Want a good summer read? Reading books or magazines is good and interesting because you can learn and have fun at the same time. Whether you like fiction, fantasy or computers, there are plenty of books and magazines out there. Still, it's not always easy to get to the bookstore or library to find the specific book you're looking for.
If you want to read a novel, your favorite magazine, or a good comic , here is the best sites to find what you are looking for, in digital version of course.
Just Free Books
Just Free Books is a very effective search engine for free books. It searches the content of more than 700 websites, including gutenberg.org, wikibooks.org and archive.org.
With this search engine, it is very easy to find royalty free books, free audiobooks, and more. Simply type in the search box the author or topic you want to find. Note that you can choose to display the results only in French.
Abandonware magazines
Abandonware Magazines is a digital library dedicated to old magazines on computers and video games.
With its efficient search engine, you will be able to easily find old articles published in old paper magazines. Just type any term, having to do with computers or video games, to see scans of magazines talking about the subject.
Even if you will find recent magazines on this site, Abandonware magazines are above all legendary periodicals focused on computers and video games. A moment of nostalgia that feels good, because yes, sometimes, it was better before.
Many books
ManyBooks is one of the best platforms for free books which offers a variety of download formats. There are hundreds of titles here in all sorts of interesting genres, and they're completely free.
Large English-speaking libraries, Many Books does not forget the “ Français“. Go to the Language section then select French. The library of works in the language of Molière is then presented to you.
Downloading books requires a free account login. Then you are offered several download options such as EPUB, MOBI, PDF, FB2, RTF, HTML, etc. They are also readable online via the site's built-in book reader.
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Project Gutenberg
With nearly 60 free ebooks, you will certainly find a good read on the Project Gutenberg site. Project Gutenberg is a veritable library listing a mountain of free works. Initiated in 1971, the World Heritage digitization project is continuing with renewed vigor .
Project Gutenberg offers curated books in a variety of languages ranging from Chinese to Yiddish and categories ranging from animals to technology. Of course, you will have to go through the French category to take advantage of the works in the Molière language.
1001 ebooks
1001Ebooks is a French virtual library that gives you instant access to thousands of books and novels classified by categories: novel, poetry, philosophy, erotica, history, spirituality, science fiction, etc.
After making your selection, the books are then offered via hosts like Uploaded, UptoBox, etc. Most of the time, these are .epub formats.
Free eBooks
As you may know, to be considered free, a book must have been released under a free license, or fallen into the public domain, 70 years after the death of its author. This site focuses on this second category.
Free Ebooks currently brings together more than 3000 digital books in PDF, HTML, ePud, eReader format which are classified in more than ten different categories.
DownMagaz
You will find on this site a nice collection of newspapers and magazines to download for free, including daily newspapers! Find a specific title using the search field, top right, or explore the different categories on the left.
For the foreign press, click on the small flags at the top.
Book-free
Not to be confused with Free eBooks with an S, this site offers novels classified by genre as well as comics. The main advantage of Free Book is the regular updating of the content, to offer recent works to users. Once you've devoured the great classics, a little freshness doesn't hurt.
Zone-Ebook
Another website to check out for free ebooks and magazines that you will love is Zone-Ebook. With thousands of books to choose from, in tons of categories, there's sure to be something for every taste, mood or preference. You can really find everything on Zone-ebook, and the choice is vast.
Look for a title, a comics or a particular subject to find what you are looking for right from the start. Or browse the categories neatly displayed on the left.
Audio Literature
Who says electronic books does not necessarily mean reading on screen. There are also audiobooks, which you can “read” while driving, or doing something else. You will find on litteraturaudio.com more than 8000 titles to listen to, with many great classics but not only.