Introduction

Online Novels contains the titles of more than 500 online books written by both published and unpublished authors who have made their work freely available on the internet. The novels listed here are organized by category, with brief descriptions taken from the websites on which they can be found.

Be sure to check out the listings identified in red as "Limited Time." These are books being offered as promotions, often by major publishing houses such as Random House and Harper Collins.

April 27, 2009. Note Regarding HarperCollins "Full Access": HC has begun offering complete novels to read online (no downloads, so this isn't for everyone), and many of the choices are excellent. Readers should be aware, however, that despite HC's statement that "you can read the entire book for free online," some of these books are not complete. HC certainly isn't obligated to offer any of its books for free, but I think that if they're going to state these books are free and complete, then they should be. Starting today I shall try to identify any new entries which have the endings missing; the truly determined can read the final 7-8 pages with the "browse inside" feature on Amazon - I finished Carved in Bone [no longer available] this way - not fun, but I wanted to see how it ended.
Update June 13, 2009: Maybe people have been complaining - HC has added the missing epilogues to three books; not all of their books are complete yet, but it's an improvement.

Last updated July 14, 2009.