Project Gutenberg has almost 80,000 books free! Just go to Gutenberg.org
Internet Archive: millions of free books
Open Library: a real ton of books (run by the internet archive)
The Standard ebook project, really beautifully presented
Independently published and self published ebooks
ManyBooks: free classics plus some contemporary independent titles
Feedbooks: public domain and some free original fiction
Faded Page Canadian public-domain titles, some not on Gutenberg
Global Grey: free classics in clean formatting, multiple file formats
Forgotten Books: large scanned public-domain archive
Baen Free Library: free science fiction and fantasy
DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) free academic/nonfiction books
PDF Drive large searchable free ebook archive (mixed legality/quality, worth noting)
Read Print: classic literature, simple reading interface
Munsey's:public domain ebooks in multiple formats
Amazon hides these links! The links change according to the Amazon Prime account that you have. You can find them if you go on google and ask for the direct links as follows:
Prime Reading:
• What is the direct link for Amazon Prime Reading for Amazon UK?
OR
• What is the direct link for Amazon Prime Reading for Amazon Ireland? (or any other country you have the Prime account with)
First Reads:
• What is the direct link for Amazon First Reads for Amazon UK?
OR
• What is the direct link for Amazon First Reads for Amazon Ireland? (or any other country you have the Prime account with)
Prime Reading offers a rotating selection of free books, magazines, and comics. You can borrow up to 10 titles at a time directly from the Amazon UK Prime Reading Page
Some books also include free Audible audio narration. This is a digital lending library where you borrow up to 10 books at a time.
There are no official due dates, deadlines, or late fees, but you must keep the following rules in mind:
• 10-Book Borrow Limit: You can only have up to 10 Prime Reading titles borrowed in your account at one time.
• The Swap Rule: If you want to download an 11th book, Amazon will prompt you to return one of your current 10 books to clear a slot.
• Membership Cancellation: If you cancel your Amazon Prime subscription, you will immediately lose access to all your borrowed Prime Reading books, and they will disappear from your Kindle.
• Removed Titles: Occasionally, a publisher removes a book from the Prime Reading rotating catalogue. If this happens, the book will eventually be automatically returned and removed from your device, even if you are still reading it.
First Reads lets Prime members download one free editor-picked yet-to-be-released book every month, you can select and download one of these Kindle books completely free to keep forever before its official release date.
Amazon splits its bestseller charts into "Top 100 Paid" and "Top 100 Free". Authors regularly list their books for £0.00 as limited-time promotions to get reviews, alongside permanently free classic literature. The list is heavily dominated by crime thrillers, romance, and mystery series starters (e.g., Book 1 of a series).
Once downloaded, you can keep these books forever, they’re not borrowed.
You can view the live charts directly on the Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Books Page. Click on any book priced at £0.00 and select "Buy Now for Free" to send it to your device
On the First Reads webpage, toggle the email subscription settings. Amazon will send a direct newsletter link to your inbox as soon as the new batch of free books drops each month.
Amazon's Top 100 Free list features a constantly updated catalogue of copyright-free classic literature and promotional titles
LibriVox: Offers thousands of public domain classics (like Pride and Prejudice or Dracula) completely free, read entirely by volunteers.
Project Gutenberg: Hosts human-read and computer-generated audio readings of historic literature and classic books.
Loyal Books: Offers free public domain audiobook downloads paired with eBooks in a highly navigable, clean format
BBC Sounds: Features free professionally produced audiobooks, full-cast radio dramas, and podcasts without requiring any subscription.
YouTube: Contains an enormous selection of full-length audiobooks uploaded by independent creators, small publishers, and public domain aggregators. Here are ways to find decent reads there:
GreatestAudioBooks is a curated list inside YouTube: Over 900 professionally organized, human-narrated classics. They focus heavily on major literature titles like The Art of War or Moby Dick
Audio-Books: A massive, no-frills archive hosting thousands of cleanly categorized full-length classic books
Storynory: free short audio stories (originally for kids, but some adult-friendly folk tales/classics)
Spotify: the free tier now includes a limited number of audiobook hours per month
Learn Out Loud: free audio and video learning content, includes some literature