Given the fact that more and more book lovers are reading their favorite novels on electronic devices rather than paper. It only makes sense that there would be an ever-growing selection of free books available online. There are literally thousands of free books online. So I’ve narrowed down the list to my personal top ten list of the best free books available on the web today. Feel free to leave your own recommendations in the comments!
1) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy’s two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world’s greatest novels.
2) Ulysses by James Joyce
Ulysses is a modernist novel by James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, in Paris.
3) Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
If you enjoy 19th-century classics, you can’t miss Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables . It tells an epic story about societal class struggles in France through a series of intertwining narrative arcs. The book follows Jean Valjean as he fights to escape his criminal past.
4) Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Melville’s Moby Dick is one of those novels you can’t afford to miss. It’s an epic tale of a sea captain obsessed with hunting down a white whale, and one of those great American novels. By reading it, you become privy to Melville’s philosophical musings on life, love, revenge and much more.
5) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy’s best-known work is an epic story of love and loss. This set against a backdrop of Russian society in the 1870s. The novel looks at such human emotions as love, jealousy, hate, hypocrisy and forgiveness. It has been said that Tolstoy wrote it not to teach his readers what to think but how to think. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Boris Dralyuk. (Introduction by Nader Elhefnawy)
6) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice is one of those books that has to be read by everyone at least once in their life. It’s an easy read, clocking in at only about 200 pages. So it won’t take you long to get through—but when you are done you will have learned many life lessons.
7) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
It is a sad thing to grow old, said Jo, looking with a smile at Meg, who was twenty-three, and at Beth, who was nineteen. Don’t say that cried Meg petulantly. It is sad, though, said Jo in her wisdom of eighteen years. You begin to care more for yourself than you do for other people, and it makes you selfish.
8) Emma by Jane Austen
Emma is a novel about a young girl living in small-town England and learning how to navigate adult relationships. The book, Austen’s second published novel, was first published in December 1815. Emma also happens to be one of Austen’s most loved books: it has been adapted and remade numerous times since its original release, and it is generally considered her best piece of work.
9) Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Rowling’s seven-book series, set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has been a worldwide phenomenon since its publication in 1997. Beginning with Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone, each book chronicles one year in Harry’s life at Hogwarts as he tries to avoid Lord Voldemort. He is the evil wizard who killed his parents—and learn magic from his professors. The series concludes with Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.
10) Dante’s Inferno (translated from Italian into English)
The Inferno is a part of Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is named after the first circle of Hell, in which Dante finds himself trapped after he becomes lost during his journey through it. The poem begins as an allegory for Dante’s own life, but then continues to explore various Christian concepts. It is including sin and redemption. The Inferno has been widely popular since its initial publication in Italy. Although it has occasionally attracted criticism for its violence and depictions of sexuality.
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