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15 Best Sites to Read Free Books Online Without Downloading

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Have you ever thought of reading books online without downloading? Actually, there are lots of websites that legally offer free books for reading online. With such websites, you don't need to download and waste time transferring the books to your eReader or tablet, since you can read the entire books easily and conveniently just in a browser.

In this post, you'll discover a top list of the sites to read free books online without downloading. The sites listed here may offer options for downloads, but they all definitely offer free books for reading online. Just visit a site to start reading now!

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1. Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is an online library of over 60,000 free eBooks that you can download or read online without downloading. As the mother of all current ebook sites, Project Gutenberg offers the world's great literature and classics. To read the book online, just simply click "Read this book online: HTML" to open the book in your browser.

Project Gutenberg

2. Google Books

When it comes to a site to read books online, Google Books must be thought of. Book Search in Google Books works just like web search. Try a search on books.google.com. When the book with content that contains a match for your search terms is found, it will link to the book in your search results. If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given Google Books permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the full view of the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're even free to download a PDF copy.

Google Books

3. Smashwords

If you want to read free books that aren't just fiction, Smashwords is the website for you. There are a variety of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, essay, plays, poetry, and screenplays. Just make sure that you click the "Free" tab when you search for books, because not all the site's 300,000 books are free. And for those ebooks that can be read online, there will be an "Online Reader" option under "Downloads" that you can click to read in the browser.

Smashwords

4. ManyBooks

ManyBooks is another good site where you can read books online for free. Currently, this site offers more than 50,000 titles. Among all the sites in this list, ManyBooks has the most beautifully-designed interface. You can browse the free books by genre, title, author, or search for any book you want by keywords.

ManyBooks

5. Internet Archive

Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to digital contents including books, images, videos, audios and software. It offers over 20,000,000 books and texts. You can download the ebooks to PDF, EPUB, Kindle format, or read the books online without downloading. To start reading, just click on the book cover and it will be opened automatically in the browser. The most impressive feature for this online reader is the realistic page-turning animation, just like reading a physical book instead of an ebook.

Internet Archive

Note: Not all of the books are allowed to be viewed online without downloading. There are a large number of rented books in Internet Archive library. We can only read limited pages online, if you want to read the entire book, we must borrow book from Internet Archive and download to local drive.

6. Open Library

Open Library is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published". It's a separate project of the Internet Archive focused on collecting library records. Open Library provides online access to 3,000,000 public domain and out-of-print books. Compared with Internet Archive, the Open Library website is more user-friendly, which makes you find the books you need much quicker.

open library

7. HathiTrust Digital Library

HathiTrust is a partnership of over 90 (still growing) academic and research institutions worldwide, offering a collection of over 10 million titles from research libraries including content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries. Just type the book in the search bar to find the book you need. After that, simply click the "Full View" and the online reader will open immediately.

HathiTrust Library

8. Bookboon

Bookboon is an online publishing company of ebooks, focused on publishing eTextbooks for students. You can sign up for free to read 1000+ free textbooks online without downloading. Most of the textbooks in Bookboon are written by professors from the world's top universities. The subjects covered by Bookboon's student textbooks including Human Resource Management, IT, Economics, Natural Science, Management, Engineering and more.

Bookboon

9. Wattpad

Wattpad is one of the most popular ebook reading websites in the world. It connects a global community of 80 million readers and writers through the power of story. So there is a wide variety of ebooks that can found in Wattpad. You can browse and select the book that you want to read, click on its cover and a pop-up window will appear. Then click on the "Read" button to start reading online.

wattpad

Note: Is there any way to download Wattpad to kindle for reading? Sure, you can download wattpad books to pdf, epub or Kindle format so that you can read it on any eBook reader or reading app with the assitsnace of Epubor Wattpad Downloader.

10. Read Print

Read Print is an online community for users who enjoy books and reading. Members can utilize many services that include features to read free books online, rate and review books, stories, and poems, create an online bookshelf as well as search for and create groups of books. Furthermore, Read Print is one of Time Magazine's 50 best websites. You can find lots of classics in this site.

Read Print

11. BookRix

Bookrix is a social network website where you can read books from self-published authors and from the public domain, and you are able to make comment on the book you are reading. In the directory of "Free eBooks", you can find books in various categories, such as Fantasy, Romance, Thriller, Fiction, Science Fiction. When you find the book you want to read, click on its book cover to open the page of book details. You can find "Read Book" next to "Download'. Just tap it to read the book online without downloading it.

BookRix

12. PublicBookshelf

PublicBookshelf is a platform enabling authors and readers to connect. At PublicBookshelf you can read free books online - over 650 full-length, quality romance novels to capture your heart - from your computer or smartphone. There is a "Read" button at the bottom of each book. Just click it to open it in the browser to read online.

