A large electronic library of more than 60. Book TOP: the most popular online libraries of Runet

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The site presents a reference version of all the works of Leo Tolstoy. Hundreds and thousands of volunteers worked on digitization: some recognized the text, others corrected errors. Books are available for download and reading online.

The popular online e-book store offers over 3,500 titles for free access. In exchange for books by Mikhail Bulgakov, Zakhar Prilepin, Jules Verne, Sergey Lukyanenko and many other authors, they are asked to register. By the way, you can also find audiobooks here.

More than 500 books of Russian classics in ePub format. Pushkin, Lermontov, Gorky, Mamin-Sibiryak, Ostrovsky - here you can find the entire school curriculum in Russian literature and beyond.

A wonderful Internet project for novice writers, as well as readers who are ready to discover new names. The site works according to the “pay as you see fit” scheme: you can download any book for free, and then transfer any amount to the author’s account if the work deserves it.

Another original platform where there are no barriers between young authors and their fans. Again, everything is free, while there is an opportunity to make a donation. Moreover, the site has a functionality with which you can prepare a text file for reading on a mobile device.

The site of the All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature contains a small collection of books on the humanities. Here you can find materials on psychology, philosophy, pedagogy and other compulsory disciplines.

What online libraries can you recommend?

One of the first and most popular Russian-language electronic libraries, it opened in 1994. Authors and readers replenish the library daily on a voluntary basis. The service does not take money, you can read absolutely everything for free. The only downside is that you can't download the book.

2. Aldebaran

11 Bookland.com

The Bookland e-book store also offers a collection of free titles in convenient formats in 18 languages.

12. Library club

The electronic library and online store "Biblioclub" offers interesting conditions: by purchasing 10 books, you can become the owner of the status of "Bookman" and get half of the store's content for free use. The platform also provides for the status of "Genius" - this is when you have free access to all the books on the site. A good option, especially if you are interested in literature about business and self-development, educational collections.

13. "Russian fantasy"

The bookshelf of the site "Russian Science Fiction" contains more than 10,000 texts by 180 authors.

14. Project Gutenberg

The electronic library "Project Gutenberg" will please fans of reading in foreign languages. This is more than 46 thousand e-books, the predominant language is English.

15. ThankYou.ru

ThankYou.ru is a free music and literature portal. A good selection of books in fb2 electronic format, as well as the opportunity for aspiring authors to publish their book for free.

16. Library of Foreign Literature. Rudomino

Library of Foreign Literature. Rudomino digitized some of her holdings. Most of them are rare books.

17. Bookcase

The cozy children's library "Bookcase" digitized many good children's books, but in 2009 it was hacked and lost almost all of its assets. But something has survived. You can read children's works by clicking on the book icon in the drawn cabinet.

18. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology

The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology shares profile books in PDF format on its bookshelf. The selection is rated as excellent.

19. Magazine room

"Journal Hall" - an electronic library of modern literary magazines in Russia. Here you can find the latest issues of the most famous domestic "thick magazines". The database is replenished quite quickly, and it is interesting to read, because many great works are first published here, and then migrate to separate books.

20. Electronic Library of the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences

At the end of 2015, the "Electronic Library" section appeared on the website of the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Now it contains about 400 scanned scientific publications, divided by areas for the convenience of users. These are "Theory of Literature", "Russian Literature", "Literature of the Peoples of Russia and the CIS Countries", "Foreign Literature", "Folklore Studies" and others. The library is replenished, you can not register on the site.

At the end of 2016 significantly limited access to free fiction and specialized literature. Sites are either blocked by government agencies or monetize downloads out of good will.

Exploring the 30 Most Popular Resources that offer free downloads of books gave the following results. Sites use only rare and unpopular works as free literature.

All modern books, as well as the creations of the classics, strictly limited access. You will see information about this either immediately or by downloading the file and reading part of the book (the so-called "introductory fragment"). The price that must be paid for downloading literature will also be indicated there. This rule applies to such popular sites as LitMir, Librusek, Aldebaran, Vceknigi, Bookz, OwnLib, LibOk, Big Free Library and others.

In this article, selected digital libraries with a large database you can actually download all the books for free. Supported formats for most works are .fb2, .pdf, .txt.

Attention : Before you open links to sites, read the descriptions. 3 of the 4 sites listed are blocked by Roskomnadzor and will open only with the help of simple manipulations.

1. Flibusta

A book fraternity operating from the deep end of the internet. About how, we wrote a little earlier. The largest electronic library with free access. Replenished by the users themselves. At the end of 2016 can boast 354,000 books. More than 2,000 books are updated monthly.

2. Large electronic library

Free download. 60,000 books. Quite a large number of categories, but the interface is not very user-friendly. If you know what you're looking for, you'll love the site. Fast page loading speed and downloading books in 1 click.

