📱 Online Books & E-Resources

34 free websites to read, listen and learn — chosen by your library.

🇮🇳Indian Digital Libraries & Govt. Platforms 📚Free Classics & Public-Domain E-Books 🧸Children's Books & Story Sites 🎧Audiobooks & Read-Along 🎓Study, Textbooks & Reference

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Indian Digital Libraries & Govt. Platforms

Free official platforms from the Government of India for students and teachers.

Govt of India National Digital Library of India Millions of books, articles, theses and videos from IIT Kharagpur and the Ministry of Education. Visit ndl.iitkgp.ac.in ↗ Textbooks NCERT Textbooks Every NCERT textbook for Classes 1–12, chapter by chapter, free to read or download. Visit ncert.nic.in ↗ Govt of India ePathshala NCERT e-books, audio, video and flip-books for students, teachers and parents. Visit epathshala.nic.in ↗ Govt of India DIKSHA National platform for school education: textbooks with QR-linked lessons, practice and teacher courses. Visit diksha.gov.in ↗ Courses SWAYAM Free online courses from Indian universities and NCERT, including Class XI–XII subjects. Visit swayam.gov.in ↗ Textbooks e-Balbharati E-books from Maharashtra State Textbook Bureau (Balbharati) in many languages. Visit cart.ebalbharati.in ↗

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Free Classics & Public-Domain E-Books

Great books whose copyright has ended — free to read, download and keep.

Free Project Gutenberg Over 70,000 free classic e-books: Dickens, Austen, Tagore, Twain and many more. Visit gutenberg.org ↗ Free Open Library Borrow and read millions of books online from the Internet Archive. Visit openlibrary.org ↗ Free Internet Archive A huge digital library of books, texts, audio, video and old web pages. Visit archive.org ↗ Free Standard Ebooks Beautifully formatted, carefully proof-read editions of public-domain classics. Visit standardebooks.org ↗ Free ManyBooks Thousands of free e-books in many genres, easy to download for any device. Visit manybooks.net ↗ Free Feedbooks (Public Domain) Free public-domain classics ready for e-readers and phones. Visit feedbooks.com ↗ Free Classic Literature Famous novels, short stories and poems from classic authors to read online. Visit classic-literature.co.uk ↗ Free Chest of Books — Novels Classic novels arranged by author, to read page by page online. Visit chestofbooks.com ↗ Free Page by Page Books Hundreds of classic books and short stories to read online. Visit pagebypagebooks.com ↗ Book lists Goodreads: Out-of-Copyright Books A reader-made list of popular books that are now out of copyright. Visit goodreads.com ↗

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Children's Books & Story Sites

Picture books, fairy tales and stories for young readers — many in Indian languages.

Kids StoryWeaver (Pratham Books) Thousands of free illustrated storybooks in Indian and world languages, by reading level. Visit storyweaver.org.in ↗ Kids International Children's Digital Library Children's books from around the world in many languages. Visit en.childrenslibrary.org ↗ Kids Storyberries Free illustrated bedtime stories, fairy tales and poems for children. Visit storyberries.com ↗ Kids Stories to Grow By Folk tales and fairy tales from many cultures, with values for children. Visit storiestogrowby.org ↗ Kids World of Tales Folktales and fairy tales from around the world, sorted by country. Visit worldoftales.com ↗ Kids Indian Fairy Tales Classic Indian folk and fairy tales to read online. Visit fairytalez.com ↗ Kids American Folklore Folktales, tall tales, legends and myths retold for young readers. Visit americanfolklore.net ↗ Kids Free Kids Books Free children's books for toddlers to young adults, to read online or download. Visit freekidsbooks.org ↗ Book lists Read Brightly Book lists and reading ideas to help children love reading (for parents and teachers). Visit readbrightly.com ↗

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Audiobooks & Read-Along

Listen to books — great for practice in listening, pronunciation and fluency.

Audio LibriVox Free audiobooks of public-domain classics, read by volunteers. Visit librivox.org ↗ Audio Storynory Free audio stories for children: fairy tales, myths and original stories. Visit storynory.com ↗ Audio Lit2Go Free audiobooks of classic stories and poems with matching text to read along. Visit etc.usf.edu ↗ Our library Library Audiobook Collection Our library's own collection of audiobook links. Visit linktr.ee ↗

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Study, Textbooks & Reference

Free textbooks and study material for senior classes, competitive exams and projects.

Textbooks OpenStax Free, peer-reviewed college-level textbooks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths, Economics and more. Visit openstax.org ↗ Free Bookboon Free e-books on study skills, business, engineering and IT. Visit bookboon.com ↗ Free Free-eBooks.net Free e-books on many subjects, from fiction to self-help and study guides (free sign-up). Visit free-ebooks.net ↗ Free PDF Books World Free PDF e-books of classics and educational titles. Visit pdfbooksworld.com ↗ Our library Textbooks & Study Materials (KV2) Our library's page of online textbooks and study material by class. Visit librarykv2.in ↗

💡 Tips for using online books

All these sites are free. A few (like Open Library and Free-eBooks.net) ask you to sign up before borrowing or downloading — ask a parent or teacher before creating an account. Know a good site that should be here? Tell the librarian.