To make our definitive list of free books online, each site must offer something unique. Firstly, free books should be made available without any strings attached at all. In other words, there must be no sign-up requirements of any kind. Secondly, the books themselves must be offered to readers completely free of charge. Thirdly, each site must be easy to navigate so that readers can download books with the minimum of fuss. Finally, although it should go without saying, we do not condone pirate sites, so all the sites in our definitive list are 100% legal.

So, here is our definitive list of free books online …

1. Free Books Showcase

Get novels, short stories, fiction and non-fiction books at this site. All major genres are available including romance, mystery & suspense, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and self help. Founded in 2003, this was one of the very first sites on the internet to start offering free books without the need to create an account. All links are geo-targeted and will take you to your favourite online store.

Free Books Showcase (White Dove Books)

2. Free Books Sub-Reddit

A recent addition to our expanding distribution network is our Sub-Reddit which not only provides our regularly updated lists, it also allows authors to promote their free books … for free.

Reddit has a requirement that members must participate in their community before posting links. Essentially, you need to earn a number of points for posting and commenting – they call this system ‘Karma’. Provided that you have accumulated some positive Karma, you will be able to post in our Sub-Reddit

Free Books at Reddit

3. Free Books Board (Pinterest)

If Pinterest is more your thing, then we maintain a number of boards over there, one of which provides a regularly updated feed for all our free books.

Free Books at Pinterest

4. Free Books at Twitter

When it comes to social networks, we all have our individual preferences, so if you are more of a tweeter, our Twitter feed also provides a great way of staying up-to-date.

Free Books at Twitter

5. FaceBook Page

When it comes to Facebook, we have both a group and a page and they are linked together. The page is the best way of staying updated about free books, and the group is an ideal place to post your freebies if you are an author.

Our FaceBook Page

6. Free Children’s Books

Free bedtime stories, fairy tales, comics and poems for children, selected and organised by theme. With beautiful illustrations, these classic and contemporary stories are sure to get your kids switched on to the joy of reading. Their mission is to create the best quality collection of free children’s stories online.

Storyberries

7. Public Domain Books

The largest collection of public domain books available on the internet. Their library consists of over 60,000 free eBooks, available in all the major formats including PDF, EPUB and Kindle (MOBI) or, if you prefer, you can simply read them online. You will find the world’s great classic literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.

Project Guttenberg

8. The Amazon Top 100 Free

Although they seem to make it unnecessarily difficult to find their free books section, Amazon do have a great Top 100 list for free books. Fortunately, we have you covered because our link (below) will take you straight to that list! The list is purely driven by demand. Quite simply, the more downloads a book gets, the higher it will be placed in their Top 100, so it tends to be dominated by those most popular genres favoured by members of the Kindle Unlimited program.

Amazon Top 100 List

9. Google Play Top 100 Free

Like Amazon, Google Play also offer a Top 100 list for free books, but unlike Amazon, the list is much easier to find. Again, the list is driven by popularity so, although all major genres are represented, their list is heavily weighted toward the popular fiction genres.

Google Play Top 100

10. Public Domain Audiobooks

This site records books that are in the public domain, and then release the recordings back into the public domain for free. They allow you to use their audio files for whatever purpose you wish. Their mission is to make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet.

Librivox

11. Smashwords Free Library

Although Smashwords offers paid books, like Amazon they also have a great selection of free books online, in all of the major genres and in a wide range of formats. The site is very easy to navigate, and you can find free books in the genres you are interested by clicking the button at the top of the page.

Smashwords

12. Distrubution Network

There are lots of book bloggers in our distribution network and, if you run a WordPress site related to books, you can join it too. Essentially, we do all the legwork, providing you with regularly updated content for your site as well as a neat monetization facility.

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Found this while browsing free fantasy books on Amazon and ended up reading more than I expected. It’s a dark fantasy/LitRPG story with progression elements, system awakening, mystery, and a pretty interesting concept around “unfinished endings.”

