Reading books in original is a great way to enrich your vocabulary with new words, to see the grammar in context and to develop your understanding of language in general. Nowadays open resources provide free access to most existing eBooks so if you want to start to improve your English by reading books, just find one of the appropriate level, so that you learn the language and have fun at the same time.
There is a list of the 7 best resources where you can find books appropriate for your English level.
English e-Reader is a big book platform that can be especially useful for those who studies, improves his English or even teaches it. Big collection of classical works and modern fiction is divided by levels from elementary to advanced. Thanks to easy navigation you can search for books by genres, series and even tags! Books are available to download in many formats.
English-e-Books is a resource created to help people learn English. There is a big collection of adapted classical and modern eBooks for different levels of English. Since the books have adapted lexical and grammar structures, they are easy to read and understand. Moreover, reading such adapted books is a good training before starting to read them in original. Different available formats allow to download them to your PC and any other device or read online as well.
Project Gutenberg is a world-famous provider of electronic books that gives access to over 57,000 free eBooks. Mostly these are eternal classical works for which copyright has expired but there are also works of little-known modern writers. Since books are available in lots of formats, you can download them to any device or read online. Except the books themselves the site presents a Top-list of most popular books and authors, so you can follow their recommendation on what to read.
ManyBooks provides an access to more than 33,000 eBooks in English and other languages. The site has easy navigation – you can sort books in genres, titles, authors, popularity and other parameters. Beside classical works which are completely free, one can find here books of self-publishing authors at nominal charge 0.99$. As far as about 20 reading formats are available, you can download books or read them online as well.
Readprint is a platform with interesting design and simple navigation that contains thousands of online books. You can also find quotes of famous writers there and a discussion club where readers can discuss the books they like. Books are available for free only for reading them online.
Quotev is an online books platform oriented for teenagers and young readers who are 13 years of age or older. There are no classical sophisticated works or authors, but short-volume books of different genres such as fiction, romance, mystery, adventures and many other. For those who wants to get even more fun there is such bonus as entertaining quizzes of different topics. Books on this site are available only for reading online.
ReadCentral allows you to explore over 5,000 free online books, quotes and poems of the most widely read authors from all over the world. You can create your own online book-shelf and check your progress in reading. The site provides a range of interesting books-based quizzes and tests. To read books online for free no subscription required.
We hope that these resources will help you to find books that will give you much knowledge and fun! If you know other good resources with free online books, please share them with us and other students!