Publicbookshelf

13. ReadCentral

ReadCentral is a veritable goldmine of free online books, quotes and poems by the most widely-read and best-known masters from across the world, like Jane Austen, Dickens, Shakespeare, Mark Twain and many more. You can read books in ReadCentral from your PC or mobile with no downloads and no subscriptions. Just read books online for free.

ReadCentral

14. Read Any Book

Read Any Book is one of the best places for reading free books online without downloading. You can browse your favorite books and read them free in the site. Best fiction books and free book series are always available here. And the ratings for books may help you decide which one to choose to read.

Read Any Book

15. International Children's Digital Library

International Children's Digital Library Foundation is a free online library of digitized children's books in at least 100 languages. The collection's focus is on identifying materials that help children to understand the world around them and the global society in which they live. The materials in the collection, all presented in the original languages in which they were published, reflect similarities and differences in cultures, societies, interests, and lifestyles of peoples around the world.

International Children's Digital Library

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12/4/2020 03:12:52
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03/31/2022 05:11:00
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12/9/2023 03:27:09
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02/7/2024 02:06:49
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12/11/2020 21:41:38
You missed a site.  Century Past Library - envisionthepastdotcom - has a huge number of free books and magazines that will interest most readers, and it is easy to browse by subject.
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01/9/2024 20:01:35
The name of the site is now Century Past. An easy way to find exactly what you want from the free 3.6 million book online library at Internet Archive.  Plus we have 500 free magazines. centurypast.org
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05/22/2021 23:41:57
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06/17/2021 13:05:43
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01/29/2022 00:48:10
This site is terrible I couldn't find the book I wanted. It's called "Avantia" by Adam Blade
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02/1/2022 05:31:03
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04/26/2022 05:15:49
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06/28/2022 19:05:50
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06/30/2022 18:49:18
This is a bit hard for me cause I can’t find a single story or a novel and this is super duper frustrating and very very disappointing but I do have to admit it is kinda good so it is a little fun!
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07/28/2022 05:49:30
Didn't find the novel which i need.
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08/25/2022 04:06:24
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08/28/2022 00:47:29
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09/16/2022 21:12:45
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09/29/2022 06:43:58
I show how great the books are even though I find book that I do or don't like. I like fantasy, comics, children's, novels, adventures, and every type of genre I read.
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10/14/2022 14:43:36
Readanybook DOES NOT WORK! It tells you to log in and then there's a continue button but nothing happens.
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11/16/2022 00:05:28
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11/30/2022 01:48:13
I wish there were just a little bit more graphic novels in here, at least a few .
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12/2/2022 00:31:19
I like non fiction where would I go to read true stories free, thanks
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01/5/2023 06:06:31
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01/24/2023 06:43:36
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02/9/2023 10:00:53
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02/9/2023 10:05:28
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02/10/2023 06:18:19
The first link I looked at wanted my credit card to charge me a dollar for a two week trial, at which point you are switched to premium automatically. So much for read any book.
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05/16/2023 23:10:14
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05/22/2023 11:41:21
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06/27/2023 20:36:01
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06/29/2023 11:02:34
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07/10/2023 12:52:55
Thank you for compiling this list! I noticed in the comments that many people were frustrated because they could not find a specific book. As an author who does offer free reads, I would like to explain that book sellers like Amazon do not want authors to offer their books for free because it cuts into their profits. You cannot sell your books on KDP select if you offer it free elsewhere. So, please don't be upset because you cannot find every book on these places. Often, the books offered are public domain.
That said, I have a free read site with my books only. I am a multi-genre writer, so I have fiction and non-fiction. The entire story can be read online free. No membership or information required. I have met no other author who does this. Find them at deartales.com
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07/27/2023 17:08:14
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12/1/2023 10:38:45
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08/28/2023 22:56:39
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09/15/2023 21:41:59
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09/21/2023 02:52:32
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09/27/2023 00:29:24
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12/11/2023 04:34:50
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01/24/2024 22:26:41
all of them are blocked and the ones that aren't blocked are history books for researching
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02/2/2024 08:34:19
I can really find a right book to read
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02/6/2024 12:02:46
I cannot find any of the books I am looking for
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03/7/2024 13:00:50
Hi l like your application and l want to register l need to join thanks
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03/14/2024 22:59:23
this sucks
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07/8/2024 01:24:27

Dear Admin,
My name is Samagidi Victor, and I am the founder of NovelSprout.com, a platform dedicated to offering readers a seamless experience for enjoying a vast collection of free novels across numerous genres.

I believe that NovelSprout.com would be an excellent addition to your list.
NovelSprout.com is committed to providing readers with easy access to high-quality literary works without the need for downloads or registration.

Some key features of our platform include:

Extensive collection: Our library contains thousands of full-length novels across various genres, including romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and more.
Seamless reading experience: Readers can enjoy their favorite books directly in their web browser without the need for additional software or downloads.

Bookmark and reader history features: Users can easily keep track of their reading progress and return to their favorite books with our convenient bookmarking and history features.

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10/23/2024 01:59:36
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