3. Verbal Bogatyr

This e-book library is also located in the Internet zone, hidden from search robots. Therefore, it should be opened through TOR browser. Detailed instructions for entering are available at the link in the first paragraph of the rating. The owners of the resource do not report the number of submitted books, but test requests demonstrate a large database. The site's interface is extremely user-friendly and reduces the time required to search for and download a book to a few seconds.

Regrettably, we did not find other serious sites that provide free access to download classical and modern literature in Runet.

As before, a significant number of works of Russian and world literature can be downloaded using the site Rutracker — our window into the world of free cinema, books and software. For those who have not yet configured access to the resource, we recommend using the . The convenience of a torrent tracker is that, books of one author can be downloaded in one file, a large number of audiobooks are presented.

If you want to continue using the services free digital libraries, we recommend that you master the shadow part of the World Wide Web (deep web), as well as stock up on useful links to access sites of interest. Or download books by your favorite authors and allocate a few GB of disk space for them.

Have you bought an e-book reader, but it turned out that downloading a book is not so easy? Some sites offer viruses instead of books, others send only half of them under the guise of a whole book, others turn out to be sites without books, but with ads ... In fact, everything is not so difficult. In this collection you will find the best electronic libraries. These free online libraries will delight you with a wide selection of books and a user-friendly interface. All sites are time tested.

RoyalLib

One of the most popular electronic libraries. Books are offered here in different formats - and you can download the one that best suits your reader. Another convenient feature of the library is online reading. You customize the design of the "reader" to taste - and enjoy reading from a large computer screen. You can interrupt at any time - make a bookmark in the book and return to it when you want.

Twirpx

Here you can find rare books and magazines. The subject matter of the books in this library is incredibly broad. From fiction and entertainment novels to such narrow scientific topics as, for example, "Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Graphics". It is convenient that on the main page you will find thematic directories. Let's say you're interested in celebrity diaries. You will see the section "Memoirs, diaries, autobiographies", go there and be surprised how many other fascinating books you can read.

The only negative of the library is registration. To download files, you will have to register, but no e-mail newsletters from this library will come. The books here are still free, but they are downloaded for "points". Each book "worth" from 5 to 50 points - depending on its value. Upon registration, you are automatically credited with 100 points - enough for the first days.

What to do next? Upload your materials to the library. A book or magazine not yet in this library. The student can upload their lecture notes. And with each download of your file, you will earn points. Thus, the library is constantly updated with new books. If you categorically do not want to “work for the good” of the library, then when the points run out, you can simply register again.

eScriptorium

This is a repository of rare editions and manuscripts. If you did not find something in the previous library, then perhaps the book you need is waiting for you here. Once you download it, you can put it in the Twirpx library and earn points.

Flibusta

This is a pirate library. If all previous libraries respect copyright, then Flibusta offers free downloads of those books that authors and publishers would like to sell.

The question arises - to download or not to download? It all depends on your conscience and budget. Many readers have found such a way out: they download the book of the author whose work they want to get acquainted with for free, read it and, if they like the book, buy it in paper form for their home library. And encouragement to the author, and a good book on the reader's shelf.

Also, this library is suitable for schoolchildren and students who take a course in modern literature. After all, it is impossible to buy all the books that are included in the program. Moreover, for the author, each reading is a PR, and many writers actually do not mind their books being freely downloaded.

If you haven't found the book you need in this library, check back in a few days. Often, copyright holders demand that a book be removed, but after a while it is posted again.

SamoLIT

Not all books in this library are available for free. But the free section is very large, and the books posted there can be downloaded in as many as seven different formats. Many readers will be interested in the "news" section of the site - it tells about book novelties, facts from the life of writers, about how the book world lives.

Russian science fiction

The site originated in 1996, when it was difficult to find free modern science fiction literature on the Internet. No, of course there was, but in scanty quantities and, mostly, at fabulous prices. At that time, there were practically no online libraries intended not for buying books, but for one-time reading. Fortunately, the site's management has collected more than 24,000 files related to the fascinating genre of science fiction on its resource.

Aldebaran

The Aldebaran electronic library offers readers convenient sections where you can find books of completely different genres. Aldebaran positions itself as the largest collection of literature on the Internet. Before downloading, readers can read excerpts from the book online. The resource offers the ability to download literature on iPhones, iPads and Androids.

Tara Nova

In fact, the site positions itself not so much as a library, but as an archive. The peculiarity of the resource is that it provides a platform for potential publishers. Here you can find both the books themselves and the works of translators. The site is official and the collected materials are provided directly by the authors and translators, and therefore you can safely download all the information posted on it without fear of breaking the law.

