Read Books Online for Free (list)

another list of more free websites 📚

https://www.planetebook.com/

https://libgen.onl/

https://booktree.ng/

https://alternativeto.net/software/z-lib/ (article listing alts for z-library, though z-lib is a great website and you don't need alts unless you've already maxed out of your 10 free books that day haha)

https://www.tckpublishing.com/websites-download-free-ebooks/ (another article list of 29 best websites)

and just as a Christmas bonus, I'm throwing in an article about how to keep your ebooks longer than you checked them out for: https://bookriot.com/how-to-keep-library-ebooks-longer/ as well as an article about how to best use libby, the free library app: https://timeinthemarket.com/libby-the-best-way-to-access-free-audio-books-and-ebooks/

the Agatha Christie website is by far the coolest place to go in 2021

forget the Bahamas, have you been to the home of Agatha Christie. The online home, I mean. The site that says "home of Agatha Christie" at the top. It's got so many resources - FIRST, you have a complete and comprehensive list of not only the murder mysteries she wrote, but the plays, the short stories, and the un-murder mysteries (eg, Mary Westmacott). You can filter these by detective, and you can also filter them by A-Z or first published. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you can DOWNLOAD A HERCULE POIROT READING LIST or a Miss Marple reading list, OR A COMPLETE AGATHA CHRISTIE READING LIST!

It gets better. They have multiple reading lists. Some way more personalized ones, some way more quirky ones, and some way more cool ones.

You can also look through the film and TV section, which is exactly what you'd expect, a full list of all the adaptions made so far. You can also visit their YouTube channel. What they do there, and whether it's as cool and helpful as their website, I have no idea. 

There is also a list of characters that she has in her stories. I was surprised to find that Inspector Japp, Superintendent Battle, Captain Hastings, and Colonel Race aren't on there. I thought for sure they'd make the list before Harley Quin or Parker Pyne did because they're such notable, well-known characters. At least in Colonel Race's case, since he actually has (what, four?) books where he stars as the detective.

And at the very bottom you can sign up for their newsletter.

Come, see, and conquer the world of Agatha Christie, you won't regret it.

List of Agatha Christie Short Stories

If you ever want to read all of them and you need a(n almost) comprehensive list, wiki fandoms have you covered. The Agatha Christie wikia fandom has a list, complete with links, US and UK collections, and two comments! It doesn't include Problem At Pollensa Bay, The Harlequin Tea Set, Magnolia Blossom, or Next to a Dog.

LINK.  https://agathachristie.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_short_stories_by_Agatha_Christie

UPDATE: I found another, actually comprehensive list that is far more helpful and has filters you can add to narrow it down to what type of short story you'd like to read. It's the official Agatha Christie site, which means it's the official short story list.

LINK.  https://www.agathachristie.com/stories?format=short-story&character=all

I'm hoping in the near future to have each of these available here, but for now you'll have to go somewhere else to read her short stories for free. I'll be putting a list of links together someday soon while I slowly add onto my collection of free books available on here.

BEST ONLINE RESOURCES AND COMPANIONS for Textbooks, Nonfiction, Confusion, & Reading in General

SparkNotes is hands down my favorite resource when I read a book. When I read To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984, Lord of the Flies, Heart of Darkness, A Separate Peace, Moby Dick, The Jungle, and The Scarlet Letter, I constantly pulled up SparkNotes because they were so confusing and I didn't want to miss anything important.

I haven't read Beowulf, Animal Farm, A Brief History of Time, Catcher in the Rye, Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or pretty much any Shakespeare, because they seem so daunting to me, like I need a translator. But after discovering SparkNotes, I'm so excited to expand my reading and start trying out new books that I wouldn't otherwise read. I'm ditching my Lunar Chronicles books and moving on to reading real literature that will broaden my horizons and deepen my appreciation for good writing and literature that shaped our culture (or at least future books).

I like SparkNotes so much I sound like I'm sponsored by them lol

Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing Press is a great way to read about the books. I always use this for Agatha Christies (particularly the "series"s that I read - rn I'm going thru her Hercule Poirots so that's what I'm using the site for), because it talks about recurring themes and characters, books those characters first show up in, the plot and book summary, new characters, the next book, etc. I prefer using this instead of SparkNotes for the Agatha Christies because it's more in-depth in that way.

SPOILERIFIC THREAD: Return of the Thief & the Queen’s Thief Series

For those of you left unsatisfied and a bit wanting after finishing the sixth and final, Return of the Thief, I've got the thread for you. They cover everything from this book as well as tying in previous books, and they dive deeply into the book, dissect it really well, and break down the confusing stuff. Most of the questions I was left with after reading the last page were answered in this thread, so read it if you feel like you need answers or closure.

