I’ve spoken before about my absolutely gigantic library of fantasy and science fiction books, courtesy of my grandfather. I haven’t even read half of them (I’m getting there, don’t rush me!) and yet I still feel this need to read even more books! Okay, okay, I admit it – I may be very addicted to reading. I feel kind of empty without a book or a tablet in my hands, and I’m sure that many of you can relate. Sadly, my budget tends to be sort of limited. I need to pay for rent, food, clothes, transportation, and then there’s bills and taxes… If I could, I’d spend all my money on books, but unfortunately, reality is a bit different. Then again, I don’t really need to! There’s plenty of places online where I can get books for free! The most obvious one is, of course, my local library. You’re bound to have at least one in your vicinity, right? So go there, check it out and see what you can find! And if you’d prefer not to leave your house, fear not – you can always use an app, such as Overdrive, to lend books digitally, as long as your library is participating!
If you own a Kindle, or a tablet which supports the Kindle app, you’re in a whole ton of luck! Amazon in particular has plenty of classic books, such as “A Tale of Two Cities”, “Tom Sawyer” or “Pride and Prejudice”, for free on the Amazon store. All you need to do is register an account and “purchase” them for free, and then they’ll be added to your library on your device! In addition, there’s several online services, the best of which is definitely Freebooksy, that give you a slew of free books every single day! You can browse the free books of the day on the site or you can sign up for a newsletter, where you get to specify your favourite genres and receive only books from them straight into your mailbox! It’s amazing, trust me! I’ve only been using Freebooksy for a little over a month now, and have already gathered so many books that even my grandfather would be jealous!
If you’re a fan of audiobooks instead, there’s always Audible! Audible will give you a 30 day free trial during which you can pick any audiobook you want for free! If you don’t like it, or if you finish it and want more, you can always return it and get a new one within those 30 days. If you sign up for a membership, that way you can get practically unlimited audiobooks for as long as your membership lasts, and since you also get 1 free book every month if you really like a book and would like to keep it you can do that! Using those sites, I’m sure that soon enough you’ll have more books than you can possibly read!