Open Library
openlibrary.org
One catalogue page for every book ever published
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Deep Archives
The first digital library, and still the largest free one
gutenberg.org
Rabbit hole · Works anywhere
Free, no sign-up · online since 1971
Volunteers have been typing and proofreading out-of-copyright books since 1971, which makes this the oldest digital library in existence. Seventy thousand-odd titles download as plain text, EPUB or Kindle files with no payment, registration or reader app standing in the way.
The plain-text editions are the quiet advantage: they open in anything, survive any device change, and will still be readable long after whichever ereader you own stops being supported.
We built one too
Browse serialized stories and continue reading through organized chapters.
Open Story ReaderKeep going
Picked for a shared category and overlapping vibe, not for popularity.
openlibrary.org
One catalogue page for every book ever published
longreads.com
Curated long-form journalism, sorted by how long it takes
arxiv.org
Read tomorrow's physics papers before they're published
biodiversitylibrary.org
Every natural history book, scanned by the world's museums
davidrumsey.com
A hundred thousand old maps, zoomable to the street
indianculture.gov.in
India's national collections, digitised into one place