180 Websites for Free eBook Downloads - The Complete List

Free online books (or e-books) are one of the best sources we have for sharing knowledge and creativity. This post is a first ever collection of close to 200 websites allowing free ebook downloads.

In Future posts, I will be reviewing the best free ebooks website from this list. However for now I am publishing 2 parameters that may help you decide where you would like to search:

1. Google PageRank - this shows how much Google "trusts" a website in the information it displays. 1/10 being the highest trusted websites and 9/10 the lowest trust. Unranked or 0/10 websites probably did not even make it to the ranking level (or because they are new).

2. Website Popularity - Monthly visitors evaluation using Compete evaluation tool.

If you would like to send me your comments or your thoughts about any of the websites on the list (or suggest websites that are not included in this list for review) – you are most welcome to do that.

Not all the websites on this list are 100% free, not all of them allow you to download formatted files for handheld devices, and they don't all have editorial guidelines to monitor the quality of their inventory. This is why, in this first post, I would like to include my own selection of the top 10 places to download free ebooks from. I think these websites are the ones that really stand out from the list that follows.

1. Wowio - recent mainstream editions, perfect formatting for viewing and downloading
2. Project Gutenburg – Free and instant access to millions of public domain books (text and HTML formats).
3. Memoware - public domain books, formatted for a wide range of portable devices,
4. Zbooc – thousands of free ebooks, reports, how-to, tutorials and guides for instant download
5. Fictionwise - Specializing in SF with titles formatted for a range of devices
6. The Internet Archive – over 500,000 book scans from libraries around the world.

