It’s part of the Internet Archive, which also allows users to contribute (and correct!) books. Open Library offers over 1.7 million free eBooks online to users. Some knockouts include The Stranger by Albert Camus and poems from Charles Bukowski. You’ll find 800 free and downloadable eBooks through their site, ready to download for iPads, iPhones, Kindles, or to read in your browser directly.
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Open Culture connected readers with a curated list of free audiobooks, and they’ve created something similar for free eBooks.
You can read freely and anonymously on their site, or create an account to keep an ongoing bookshelf. If you’re looking for free children’s books online, the ICDL is a nonprofit organization with a mission to: “promote tolerance and a respect for diverse cultures by providing access to the best of children’s literature from around the world.” While many of the books on the following websites are classic books and out of copyright, you can find more contemporary online books for free at Goodreads’ free eBooks shelves (either full or excerpts) or with the “ free-online” tag.