Library
Curated shelves of public-domain works, freely readable — drawn from Project Gutenberg.
Books may be read in English (original) or translated on demand to German, French, Spanish, or Brazilian Portuguese.
American History
Primary sources and accounts of the American experiment.
4988 worksAncient History
Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch — primary sources from antiquity.
1389 worksArchaeology & Anthropology
Boas, Mead, Tylor, and foundational ethnographic writing from the age of fieldwork.
1842 worksArchitecture
Building design, historic architectural studies, and structural drafting guides.
54 worksArt & Fine Arts
Painting history, sculpture critiques, design theory, and artistic monographs.
110 worksAstronomy
Classical star catalogs, astronomical treatises, and historical space observation.
3293 worksAustralia
Australian historical documents, colonial literature, and exploration journals.
5000 worksBahá'í Faith
Writings and teachings from the Bahá'í tradition.
35 worksBibliographies & Library Science
Book catalogs, library cataloging standards, and literary guides.
43 worksBiographies
The genre that built the modern reading public — Boswell's Johnson, Plutarch's Lives, and Frederick Douglass.
5000 worksBiology
Darwin's Origin, Huxley — popular-level Victorian/Edwardian science writing.
1556 worksBotany
Plant classifications, floral guides, and botanical treatises.
152 worksBritish History
Primary sources and historical accounts of Great Britain.
3225 worksBuddhism
Sutras, commentaries, and reflections from the Buddhist canon.
14 worksCanada
Canadian history, literature, exploration accounts, and regional writing.
1641 worksChemistry
Foundational chemical histories, early alchemy texts, and laboratory manuals.
385 worksChildren & Young Adult Reading
Stories, poems, and adventures for younger readers.
1963 worksChristianity
Theology, scripture, and Christian thought from the public domain canon.
194 worksClassics of Literature
The canonical works — broad in difficulty, deep in influence.
1848 worksCooking & Drinking
Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, The Joy of Cooking's ancestors, and regional cookbooks.
460 worksCrafts, Hobbies & Domestic Arts
Handiwork guides, woodworking manuals, needlework patterns, and domestic tasks.
104 worksCrime, Thrillers & Mystery
Doyle, Christie, Chesterton — the puzzles and shadows of the canonical detectives.
2232 worksEconomics
Classical economic theory, monetary policy papers, and trade market analyses.
4159 worksEducation
Pedagogical treatises, school management theory, and historical academic frameworks.
594 worksEngineering & Technology
Pre-modern engineering manuals, builder's guides, and technical handbooks — practical knowledge underrepresented in modern training corpora.
1003 worksEphemera & Miscellaneous
Catalog odds and ends, broadsheets, and miscellaneous historical pamphlets.
968 worksEssays, Letters & Speeches
Emerson, Thoreau, Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Cicero — the prose tradition.
5000 worksEuropean History
Historical narratives spanning the European continent.
4181 worksGender & Sexuality Studies
Wollstonecraft, Stanton, Anthony, Gilman — early feminist writing and primary sources on gender and sexuality.
607 worksGeography
Cartography, regional descriptions, physical geography, and exploratory mapping.
624 worksGeology
Earth sciences, mineralogy, paleontology, and geological surveys.
1020 worksMedicine
Historical medical texts, anatomy guides, public health reports, and clinical treatises.
1867 worksHinduism
The Vedas, Upanishads, and the broader Hindu literary tradition.
28 worksHow To...
The Victorian/Edwardian self-improvement library — practical wisdom that's still surprisingly applicable.
2366 worksHumor & Satire
Satirical essays, comedic novels, cartoons, and light verse from past eras.
477 worksIslam
The Qur'an, hadith collections, and works of Islamic scholarship.
25 worksJudaism
Texts and commentaries from the Jewish tradition.
90 worksLanguage & Communication
Philology, historical linguistics, and writings on language — niche but foundational works.
624 worksLaw & Criminology
Blackstone and the foundational legal texts of the English-speaking world.
625 worksMathematics
Mathematical theorems, geometrical proofs, and computational tables.
316 worksMilitary & War
Tactical manuals, campaign logs, military histories, and accounts of conflict.
1982 worksLatter Day Saints
Early texts, doctrinal papers, and historical records of the Latter Day Saint movement.
5 worksMusic
Musical composition histories, biographies of composers, and theoretical instruction.
665 worksMythology, Legends & Folklore
Bulfinch, Hamilton, Frazer — the stories that came before the stories.
3429 worksNatural History
Ecological observation, fauna inventories, and zoological surveys.
1145 worksNature/Gardening/Animals
Thoreau's Walden, Burroughs, Muir — the original nature writing.
1999 worksNaval & Maritime
Naval warfare history, seafaring logs, maritime law, and ship construction.
949 worksPaganism
Polytheistic traditions, ancient folklore systems, and comparative mythology.
33 worksPeriodicals
Historical magazines, serial collections, and Victorian review journals.
813 worksPhilosophy & Ethics
Kant, Hegel, Aristotle, Plato — the canonical hard reading.
3422 worksMetaphysics & Occult
Esoteric writing, spiritualism, psychic studies, and metaphysical philosophy.
419 worksPsychology & Philosophy
Early psychological studies, cognitive papers, and philosophical frameworks.
177 worksPhysics
Popular Victorian physics — mostly outdated but historically interesting.
579 worksPlays, Films & Dramas
Shakespeare, Shaw, Wilde, Ibsen — the human voice on the public stage.
2955 worksBiographies
The genre that built the modern reading public — Boswell's Johnson, Plutarch's Lives, and Frederick Douglass.
5000 worksPolitics
Locke, Mill, Hobbes, the Federalist Papers — political philosophy from the public domain.
1473 worksScience-Fiction & Fantasy
Wells, Verne, Stoker, Lovecraft — the imaginative tradition before genre had a name.
4230 worksShort Stories
Collected fiction pieces, magazine shorts, and anthologized tales.
4886 worksSociology
W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk, foundational sociology, and primary sources on community, class, and race.
818 worksSports & Recreation
Historical athletic instruction, outdoor pastimes, and parlor games.
585 worksTop 100 (Last 30 Days)
Most-downloaded works on Project Gutenberg over the past month.
100 worksTravel Writing
Mark Twain's Innocents Abroad, Stevenson, Burton — first-person voices from a more curious age.
3839 worksWorld History
Global historical perspectives, chronicles, and comprehensive historical surveys.
939 works