LINK.  https://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/spoilerific-therad-return-of-the-thief-the-queens-thief-series-by-megan-whalen-turner/

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 dang do I love Groundhog Day

(made the gif through ezgif.com)

John Grisham Novels - Read Free Online 📚

If you want all of the John Grisham books ever (or maybe just almost all, I haven't checked), maybe try this website which has all of them (or maybe just almost all, I haven't checked). Now you can read all your favorite Grishams! (or maybe just almost all, I haven't checked.)

To read, click one of the names on the list, then the green "read free" button at the top of the description. Enjoi.

If you want to go next, hit the blue "next" button at the bottom of the page. For easy access to where you left off, click on the drop down menu left of the next button, and skip ahead. No ads, no pop ups either, and it's pretty straightforward, no beating around the bush. I love sites like this, just hope it stays up.

LINK.  https://readfreenovelsonline.com/author/291-john-grisham

Watch Twilight Zones Free Online 🎥

This site is obviously sketchy, and if you don't have adblocker on, I'd suggest don't use it around anyone because multiple ads pop up as you're trying to watch the movie and the ads along the side are pretty skuzzy, like every other illegal site.

But it has a place to watch free movies, so how much do you care?

LINK. http://putlocker.co/

Poirot Investigates 📖

Couldn't find it anywhere but here, though currently I'm borrowing it so if you want to read it before Thanksgiving, sorry bruh, get in line. This is my book rn so you'll have to join the waitlist if you want it. But it's not v popular like some of her books so it shouldn't be too hard. If you sign up, you'll get an email when the person ahead of you has returned the book and then you have fourteen days to read it - once they're up, I'm p sure you can borrow it again but you might have to get back in line. Idk, bc I've always finished mine before the fourteen days, but if you're a slow reader you might just want to find a different place to read the book.

Note: Archive's copy doesn't have the last couple pages of the last story. To get the last story, fully complete, click here.

LINK. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.148803

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Watch Laura Free Online 🎥

In one of the most celebrated 1940s film noirs, Manhattan detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigates the murder of Madison Avenue executive Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) in her fashionable apartment. On the trail of her murderer, McPherson quizzes Laura's arrogant best friend, gossip columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb), and her comparatively mild fiancé, Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price). As the detective grows obsessed with the case, he finds himself falling in love with the dead woman.

This site actually has a lot of movies free for watching, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which I couldn't find anywhere until I came upon this website. Laura is an intriguing movie that was enjoyable from the start, and I would highly recommend it. No swearing, no questionable scenes, all of it family-friendly (check it out on IMDb).

LINK. http://moviesonline.sc/watch/ox0o2Vve-laura.html

https://archive.org/details/LauraNtsc

(edit: you can also watch them on archive.org, which is what I prefer using, bc it's actually a legit site and isn't stealing from whoever owns it - so I feel better about using that site. And there aren't any ads, that too.)

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Mysterious Affair at Styles 📖

chapter titles have links so you can jump to chapter 🙌🙌

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/863/863-h/863-h.htm

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Quora to the Rescue - Nemesis 👀

I need(ed) to find Agatha Christie's Nemesis online, so that I could read it for free without having to buy it because I'm cheap and because if I haven't read a book before, I might hate it and don't want to buy it if it might turn out badly (there have been a few that I've disliked - though none I've hated so far). Unfortunately it is almost impossible to find Nemesis for free online.

Until I went to Quora... I love lists and hope has returned. I'll be checking them out but I think the first link is the most promising (update: it was a broken link). Hopefully I'll have a link up soon to where you can read Nemesis online for free. ;)

UPDATE: I got two links, one to BookFi which I've already heard of and tried (and it worked so yay I've found a link to Nemesis) and another one that I will be trying out soon: http://page2.dfpan.com/ls/bunnywong/14c4b1ff/ (it apparently as all 88 of her works, but who knows if that's accurate or if any of them work. If they do, I'll have a new post about it up soon).

LINK. https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-download-Agatha-Christies%E2%80%8B-free-books

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huge list 📜 free online reading sites

from here: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-site-for-reading-novel-online

I got to here: http://www.feedbooks.com/

here: http://libgen.io/

here: https://openlibrary.org/

here: http://manybooks.net/

here: http://www.publicbookshelf.com/index.html

here: http://webfictionguide.com/ (I don't think this one is legit)

here: http://novellatime.com/ (but it's under construction)

here: http://en.booksee.org/

and here: https://www.ebookhunter.net/ (but it looks iffy)

and whatever this is: http://sacred-texts.com/about.htm

Trishna Nair is a whole post in and of herself. This is what she had to offer:

http://www.bestlib4u.net/

http://www.freebest-books.com/

^ those are super iffy

http://2novels.net/

http://fullbooks.net/

http://eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/indexframe.html

http://free-ebook-online.com/

http://free-online-novels.com/

https://www.freebooksy.com/

http://www.freebooks.com/

http://khnovel.com/

^ these only a little bit less so

(she also suggested 7novels oh yeah btdt)

http://www.e-bestbooks.com/

http://bibliomania.com/

https://books.org/ < coming soon...?