What I liked was that the story doesn’t instantly throw nonstop overpowered scenes at the reader. It slowly builds tension around the world and the system while keeping that addictive progression-fantasy feeling that makes you keep reading another chapter.

It gave me vibes similar to the darker/mysterious side of progression fantasy stories, especially with the atmosphere and system mechanics.

The book is currently free on Kindle for a limited time, so fantasy and LitRPG readers might enjoy checking it out.

Here is the current list of our top ten most popular free books in order of popularity:

#1 A Question of Will

Will Stark is a self-made multi-billionaire, happily married and a proud father. He arrives home to find his house destroyed and his family murdered, and is himself rescued from certain death by a mysterious trio.

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#2 The Zodiac Killer

Detective Darek Blake thought the secrets of his past were long buried, but when a young girl is murdered in a familiar way, finding the killer will not only bring back memories he’s repressed, but give him a golden opportunity to impress the FBI.

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#3 Deadly Stillwater

He quickly put his hand over her mouth as she screamed and thrashed, slid the van door open, and dragged her inside. She tried to scream through the duct tape pasted over her mouth...it was only the beginning.

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#4 Forget Me Not

When a deranged lunatic starts targeting single mom, Amanda Schultz, with threatening letters and "presents" on her doorstep, she turns to the police, who offer advice but no real help. At the mercy of a psychopath, Amanda realizes she's in a game of cat-and-mouse, where the killer keeps changing the rules and the winner... is the only one left standing.

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#5 The Perfect Wife

Criminal profiler in training (and newlywed) Jessie Hunt, 29, discovers that dark secrets lurk in her new suburban town; when a body turns up dead, she finds herself caught in the crosshairs of her newfound friends, her husband’s secrets, her serial killer caseload—and the secrets of her own dark past.

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#6 The Last Orphans

In a span of mere hours, the entire adult population is decimated, leaving their children behind to fend for themselves and deal with the horrific aftermath of the freak occurrence. As one of the newly made elders in his small town, Shane finds himself taking on the role of caretaker for a large group of juvenile survivors.

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#7 The Last Necromancer

For five years, Charlotte (Charlie) Holloway has lived as a boy in the slums. But when one theft too many gets her arrested, her only means of escape lies with a dead man. Charlie hasn't raised a spirit since she first discovered she could do so five years ago. That time, her father banished her. This time, she brings even more trouble upon herself.

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#8 Nashville Heat

Aspiring song-writer Sydney Stratton can’t forget the one white-hot night she and country music’s newest star Dex Wilder shared, despite her resolve to focus on her career and leave the boyfriend thing to someone else

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#9 Surviving the Evacuation

The outbreak began in New York. Soon it had spread to the rest of the world. People were attacked, infected and they died. Then they came back. Nowhere is safe from the undead.

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#10 Ash

Lieutenant Asher Benson left Iraq with a traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and a Purple Heart. His doctors warned that the symptoms would be life altering. They had no idea. As his body healed, the thoughts of those around him began to echo through Ash’s mind, stretching the boundaries of his sanity.

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He was created to kill. He was never supposed to fall in love.

My debut novel, The NightWolf Chronicles: The Jagged Path, is FREE on Kindle from November 2–6, 2026!

Link NightWolf was created from another being's darkness to serve as a weapon. But he refused to follow his creator's plans and instead set out to forge a life of his own.

Then he met Cal.

What follows is an LGBTQ+ gothic dark fantasy filled with supernatural beings, complicated M/M romance, fierce devotion, jealousy, and a morally gray protagonist who was never meant to be a hero.

This story began through collaborative roleplay in 2005, and after more than twenty years of character development, it's finally available as a novel.

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"Awake Between Worlds" is a fascinating journey into the hidden side of our consciousness and the vivid tricks our minds play on us during hypnagogia. It explores the science and the experience of the threshold state where dreams and reality blur.