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free books/texts:

Authorama: public domain books
LibriVox: public domain books
Manybooks: 50,000+ free ebooks
Ocean of PDF: free downloadable PDFs of books
WorldCat.org: database of libraries and their books
2020ok: of free online books, ebooks
Foxglove: listings of free online novels
FullBooks.com: thousands of full-text free books on almost every topic, in alphabetical order
Bibliomania: free online literature and study guides
Free-eBooks.net: five free ebooks every month

A Celebration of Women Writers: what it says on the tin
John T. Cullen: all texts by John T. Cullen
ChestofBooks.com: books on animals, architecture, art, business, computers, fairy tales, plants and herbs, cooking, real estate, etc
Ideology.us: ebooks on sociology, philosophy, psychology, education, and politics

fiction:
Fiction.US: extreme volume of fiction ebooks, including plays, poetry, children's picture books, forgotten books, etc
Hourwolf: sci-fi and fantasy books
Baen Books: sci-fi and fantasy books
The Internet Book Database of Fiction: database of fiction books
Bartleby: works of fiction from a wide range of classic authors

poetry:
The Literature Network: books, short stories, poetry, and forums on literature
Poetry Online: famous poetry
Poem Hunter: poems and quotes from popular poets

classics:
The Online Books Library: free books, especially classics
Project Gutenberg: free downloadable ebooks, especially classics
byGosh.com: family friendly classic lit.
Classic Literature: mostly British classic lit.
Literature.org: classic works of English lit.
Planet eBook: classic, public domain lit.
Classic Book: information on classic books
Page By Page Books: classic books (includes very modern books, ex: Obama's Inaugural Address)
Classic Bookshelf: classic books with customizable formats

non-english lit:
Der Spiegel: German literature
Corpus of Electronic Texts: Irish literature, culture, history
Afghanistan Digital Library: works published in Afghanistan between 1870 and 1930
Ketab Farsi: texts in Farsi (unsure how accurate this description is)
Italian Women Writers: Italian women writers
Project Runeberg: classic Scandinavian/Nordic literature
KEIMANA: modern Greek literature
Inicio: Spanish literature
Pagini: Romanian literature
ATHENA: French literature

plays:
ProPlay: plays and scripts of all genres
Shakespeare.mit.edu: complete works of William Shakespeare

religion:
E Library: Christian and children's books
The Divine Life Society: books on Hindu and yoga


free academic/research resources:

Refseek: academic search engine
World Ebook Library: ebooks and academic articles
Wikibooks: open-content textbook collection that anyone can edit

history:
Access Genealogy: archives of North American genealogy, including Black and Indigenous genealogy
Perseus Digital Library: history, literature, and culture of the Greco-Roman world

science:
Springer: database of scientific publications
Bioline International: research search engine, specializing in scientific topics (though has many others)
Science.gov: database of specifically federal U.S. scientific publications
Free Science Information: educational materials on varied scientific topics

business and economics:
RePEc: texts on economics and related topics
Business Bookmall: free textbooks on accounting, business, economics, finance, and forecasting; tests and practice sets; supplemental materials (books, articles, videos)
KnowThis: marketing career and education resources

tech and math:
FreeTechBooks: database of free computer science books, textbooks, and lecture notes
TechBooksForFree: small collection of comp. sci. and mathematical tutorials
GATech.edu: online mathematics textbooks
Light and Matter: open-source physics textbooks

medical:
Medscape: reference lists on diseases and conditions
Doctors' Corner: medical and dentistry textbooks



if you have any other links like these, share in the comments! i'm gonna keep adding to this as i find more sites :)


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