Folk sayings!
"Gold is mined from the earth, and knowledge from the book."
"A book is the best gift."
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Nowadays it is not always possible to go to libraries: they simply do not exist in many parts of our country. However, the Internet allows you to quickly find interesting literature on the desired topic (the main thing is to know where to look ✌) ...
In this post, I wanted to present some of the most useful online libraries that will help not only to have a pleasant pastime, but also to study, work, etc. I note that the sites were selected and added from my old Mozilla (I myself got acquainted with many resources only during my studies and I still use them periodically ...).
So...
Note!
Many books are distributed in PDF, FB2, DJVU, DOC, etc. formats. To read them, it is best to use specialized "readers": //ocomp.info/chtenie-elektronnyih-knig.html
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Top 10 Libraries ⭐
❶ Flibusta →
Screenshot from Flibusta's website
One of the largest non-profit online libraries on the internet. On it you can find thousands of the most diverse authors and works (which simply do not exist on the network on any of the sites!). It should be noted that the books are presented here not only in Russian, but also in Ukrainian, Belarusian, and other languages.
You can search for the desired book both by the title of the book and by its author. On the site you can leave comments, watch the most popular publications, exchange recommendations. In general, a real book brotherhood ...
More details on Wikipedia
❷ Library of Maxim Moshkov →
Screenshot from the site LIB.ru
This is probably one of the oldest libraries on the net (dates back to 1994, the design is probably from there ... but you don't look at it 👀). The site contains thousands of different books of different genres: science fiction, fantasy, stories, fairy tales, etc.
Pay attention to the top menu: there you can find the latest discussions, news, ratings, etc. (often they help you choose an interesting book).
❸ BookZ →
BookZ - screen from the site
A solid library, which, in addition to text versions of books, has audio versions (not for all editions, of course, but still)! The search is quite conveniently implemented: in addition to the title and author, you can immediately see the cover (which was not available on previous sites).
General collection of books: 176619. Some of the books are available only in excerpts (you will have to pay for the full version).
❹ Aldebaran →
Aldebaran Top Menu
This site will most of all appeal to those who like to read various adventures, fantasy, novels, science fiction, humor, etc. There is a good collection of audio versions of books.
But, as for various reference books and educational literature - here it is noticeably less, and mostly paid ...
❺ Liters →
Main page Liters
In general, this site, of course, is more related to an online store than a library. However, there are several thousand books available for free (including audio versions)!
In addition, the site can be used as a directory for searching and compiling a list of books that you would like to read (the search on the site is very well organized!).
❻ LitMir →
LitMir - the world of literature
Lit-Mir is not just a library, but a whole large community of authors and readers (of which there are more than half a million registered!). The site contains hundreds of sections, genres, authors. There are tabs with the most popular and commented books, etc.
By the way, although a number of books are provided for money, we are talking about very symbolic amounts: 17, 25, 30 rubles.
❼ SamoLit →
SamoLit - screenshot from the site
This site is interesting primarily because it contains a lot of works by novice authors.You can download books for free (later, if you like the book, you can thank the author yourself by making an amount that you do not mind ...).
❽ Gutenberg →
Project Gutenberg
This project will be of interest primarily to those who study (or know well) English. The site contains more than 46 thousand e-books!
I would also note the good structure of the catalog on the site: there is a top-100, a letter identifier (by authors), the main genres are highlighted.
Note: books can be saved directly to yourself on Google Drive, OneDrive and other cloud drives.
❾ TerraNova →
Translation archive
If you like the works of foreign writers, then the TerraNova archive (library) can greatly please you. Here are collected translations of many popular works (moreover, sometimes there are translations of different versions, authors).
In addition, there is a large section dedicated to copyright texts. All texts are published with the consent of the authors themselves ...
❿ Presidential Library →
Screenshot from the website of the presidential library
Quite a "specific" library, specializing mainly in history books and articles. Many of the materials posted here are unique and not found anywhere else.
The menu has a good rubricator, top-100, favorites, etc. By the way, in addition to books, you can also find newspapers here (of course, old ones that were published 50-100-200 years ago).
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That's all for this sim today ...
All the best!
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