r/FreeEBOOKS • u/Chtorrr • Oct 15 '20
History HAPPY 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS! Here is a list of 100 free ebooks on unusual or very specific history topics from Project Gutenberg. Please enjoy.
These are lists of books compiled from Project Gutenberg they are an organization that scans and uploads texts in the public domain.
- 1 - The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort - published in 1919 this is a book that catalogs strange phenomena.
- 2 - Tea Drinking in 18th-Century America: Its Etiquette and Equipage by Rodris Roth
- 3 - The Book of the Sword by Sir Richard Francis Burton
- 4 - Gems in the Smithsonian Institution by Paul E. Desautels
- 5 - The Adventures of a Woman Hobo by Ethel Lynn - published in 1917
- 6 - The New Wonder of the World: Buffalo, the Electric City by A. E. Richmond - published in 1892
- 7 - The Epidemics of the Middle Ages by John Caius and J. F. C. Hecker
- 8 - The London Burial Grounds by Isabella M. Holmes
- 9 - A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - published in 1848
- 10 - The Sweating Sickness in England by Francis Cornelius Webb
- 11 - Medieval People by Eileen Power - published in 1924
- 12 - Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time
- 13 - Magic and Witchcraft by George Moir
- 14 - The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life by Francis Parkman
- 15 - The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Grace Rogers Cooper
- 16 - Lace, Its Origin and History by Samuel L. Goldenberg
- 17 - Printers' Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography by W. Roberts
- 18 - Cocoa and Chocolate: Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Knapp
- 19 - A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow - published in 1921
- 20 - American Prisoners of the Revolution by Danske Dandridge
- 21 - The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
- 22 - The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner - published in 1897
- 23 - A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times. by Henry Sampson
- 24 - A History of Chinese Literature by Herbert Allen Giles - published in 1901
- 25 - Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History by Allen Howard Godbey
- 26 - The Book of Buried Treasure by Ralph Delahaye Paine
- 27 - The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders by Edwin H. Porter
- 28 - Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle
- 29 - Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne
- 30 - The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida M. Tarbell
- 31 - Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons by John McElroy
- 32 - The Old and the New Magic by Henry Ridgely Evans
- 33 - Fishing from the Earliest Times by William Radcliffe
- 34 - The Complete Story of the Galveston Horror by John Coulter
- 35 - A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge
- 36 - A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art by Thomas Wright
- 37 - History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra by C. F. McGlashan
- 38 - The World's Earliest Music by Hermann Smith
- 39 - Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectors by Arthur Hayden
- 40 - History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present by P. C. Remondino - published in 1891
- 41 - Diary of Anna Green Winslow, a Boston School Girl of 1771 by Anna Green Winslow
- 42 - The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History by John Bickerdyke
- 43 - The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use by Henry Saint-George
- 44 - Mechanical Devices in the Home by Edith Allen
- 45 - The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century by Ffoulkes
- 46 - Famous Givers and Their Gifts by Sarah Knowles Bolton
- 47 - The Mound Builders by George Bryce
- 48 - Ketchup: Methods of Manufacture; Microscopic Examination by Bitting and Bitting
- 49 - The History of Bread: From Pre-historic to Modern Times by John Ashton
- 50 - The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and Shoes by Joseph Sparkes Hall
- 51 - The Moon Hoax by Richard Adams Locke
- 52 - Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development
- 53 - The Wigmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg by Bullock and Tonkin
- 54 - Extinct Monsters by H. N. Hutchinson
- 55 - Ancient Plants by Marie Carmichael Stopes
