Books for Fun

Free EBooks

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• Baen Free Library – Free ebooks from science fiction and fantasy publisher Baen Books

• Bartleby.com – Harvard classics, reference texts, historic essays, poetry, and other literary works

• Bibliomania – Thousands of ebooks: classics, poems, short stories, plays, and reference works

• DailyLit – Classics and new fiction delivered to your in-box in daily installments

• Ebooks @Adelaide University – Classics and other historic texts

• The Internet Archive – Access to historic and contemporary audio, music, and digitized video collections

• Internet Public Library – Connect to a variety of ebook collections (fiction, non fiction, textbooks)

• Librivox – Public domain books recorded by volunteers and available for online listening

• MIT OpenCourseWare – Online college-level textbooks featuring science, engineering, and technology subjects

• National Jukebox – Historical Recordings from the Library of Congress

• Open Book Library – Over a million public domain ebooks to download or read online, plus an open lending library collection of modern ebook fiction and non fiction

• PBS American Experience – Watch full length episodes online

• Project Gutenberg – Over 46,000 free ebooks to download or read online

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Websites for Readers

Best Sellers & Award Winners

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• New York Times Best Sellers

• Indiebound Best Sellers

• Bookspot Award Winners

Book News & Reviews

• New York Times Book Review

• Denver Post Books

• NPR Books

• Read.gov

• Good Reads

Next Reads & Recommendations

• What’s Next Books in Series

• Book Browse Read-Alikes

• Whichbook

• Fantastic Fiction

• Stop You’re Killing Me!

• Best Books about Colorado

• Books on Screen

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For Readers with Vision Disabilities

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• Colorado Talking Book Library – A free service to Coloradans of all ages who are unable to read standard print material due to visual, physical or learning disabilities. CTBL provides audio, Braille and large-print books and magazines.

• That All May Read – The National Library Service administers a free library program of braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the U.S. by postage-free mail.

• Bookshare – The world’s largest collection of accessible titles. A free or low cost option for students and anyone who cannot read  print books because of a visual impairment, physical disability or severe learning disability.