genre.  I have set up 14 pages here of different genres.  If you do not see one that covers your interests, let me know and I may be able to put one together.
I have also put together a listing of sites that offer free and legal audio books at

• Free Audio Books Online
  

These listings may be search in the following methods:

• Alphabetical Listing      - A listing of the site names in alphabetical order
  

• Listing by Genre           -  Links to pages here for different book genres (14)
  
• Online Local Libraries  -These sites have links to local libraries which have much content for members
  

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Alphabetical Listing

2020k Large collection, divided into categories and sub-categories for download in a variety of formats.  Note: Many of the links to the Internet Archive from this site are not working.
4tenderheart offers unique stories for online reading and also two television readings of Sir Pot stories.
AdamWasserman offers his scifi work "Gyges the Terrible" for free download in ebook format.  Also other fiction works at his site.
Alexandra Marell  offers 4 of her works for free download after free registration at her site.

AllBooksFree A small, but unique, listing of free fiction ebooks, available for download, mostly in pdf.