7. Baen Free Library - selection of free science fiction and fantasy e-books

8. Free-ebooks – one of the top free sites, recently turned paid. You are now limited to viewing html for free

9. Manybooks – free ebook downloads formatted for your PDA, iPhone or Kindle

10. Freebookspot - Free ebooks in categories such as science, engineering, programming, fiction and more.

The Complete List - 180 Free ebook Websites

			Link	PageRank	visitors
	1		http://books.google.com	7/10	146705164
	2		http://www.adobe.com/epaper/ebooks/freebooks.html	8/10	25127430
	3		http://www.scribd.com/	7/10	3566165
	4		http://www.docstoc.com/	6/10	2746839
	5		http://www.archive.org/	8/10	2502083
	6		http://thepiratebay.org/	7/10	2369677
	7		http://www.snipfiles.com/	3/10	1723916
	8		http://www.slideshare.com/	7/10	1146889
	9		http://www.bookrags.com/browse/ebooks/	5/10	1126773
	10		http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/	8/10	1095305
	11		http://www.book-soft.com/	unranked	970207
	12		http://www.4shared.com/	6/10	911846
	13		http://www.rapidlibrary.com/	4/10	795094
	14		http://www.librarything.com/	8/10	771822
	15		http://www.openlibrary.org/	7/10	657917
	16		http://www.paperbackswap.com/	6/10	513063
	17		http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top	7/10	470104
	18		http://www.esnips.com/	6/10	454891
	19		http://en.wikibooks.org/	7/10	441718
	20		http://www.bartleby.com/	8/10	407691
	21		http://www.online-literature.com/	7/10	324144
	22		http://chestofbooks.com/	4/10	321059
	23		http://www.hongkiat.com/	3/10	302173
	24		http://www.twistysdownload.com/	4/10	133566
	25		http://pinkmonkey.com/	6/10	111504
	26		http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/	unranked	107925
	27		http://www.pdfoo.com/	3/10	107911
	28		http://www.free-ebooks.net/	6/10	106952
	29		http://www.bookmooch.com/	6/10	90715
	30		http://manybooks.net/	6/10	90660
	31		http://www.onlinefreeebooks.net/	5/10	53920
	32		http://www.franklin.com/freelibrary/	4/10	51927
	33		http://www.literature.org/	7/10	51652
	34		http://www.planetpdf.com/free_pdf_ebooks.asp	5/10	46500
	35		http://www.baen.com/library/	6/10	44503
	36		http://e-library.net/free-ebook.htm	3/10	41455
	37		http://shop.ebrary.com/	7/10	41104
	38		http://bookcrossing.com/	7/10	39948
	39		http://www.getfreeebooks.com/	3/10	39904
	40		http://www.dailylit.com/	7/10	38430
	41		http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/	5/10	27374
	42		http://ansonchi.webng.com/	4/10	23545
	43		http://www.ebookee.com/	4/10	21613
	44		http://www.globusz.com/	6/10	21337
	45		http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/	6/10	20036
	46		http://ebookdirectory.com/	6/10	19750
	47		http://www.asiaing.com/	5/10	18725
	48		http://www.theebooksbay.com/	2/10	16961
	49		http://libraryelf.com/	6/10	16314
	50		http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/	4/10	15599
	51		http://www.podiobooks.com/	6/10	14446
	52		http://www.truly-free.org/	5/10	13697
	53		http://www.classicbookshelf.com/library/	6/10	13350
	54		http://www.titletrader.com/	5/10	12557
	55		http://www.freebookspot.com/	5/10	12376
	56		http://www.getfreelegalforms.com/	4/10	11258
	57		http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/	4/10	10848
	58		http://www.planetebook.com/	6/10	10204
	59		http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/	5/10	9799
	60		http://worldlibrary.net/	7/10	9682
	61		http://www.bookglutton.com/	6/10	9239
	62		http://memoware.com/	6/10	9080
	63		http://www.memoware.com/	6/10	9080
	64		http://www.frugalreader.com/	unranked	8970
	65		http://www.freetechbooks.com/	4/10	8354
	66		http://www.bookins.com/	4/10	8354
	67		http://www.ebook-seek-engine.com/	2/10	8045
	68		http://gigapedia.info/	unranked	7821
	69		http://www.bookyards.com/	6/10	7690
	70		http://www.smallbizbooks.com/	6/10	7358
	71		http://bittenbybooks.com/?page_id=859	3/10	7278
	72		http://publicliterature.org/	6/10	7010
	73		http://www.witguides.com/	2/10	6038
	74		http://ebookw.net/	3/10	5658
	75		http://newfreebooks.com/	4/10	5124
	76		http://knowfree.net/	3/10	4597
	77		http://www.freedomainradio.com/free	4/10	4503
	78		http://www.ebooks-space.com/	3/10	4331
	79		http://www.c3f.com/alivfree.html	5/10	3727
	80		http://www.justfreebooks.info/	6/10	3707
