Top 10 Online eBook Catalogs
Updated: June 18, 2025 | Editor: Maria Lin
Websites that allow to download free ebooks.
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Google Books is a service that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database. Search and preview millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide using Google Book Search. Discover a new favorite or unearth an old classic.
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Project Gutenberg offers over 42,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. We carry high quality ebooks: All our ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers. We digitized and diligently proofread them with the help of thousands of volunteers.
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Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Just like Wikipedia, you can contribute new information or corrections to the catalog. You can browse by subject, author or lists members have created.
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JSTOR is a digital library containing digitized back issues of academic journals, books and primary sources, and current issues of journals. It provides full-text searches of almost 2,000 journals. More than 8,000 institutions in more than 160 countries have access to JSTOR; most access is by subscription, but some older public domain content is freely available to anyone, and in 2012 JSTOR launched a program providing limited no-cost access to old articles for individual scholars and researchers who register.
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Z-Library is a shadow library project for file-sharing access to scholarly journal articles, academic texts and general-interest books.
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The ManyBooks premise is simple: “Lots of ebooks. 100% free.” Select a genre, scroll through “Today’s Free Ebooks and Deals”, or check out the “Editor’s Choice” recs to see what’s worth your while.
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Free-eBooks.net is the internet's #1 source for free eBook downloads, eBook resources & eBook authors
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Forgotten Books is the world's largest online library with 484,473 books available on demand. This website has been designed using the very latest technologies to provide our members with many features never seen before. More than just books; Forgotten Books also features advanced analytical data. Every single word, page and image inside each and every one of our 484,473 books have been analyzed, indexed and classified.
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Library Genesis is a file-sharing based shadow library website for scholarly journal articles, academic and general-interest books, images, comics, audiobooks, and magazines. The site enables free access to content that is otherwise paywalled or not digitized elsewhere.
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The Library of Congress (LoC) online catalog is a comprehensive resource for finding and accessing materials in the LoC's vast collection. The catalog contains records for millions of items, including books.
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CloudLibrary allows to access your library’s digital collection, browse, borrow and read ebooks and audiobooks from your library
Latest news about Online eBook Catalogs
2023. Z-Library introduced new Tor-enabled desktop launcher
Z-Library has introduced a dedicated desktop launcher designed specifically for use with the Tor network on Windows, macOS and Linux. Previously, Z-Library users accessed the website via a dedicated URL requiring standard login credentials. After logging in, they were redirected to a customized domain providing access to the library. With the new launcher, users are automatically redirected to the library without the need for redirection to a custom domain. Furthermore, the program can connect via the Tor network, providing uninterrupted access to the library and an additional layer of privacy protection.
2023. Z-Library warns against accessing its copycat sites
Z-Library, a leading platform for pirated books, has issued a warning about the serious security risks posed by clone websites. Following last year's raids, finding the genuine Z-Library on search engines like Google has become increasingly difficult. But nature abhors a vacuum and phishing platforms are now widely present in search results. These websites are using Z-Library brand to attract visitors and their tactics have proven quite successful. For example, last month, Zlibrary.to was reportedly visited around 9.1 million times, while Z-Lib.is was visited around 7.8 million times. They can steal user data and simply make money from advertising.
