Free E-Books

In addition to the e-book collections provided by your library, there are many other amazing e-book resources available on the Internet. All readers are welcome to explore the links below to discover some great new sources of free e-books.

Happy reading!

E-books

Hathi Trust
A collection of digitized books from around the world put together by academic and research institutions

Illinois Blue Book
A comprehensive source of information about Illinois’ state government

Inkie.org Library

A collection of e-books and digital multimedia from Illinois authors, creators, and communities. Freely available to everyone in Illinois.

Internet Archive
A collection of text, audio, moving images, and archived webpages to highlight historical collections

Librivox
A collection of public domain audiobooks

National Archives
A selection of free e-books from the National Archives.

Project Gutenberg
A collection of over 45,000 free e-books

Spanish Language E-books

Albalearning.com
A collection of free Spanish language audiobooks

BookRix
Free e-books in a variety of genres available in Spanish

Cronología de la literatura Española
Notes, summaries, biographies and works of literature

El Libro Total
A collection of e-books in Spanish

Libros electrónicos gratis en Español
A collection of free e-books in Spanish

Mapa de la Biblioteca
A number of full-text versions of works in Spanish, primarily featuring Hispanic authors but with additional classics at the bottom

E-Books and Libraries

E-Resource Access

A RAILS pulse page with information and news surrounding issues of e-resource access in libraries.