https://www.bookrix.com/

http://www.classicreader.com/

https://www.fictionpress.com/

https://www.free-ebooks.net/

https://www.smashwords.com/

these are ones that I use all the time:

https://6booksy.com/ (to find books on here you have to google "6booksy _" with the title, you can't search the website itself)

https://novelfreereadonline.com/ (one of my favorites, because getting around the site is intuitive and easy. Same with 6booksy, you have to google it with the title of the book, you can't search on the site even though there's a search bar - it doesn't actually do anything)

https://novel12.com/ (exact same format)

https://allnovel.net/ (search bar does work, but googling it probably gets you faster results and less viruses!)

https://bluenovels.net/ (works, but it's an ugly format and I hate reading when the format is big and bulky looking)

https://www.bookfreevampire.com/ (can't search within the website, have to use google. Format is nice, though, not too many ads)

https://www.novelcool.com/ (has ads and starts at the end of the book and is a bit confusing in the way you get to page one, but the search is helpful, and design is nice)

https://novel80.com/ (pretty good format, search tool is functional and gets you where you want, no ads)

http://readsnovelonline.com/ (format is ugly but it gets you where you need to be. search tool works)

https://allnovel.net/ (same thing, ugly format, but search tool works and you can read stuff for free)

http://onlinelibr.blogspot.com/search/label/Story (this is only for Agatha Christies and Sherlock Holmes, but it's a fine layout and format, even though a bit non-intuitive)

other, random ones I've stumbled across:

https://www.free-ebooks.net/ (I kept searching for books, and it had none of them which makes me wonder how legit the site is and if all they have are trashy dime store novels. Also you have to make an account I'm pretty sure.)

http://libgen.rs/ (go to the book's link, click on the title of the book which is listed at the very very top of the page, before all the other info, and then click on "GET" at the very top of the page it takes you to. It will automatically start downloading a PDF that you can, hopefully, read. I have a chromebook and it wasn't supported on here, but it might be supported on your computer. Or that might mean it's a virus so I'd steer clear just to play it safe.)

unglue.it

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Can't find it free online? Try this. 😲

I found A Caribbean Mystery this way: find at least one paragraph from that book (I go to Goodreads and go to the quotes page). Plug it into Google and it should find you a website that has the book for free, which weeds out fake websites that only have fake PDFs to download.

PS. Update 10/16/18 - I was looking for Nemesis by Agatha Christie and no one had it except Archive.org which only had pictures of each page. It was fine, but I wanted to be able to highlight and copy. I thought about this, and was like "but it would take forever to copy word for word a whole paragraph..." which brings me to my point: you don't have to do a whole freakin paragraph for goodness sake I don't know what I was thinking. Just look for a sentence that is kind of in the middle of a chapter (hopefully you have access to the second or third because lots of people have the first couple for a sample so it wouldn't really help finding the whole book) and then copy it. Sentences work just as well as paragraphs in most cases. If you only have Archive and pictures of the book, use Google Lens to lift the words from the picture.

Hoooope that helps :)

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Archive.org 📚

I asked some people where I could get Murder at the Vicarage for free online and someone said library (eye roll) but someone helpful sent me to Archive.org. Holy cow, if anyone is still sad about oceanofpdf [this won't help but] it could work as a substitute, right? And it has free movies, too! And it won't go away because it's like non-profit blah blah blah which sounds safe haha.

Anyway that's probably where I'm going to go from now on. It's a little bit confusing at first, but I'll get the hang of it. Murder at the Vicarage you have to join the waitlist, so we'll see about the others but for now I'll be checking back periodically in hopes that maybe they'll have other stuff I want to read for free. Who knowssss.

LINK. www.archive.org

Finding a Book When You've Forgotten Its Title 🤔💭

I'm not going to do that dumb "raise your hand if you can't find a book" thing, but I think everyone, at some point in their lives, has gone looking for a book, not sure about the title and even less sure about the author, and only the smallest bit sure about the plot - but they know they want to find it.

So here's a link I found to other links they found that are helpful for finding a book by its rough storyline - not its title.

This is also a helpful link. Meaning it's a link meant to help. So it might or it might not.

I'm on the Goodreads group, and I'd love to meet you if you joined so say hi to twice_baked and I'll probably say hi back. ;) But please don't do that if you know me or you're related to me because that's just awkward and I'm almost never on Goodreads anymore anyway. Or at least I won't be if I find out you're on there too. Also if you're related, why are you on here, get off.