	81		http://freecomputerbooks.com/	4/10	3418
	82		http://www.bookboon.com/	5/10	3297
	83		http://bookboon.com/	5/10	3297
	84		http://www.readeasily.com/	3/10	3049
	85		http://www.bizzydays.com/freeebooks.htm	3/10	2904
	86		http://www.howto.co.uk/	4/10	2707
	87		http://www.onlinecomputerbooks.com/	5/10	2603
	88		http://flazx.com/	0/10	2559
	89		http://www.flazx.com/	0/10	2559
	90		http://www.booklagoon.com/	0/10	2438
	91		http://www.ebooklobby.com/	0/10	2438
	92		http://www.free-ebooks-download.org/	3/10	2296
	93		http://www.worthyofpublishing.com/	2/10	2254
	94		http://www.freeebooksblog.com/	4/10	2194
	95		http://www.pmillett.com/tecnical_books_online.htm	4/10	2114
	96		http://ebooksearchr.googlepages.com/	4/10	2083
	97		http://www.bookfiesta4u.com/	2/10	2009
	98		http://www.floodle.net/	5/10	2007
	99		http://www.readitswapit.co.uk/	5/10	1989
	100		http://www.realtimepublishers.com/	4/10	1829
	101		http://www.swapsimple.com/	5/10	1791
	102		http://www.freebooksclub.net/	2/10	1740
	103		http://www.freebookspedia.com/	2/10	1740
	104		http://www.ebookslab.org/	2/10	1723
	105		http://www.spotbit.com/	unranked	1707
	106		http://www.free-ebooks-canada.com/	1/10	1645
	107		http://www.zunafish.com/	5/10	1587
	108		http://www.ebookspyder.net/	3/10	1553
	109		http://www.webliterature.net/	5/10	1508
	110		http://www.zillr.org/	2/10	1429
	111		http://www.zillr.org/	2/10	1429
	112		http://www.certified-easy.com/	2/10	1181
	113		http://downlot.net/?ref=fe&cat=ebook	unranked	825
	114		http://www.developnew.com/	2/10	808
	115		http://www.chmpdf.com/archives/ebooks/	3/10	804
	116		http://analogstuff.net/	3/10	761
	117		http://ggiaro.com/	4/10	670
	118		http://www.wowio.com/	5/10	659
	119		http://10001press.com/ebooks.htm	unranked	600
	120		http://pdfbooks.co.za/	3/10	580
	121		http://www.allbooksfree.net/	0/10	572
	122		http://www.allgr8ebooks.com/	3/10	425
	123		http://www.ebookz.ir/	0/10	420
	124		http://www.moochmuch.com/home	1/10	416
	125		http://ebook.networkgood.com/	2/10	375
	126		http://ebooksbaba.com/	0/10	342
	127		http://libroselectronicosgratis.com/	2/10	305
	128		http://www.bookgoldmine.com/	2/10	289
	129		http://www.linxpedia.com/	1/10	234
	130		http://www.medicalbooksfree.com/	3/10	193
	131		http://www.pdf-searcher.com/	3/10	75
	132		http://www.bookfundas.com/	3/10	74
	133		http://www.whatsonmybookshelf.com/	4/10	68
	134		http://www.ebookprovider.co.cc/	2/10	9
	135		http://librivox.org/	7/10	0
	136		http://www.free-classic-books.com/	1/10	0
	137		http://www.fetch-boy.com/	unranked	0
	138		http://freebooksplus.net/blog/	2/10	0
	139		http://www.bookze.com/	0/10	0
	140		http://www.jeridoo.com/	3/10	0
	141		http://www.soft-search.co.cc/	0/10	0
	142		http://www.properebooks.com/	2/10	0
	143		http://www.freebooksportal.com/	0/10	0
	144		http://www.free-ebook.biz/	2/10	0
	145		http://www.ebooks.com/	6/10	0
	146		http://www.freebookquest.com/	1/10	0
	147		http://get-free-book.com/	2/10	0
	148		http://www.doctors4ward.com/	unranked	0
	149		http://www.getmag.co.cc/	0/10	0
	150		http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/	0/10	0
	151		http://www.meetscience.net/	1/10	0
	152		http://universityforfree.com/	0/10	0
	153		http://mybookface.net/	7/10	0
	154		http://www.free-ebooks.ws/index.php	1/10	0
	155		http://www.etwist.net/	2/10	0
	157		http://magbooks.org/	0/10	0
	158		http://thewriteresearch.com/books-online-search/	2/10	0
	159		http://www.kiqlo.com/	1/10	0
	160		http://www.dbebooks.in/	0/10	0
	161		http://bookvnn.com/	1/10	0
	162		http://www.fun-guide.org/	2/10	0
	163		http://www.medsea.tk/	unranked	0
	164		http://www.freebooksclub.com/	0/10	0
	165		http://www.freebooksdownload.net/	0/10	0
	166		http://www.digita-book.com/	0/10	0
	167		http://www.ebooks-it.org/	1/10	0
	168		http://www.onlinebookslink.com/	1/10	0
	169		http://www.link512.com/	3/10	0
	170		http://ebook4share.net/ebooks	unranked	0
	171		http://www.techprogram.co.in/	0/10	0
	172		http://www.generate-income.net/	0/10	0
	173		http://www.ebcrack.com/	1/10	0
	174		http://www.fribooks.co.cc/	0/10	0
	175		http://www.categor.com/	0/10	0
	176		http://crutoshare.com/	1/10	0
	177		http://www.ebooks.meetscience.net/	unranked	0
	178		http://www.myebookpdf.com/	1/10	0
	179		http://www.free-ebooks.ws/	1/10	0