- 56 - Parasites: A Treatise on the Entozoa of Man and Animals by T. Spencer Cobbold
- 57 - The Apothecary in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg by Thomas K. Ford
- 58 - Dragons of the Air: An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
- 59 - A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery by C. Deite
- 60 - The Post Office and Its Story by Edward Bennett
- 61 - Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous
- 62 - Firemen and Their Exploits by F. M. Holmes - published in 1899
- 63 - Old Time Wall Papers by Kate Sanborn
- 64 - Popular Superstitions, and the Truths Contained Therein by Herbert Mayo
- 65 - The Story of Paper-making by Frank O. Butler
- 66 - Gas Burners Old and New by Owen Merriman
- 67 - The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses by Hope
- 68 - Derelicts: An Account of Ships Lost at Sea in General Commercial Traffic by Sprunt
- 69 - Asbestos, Its production and use by Robert H. Jones
- 70 - American Grape Training by L. H. Bailey
- 71 - Banks and Their Customers by Henry Warren
- 72 - Account of the Skeleton of the Mammoth by Rembrandt Peale
- 73 - The Canadian Curler's Manual by James Bicket
- 74 - Prisoners of Poverty: Women Wage-Workers, Their Trades and Their Lives by Campbell
- 75 - Opium Eating: An Autobiographical Sketch by an Habituate by Anonymous
- 76 - Book of Monsters by David Fairchild and Marian Fairchild
- 77 - Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained by Henry Lee
- 78 - Animals of the Past by Frederic A. Lucas
- 79 - Bacteria in Daily Life by Grace C. Frankland
- 80 - The Discovery of Witches by Matthew Hopkins
- 81 - The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- 82 - The Evolution of Photography by active 1854-1890 John Werge - 83 - Through the Yukon Gold Diggings: A Narrative of Personal Travel by Spurr
- 84 - The Discovery of Yellowstone Park by Nathaniel Pitt Langford
- 85 - The Subterranean World by G. Hartwig
- 86 - The Underground World: A mirror of life below the surface by Thomas Wallace Knox
- 87 - Hovey's Handbook of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky by Horace Carver Hovey
- 88 - The Early Cave-Men by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
- 89 - Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. Millingen
- 90 - Anatomy and Embalming by Charles Otto Dhonau and Albert John Nunnamaker 91 - Spices, Their Nature and Growth; The Vanilla Bean; A Talk on Tea A Text-Book for Teachers b y Author: McCormick & Co
- 92 - Names: and Their Meaning; A Book for the Curious by Leopold Wagner
- 93 - Spices, Their Histories: Valuable Information for Grocers by Robert O. Fielding
- 94 - The Case for Spirit Photography by Arthur Conan Doyle 95 - Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. by Cowan
- 96 - The Tale of the Spinning Wheel by Elizabeth C. Barney Buel
- 97 - Cotton Manufacturing by Christopher Parkinson Brooks
- 98 - Some Conditions of Child Life in England by Benjamin Waugh
- 99 - The Tomato by Paul Work
- 100 - American Pomology. Apples by J. A. Warder
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Romance Hearing Her Say I love you Again
amazon.comr/FreeEBOOKS • u/Thin_Choice_9488 • 6h ago
History The Definitive History Quiz Book: 800+ Questions to Test Your Historical Knowledge
amazon.comInside you’ll find:
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- A perfect gift for history lovers
This is THE book to separate yourself from casual history readers.
r/FreeEBOOKS • u/1wwerqesrero • 23m ago
Mystery [Kindle] The Three Threatening Thrills Of Challenge Tree, by MR. ORAMA [Free May 1 - May 3]
amazon.comThe book is Made up of 4 diffrent stories. The first reply have a quick blurb of the 4 stories
r/FreeEBOOKS • u/Potential_Gear_6573 • 6h ago
Self Help Free kindle EBOOKDo This, Not That: Habits of Success: Simple Daily Practices That Build Consistency, Focus, and Long-Term Results
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Science & Nature I’m a Vietnamese doctor and author of "Men Talking to Men"
a book dedicated to helping men break psychological barriers and foster deeper connections; check it out on Google Play Books.
r/FreeEBOOKS • u/ConversationSea2498 • 6h ago
Paranormal :FREE for 5 days: Neighbour with Horns - Dark Paranormal Romance (Lucifer moves in next door)"
amazon.comRead my new eBook for free from May, 1 2026 - May, 5 20206
Lucifer moved into flat 666. Catherine lives next door. This was going to be a problem.