LitRes

LitRes (like Aldebaran) is included in the lists of the largest online library of e-books. The resource offers its partnership to authors and publishers, so the site is useful not only for the reader. The LitRes company was born relatively recently (in 2005), but has already managed to establish itself, having received the prestigious Runet award in 2014. At the moment, the site has about 875,000 books in Russian and foreign languages, among which more than 32,000 books can be downloaded for free. Among other things, LitRes presents a database of audiobooks, consisting of 10,000 materials.

10. Leo Tolstoy Library

A wonderful resource for fans of the great Russian classic. With the joint efforts of volunteers from 49 countries, the collected works of Tolstoy, numbering 90 volumes, were collected on the site. Also here you can find interesting facts from the biography of Lev Nikolaevich. Convenient pointers will help you not to get lost in the richness of Tolstoy's work. The site guide makes it possible to download books in different formats or read them online. And here you can also find comrades of interest and have a good time discussing the creations of your favorite writer.

Artifact

Compared to large resources, there are not many books in this library (about 8,500 texts have been downloaded at the moment). But Artifact offers a collection of many fascinating works by popular authors, such as Isaac Asimov, Robert Asprin and many others. In addition to fiction, there is a wonderful section "Languages" in which students of foreign languages can find useful manuals and textbooks.

Bookland

A wonderful resource for lovers of reading. The site contains both paid and free materials. In the "Free Books" section you can find fascinating works of classics and contemporaries. In the store of the site there is an opportunity to purchase literature in different languages.

Old Wizard

An interesting project called "Old Wizard's Library" presents a catalog of free books. Visit the sections of the resource and you will find many works in the fantasy and science fiction genres. A prerequisite for downloading is to register on the site. By the way, you can combine business with pleasure: when reading new items on the site, proofread the text, correcting typos. This is how you contribute to improving the quality of the free library.

Nestor

The highly specialized site of the library contains links to download scientific papers. The catalog is divided into two halls: general and scientific. In the common room there are cognitive and general education sections: computing and programming; home economics; musical and pedagogical literature; cooking; medicine and pharmacology; fishing; animal literature. There are many interesting sections in the scientific hall: sociology; political economy; philosophy, etc. This resource allows you to easily and quickly download archived files (with text and illustrations from a given book).

Gumer

The library site is a treasure trove of humanitarian literature. Here you will find books on pedagogy, cultural studies, political science, etc. In the category "Fiction" there is an interesting selection of the works of domestic and foreign classics. The only drawback of this site is the lack of a "Download" function. However, if you do not want to read online, you can simply copy the text manually. Agree, this is a minor obstacle when you desperately need to get a rare scientific work.

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2. Aldebaran

The Aldebaran Library offers to download the book for free in any of the convenient electronic formats (epub, fb2, rtf, mobi, pdf), and before this step, read its excerpt. Service at the level!

4. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

A great lover of Dostoevsky's work, enthusiast Sergei Rublev decided to collect all the information about the writer on one site. These are not just the writer's books (by the way, lifetime editions have been digitized), but also the latest news about film adaptations and television shows, research, as well as a list of museums and a photo archive.

5. TarraNova library

TarraNova asks to call itself not an electronic library, but an archive. The site management says that the main difference is that all the texts are posted officially, with the consent of the authors. However, ReadRate sees the main highlight in something else: TarraNova places not only author's texts, but also translations (with the names of translators). There are few well-known books here, but many interesting and worthwhile ones can be found.

6. Presidential Library. Yeltsin

Presidential Library Yeltsin digitizes rare books from Russian public libraries and collects them into thematic collections. There are a lot of interesting things. For example, for the Year of Literature, the service prepared a selection “The Fact and Image of Russian History in the Works of Russian Writers”, where Derzhavin’s “Ode” is a digitization of the Novosti magazine for June 1799.

You can use the free online library "Liberia" only after registration. Users have many responsibilities (publishing books, communication), but, they say, the selection of books is good.

9. Electronic library "Litmir"

The electronic library "Litmir" contains more than 200,000 books. They are convenient to read online, but when downloading, the site asks you to install a special program that scares away many new users. In the "Forum" section of the site, there is a rather lively communication between users with each other. At the end of 2015, the site went through several lawsuits with the EKSMO publishing house and the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, who insisted on closing the site, pointing to illegal content on it. In 2016, the site changed its owner and embarked on the path of correction. There are noticeably fewer books, and active work is underway to exclude illegal content.

12. Library club

ThankYou.ru is a free music and literature portal. A good selection of books in fb2 electronic format, as well as the opportunity for aspiring authors to publish their book for free.

17. Bookcase

Cozy children's library "Electronic library". Now it contains about 400 scanned scientific publications, divided by areas for the convenience of users. These are "Theory of Literature", "Russian Literature", "Literature of the Peoples of Russia and the CIS Countries", "Foreign Literature", "Folklore Studies" and others. The library is replenished, you can not register on the site.