Frankenstein
Classic Novels
Start here
Books from every room of the library, good first reads.
- Read: Frankenstein
- Read: Self-Reliance
Self-Reliance
Self-Help, Money and Success
- Read: Leviathan
Leviathan
Philosophy and Wisdom
- Read: Treasure Island
Treasure Island
Mystery, Thriller and Adventure
- Read: Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Read: Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Classic Novels
- Read: Walden
Walden
Self-Help, Money and Success
- Read: Discourse on Method
Discourse on Method
Philosophy and Wisdom
- Read: King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines
Mystery, Thriller and Adventure
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Famous first lines
How some of the classics in the library begin. Pick one and keep reading.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Pride and Prejudice I returned from the City about three o’clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted with life.
The Thirty-Nine Steps No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet…
The War of the Worlds Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Six rooms of the library
- Classic Novels
Great English novels that readers keep coming back to. 10 books
- Self-Help, Money and Success
Plain-spoken old books about work, money, habits and character. 9 books
- Philosophy and Wisdom
Thinkers from many centuries on how to live and how to think. 10 books
- Mystery, Thriller and Adventure
Detectives, hidden treasure and narrow escapes. 10 books
- Science Fiction and Fantasy
Time machines, other worlds and impossible journeys. 9 books
- Urdu Poetry and Literature
Poetry and prose from the classic age of Urdu writing. 10 books planned for this room
Why these books are free
A book enters the public domain when its copyright ends, and then anyone may read and share it. We only publish books first printed in 1930 or earlier whose authors, translators and illustrators all died in 1955 or earlier.
- Books to read
- 48
- Rooms
- 6
- First printed by
- 1930
- Authors died by
- 1955
Urdu corner
Thousands of desires, each one worth dying for; many of my wishes came true, and still they were too few.
Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869)
From the Diwan of Ghalib, first printed in 1841. English rendering by Kalamdan.