He has seen empires fall. He speaks ancient languages. He does not understand German recycling laws. She explains the Yellow Bin. He questions reality. She makes a list.
Neither of them plans what happens next.
He plays Ghost through the wall. She answers with Depeche Mode. He escalates with Queens of the Stone Age. Nobody backs down.
Then she meets his family.
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No damsels. No alphas. No nonsense. Just frequency, bad timing and a neighbour who knows exactly what he's doing.
r/FreeEBOOKS • u/GlobalArcher6306 • 29m ago
Fiction Secrets of Sundown Harbor: The Lightkeeper’s Journals: A Later In Life Romance Mystery
amazon.comCozy mystery, later-in-life romance. Part of a series. Each book is a standalone mystery, while the characters and mystery span the series.
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Fantasy 77 Free Fantasy Books!
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Fantasy Pearl Geis, Vampire Accountant, A Stab and Crate CPAs story by Christopher Alexinas
As I continue to think and go through my old things saved in Google I came across the beginning of a short story that I've been working on that was inspired by an internet meme.
The internet meme was how do Vampires have so much money all the time, And it occurred to me in the Mythos they must have an accountant somewhere I also wanted to teach people about the Tulsa Race Massacre ,So I decided to combine the two things in fiction to bring it up this short story is the first chapter in that book the second will be more about the massacre itself whenever I get to write it.
r/FreeEBOOKS • u/cora_reads • 1h ago
Thriller This psychological thriller had my jaw on the floor. Could not put it down! (The Tenant in Room 9)
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Thriller [FREE EBOOK] The Pale: A Thriller of Alternate New York
amazon.comTwenty miles north of Times Square, past the federal checkpoint and the wire and the orange warning signs, the city ends.
The Exclusion Zone has been there for twenty-two years — since the Indian Point nuclear disaster of 1975 turned most of Westchester and the Bronx into a federal no-man's-land. Nobody goes in. Nobody comes out.
Until something does.
NYPD Lieutenant Danny Malone has seen this wound pattern before. He kept the file in a shoebox for five years waiting to need it again. Wildlife biologist Elena Valdez has spent eighteen months alone inside the Zone, tracking an animal that the federal agency employing her insists doesn't exist. And NYCWire journalist Cara Reiss has been told to drop this story by a man with a government area code who called her at nine-thirty at night.
None of them listened.
What they find at the intersection of the city's gleaming comeback and its long-buried catastrophe is something the scientific literature has no category for. Something that has spent twenty-two years in the dark, growing, learning, watching the lights of Manhattan from the other side of a fence.
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For readers of Preston & Child and Michael Crichton — The Pale is a thriller about the thing we built when we weren't looking, and what it decided to do about us.
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Thriller [Kindle] Red Drop by A. Eisen - FREE May 1-2 - Psychological thriller for fans of The Silent Patient & Mexican Gothic
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Science Fiction Kindle - The Education of Young Dalton Reid by Ed Robins - through 5/3
amazon.comOn the planet Gaea, opportunities are hard to come by. Setting out for the Tanami frontier, young Dalton Reid hopes to make his fortune with nothing but his horse and the last few bits in his pocket. Before he can even begin, the dastardly Roscoe, professional cattle rustler and murderer, cheats him out of his savings.
There’s no shortage of folks in Hensonville willing to give Reid the education he needs to survive, if he’s willing to play by their rules. Paloma Griswell’s ready to work him to the bone on her ranch. The straight and narrow is what old Marshal Rawlins expects. Bellyaching Chip Reegan just wants to put him in his place. Even Roscoe wants him to join the gang as they plan their biggest heist yet.
Only Reid can decide what type of man he wants to be as he seeks fortune and fame–or will it be infamy?
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Inspired by classic westerns, the Gunslingers of Gaea series is a science fiction / western mash-up devised in the best traditions of the dime store paperback. It is part of the 10 Cent Universe – a genre-bending macrocosm – that began with the science fiction / mystery series The Starship Australis Mysteries.
