Love Nonfiction? Here’s Where to Read Free Educational Books.

If you’re passionate about learning, you don’t have to spend a fortune on books. Whether you love history, science, business, or self-improvement, plenty of websites offer free educational books that will expand your knowledge—without costing a penny!

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Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org) – A vast collection of public domain books, including classic nonfiction. – Must-reads: The Art of War, On the Origin of Species, The Federalist Papers.

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Open Library (www.openlibrary.org) – A digital library with millions of books available for borrowing. – Must-reads: A Brief History of Time, The Wealth of Nations, The Prince.

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Google Books (books.google.com) – Offers many free previews and full versions of educational books. – Must-reads: Meditations, The Republic, Self-Reliance.

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Internet Archive (www.archive.org) – A massive collection of books, documentaries, and academic texts. – Must-reads: Common Sense, The Communist Manifesto, The Interpretation of Dreams.

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National Academies Press (www.nap.edu)Free PDFs on science, medicine, and engineering. Must-reads: How People Learn, The Future of Nursing, Climate Change Evidence & Causes.

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MIT OpenCourseWare (ocw.mit.edu) – Free textbooks and lecture notes from MIT courses. – Must-reads: Introduction to Psychology, Principles of Economics, Artificial Intelligence: Foundations of Computational Agents.

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Library of Congress (www.loc.gov) – Free access to historical texts, biographies, and government documents. – Must-reads: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, The U.S. Constitution, Democracy in America.

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