Electronic Books and Texts
See Also: Literature
Poems and Stories
Read articles, short stories, poetry, and songs online.
Project Gutenberg
Producer of free electronic books and texts.
Google Book Search
Offers a full text view of books that are out of copyright, download or read online. Copyrighted books have a limited preview and links to where they can be purchased or borrowed.
Eserver.org
An arts and humanities co-op where writers, editors and scholars gather to publish more than 35,000 works online, free of charge to readers.
Bartleby.com
Publishes thousands of free online classics of reference, literature and nonfiction.
The Oxford Text Archive
Collects and catalogues classical and modern electronic texts in over 25 different languages. Search or browse by author, language or title.
University of Virginia: Ebooks
Free ebooks from the University of Virginia's Etext Library, includes classic British and American fiction, children's literature, Shakespeare, African-American texts, the Bible, and more.
The Online Books Page
Online library with over 25,000 books available to read for free online.
Project Runeberg
Creates free electronic editions of classic Scandinavian literature and publishes them on the internet for free.
eBooks@Adelaide
Collection of ebook editions of significant works from The University of Adelaide Library's Electronic Text Collection, Australia.
The Literature Page
Searchable index of literature and poetry. Read online.
The Literature Network
Searchable online literature. Books by famous authors. Author biography's and literature quotes.
American Culture Texts
Electronic texts in American history, culture, and literature. Includes Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, and several more.
Ebrary
Acquire or distribute econtent, including books, documents, and other materials.
eBooks.com
A wide variety of ebooks in popular formats.