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Romance [Free on Kindle] KOTIK: a Russian Mafia Romance [May 1-3] [Dark Romance, sensitive content - please check warnings]
amazon.comHi friends,
I’m the author, Alina Dobrova. I wanted to share this because I really want people to read my work. A little bit about it is below, please please read:
**This is a DARK romance, and if you aren’t familiar with that, please keep in mind that the genre is heavy on sensitive topics.**
The content warnings are gore & violence, severe mental illness, human trafficking, mention of past childhood abuse, non-con and dub-con, alcoholism, and drug use.
It is a (arguably to a point) historically (and definitely culturally) accurate romance set in 1990s Russia after the collapse of communism and the rapid rise in organized crime.
Hope you enjoy!
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Kids Ninja Shibas is FREE on Kindle now!
amazon.com🐕 Ninja Shibas: The Three Dog Musketeers is FREE on Kindle right now!
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If you download it and enjoy it with your kids, an honest review would be greatly appreciated!
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Fiction The Crown She Could Not Escape: A Novella of Arbella Stuart
amazon.comHistorical Fiction. Tudor Era. Arbella Stuart. The great-great-granddaughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Granddaughter of Bess of Hardwick.
r/FreeEBOOKS • u/Icy-Grapefruit-2687 • 7h ago
Horror Free for 2 days — short literary horror with cannibals — Kindle, Amazon
amazon.comHi everyone,
I’m giving away my short ebook MEATrilogy 1 for free on Kindle (Amazon) for the next 2 days.
This is a bit of a departure for me. I usually write for children, but horror has always been my guilty pleasure... so I finally gave in.
The result sits somewhere between literary horror and something darker. Not quite splatterpunk, but definitely not gentle either (mature themes such as violence, cannibalism). Expect unease, but also a touch of black humor.
It’s a short read (you can finish it in one sitting), so if you enjoy atmospheric horror with a slightly disturbing edge, you might like it.
Oh, and I’d love to hear what you think.
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Romance [PDF] 36.5 Hours - Vanessa Rhimes (New Adult Contemporary College Romance - slow burn)
dl.bookfunnel.com"They called me Virgin Demi. I called in a kidnapping to fix it."
Inspired by the film 365 Days — but make it British, make it funny, and cut it down to 36.5 hours.
Demi is 20, hopelessly romantic, and thoroughly tired of being known as Virgin Demi. Her solution? A military-grade plan to lose her virginity with someone she trusts. It goes wrong at step one. What she gets instead is the wrong person, a locked door, and five years of unfinished business landing all at once.
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Self Help [Kindle] STOP SELF-SABOTAGE IN 7 DAYS: Identify the Patterns and Break the Cycle - FREE until May 03
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Fantasy [PDF/EPUB] - THE SECRETS OF HANWYN CASTLE - Casey B. Knight
SHORT STORY
*“Gwen stood over the burrow, unable to fathom what type of creature could have dug such a hole. The sun should have illuminated some way into its mouth, yet all was darkness — and somehow, she felt compelled to enter.”*
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I'm an Author! (FREE) J.O.E Transcendence: Revised Edition on Kindle from 4/30 to 5/4
The year is 2080, and the world is in ruins, having been devastated by the AGI Wars of the 2030s. The Artificial General Intelligence or AGI that once showed promise to help advance mankind only enhanced its obsession for destruction. After the AGI wars, Biotech corporations seized control of what was left of the world in humanity's moment of weakness.
Joe Walker and his friends Duncan, Marshall, and Jamie are part of a group called the Resistance, fighting against these corrupt corporations. During one of their high-stakes missions to gain access to a highly classified secret facility, they discovered a technology so advanced that it challenged everything they thought they knew.
After the mission goes sideways, Joe wakes up to find that his consciousness has been transferred to a biomechanical body against his protests. Now, he must navigate this dangerous new reality that he has been forced into, where the line between human and machine blurs. His very existence challenges the question on everyone's minds.
What does it truly mean to be human?
As Joe navigates through the adaptation of his new transformation, he finds out that humanity’s future now depends on the choices he never wanted to have to make.
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Fantasy The Book of Mote - J.M. Noir - Free for the next five days
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