The Novels collection gathers the finest long-form fiction in the public domain — the sweeping, immersive works that have defined the novel as an art form. It spans realism, romance, satire, and the gothic, from beloved classics to hidden gems by authors writing across two centuries.
Every title is a free EPUB download, cleanly reformatted with a fresh cover and ready to read on any e-reader, tablet, or phone. Ranked by popularity, these are the novels readers love most.
- Moby Dick; Or, The WhaleHerman Melville
- Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
- A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster
- Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky
- Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll
- The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas
- Frankenstein; or, the Modern PrometheusMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- MiddlemarchGeorge Eliot
- The Blue Castle: a novelL. M. Montgomery
- Jane Eyre: An AutobiographyCharlotte Brontë
- Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and AmyLouisa May Alcott
- DraculaBram Stoker
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis Stevenson
- The Secret of ChimneysAgatha Christie
- Twenty Years AfterAlexandre Dumas
- The Mysteries of UdolphoAnn Ward Radcliffe
- CarmenProsper Mérimée
- The Green MummyFergus Hume
- The Enchanted AprilElizabeth Von Arnim
- The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoyevsky
- The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.James Malcolm Rymer
- Le Fantôme de l'OpéraGaston Leroux
- CranfordElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-BurglarMaurice Leblanc
- The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — CompleteTobias Smollett
- The Expedition of Humphry ClinkerTobias Smollett
- The Man Who Was Thursday: A NightmareG. K. Chesterton
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, CompleteMark Twain
- Sense and SensibilityJane Austen
- History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingHenry Fielding
- The Adventures of Roderick RandomTobias Smollett
- The Monk: A RomanceM. G. Lewis
- The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald
- A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway
- Manon LescautAbbé Prévost
- EloisaJean-Jacques Rousseau
- A Study in ScarletArthur Conan Doyle
- The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A RomanceLucas Malet
- The Mystery of Edwin DroodCharles Dickens
- Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë
- The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of Jane AustenJane Austen
- The Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan Doyle
- Dr. Mabuse, der SpielerNorbert Jacques
- I Am a WomanAnn Bannon
- Oliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3)Charles Dickens
- Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain
- The Sex Life of the GodsM. E. Knerr
- Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne
- Robert Orange / Being a Continuation of the History of Robert OrangeJohn Oliver Hobbes
- That Girl MontanaMarah Ellis Ryan
- The Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaPhilip Sidney
- The Turn of the ScrewHenry James
- Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson
- The Sorrows of Young WertherJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The Blue Lagoon: A RomanceH. De Vere Stacpoole
- Henrietta Temple: A Love StoryBenjamin Disraeli
- CatrionaRobert Louis Stevenson
- Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The CoastHolman Day
- The Murder of Roger AckroydAgatha Christie
- War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy
- A Journey to the Centre of the EarthJules Verne
- The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde
- The Sign of the FourArthur Conan Doyle
- Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts: NovelleJoseph von Eichendorff
- The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins
- The Mysterious Affair at StylesAgatha Christie
- Peter PanJ. M. Barrie
- Love and Freindship [sic]Jane Austen
- That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the DayRichard Dehan
- Only a Girl's LoveCharles Garvice
- A Pair of Blue EyesThomas Hardy
- Lorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorR. D. Blackmore
- The Red Lily — CompleteAnatole France
- UndineFriedrich de la Motte Fouqué
- One of the Six Hundred: A NovelJames Grant
- The Phantom of the OperaGaston Leroux
- The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on FootHolman Day
- Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)Alexandre Dumas
- What Will People Say? A NovelRupert Hughes
- MoodsLouisa May Alcott
- The Gay Adventure: A RomanceRichard Bird
- The Boy with WingsBerta Ruck
- Linnet: A RomanceGrant Allen
- Cynthia's ChauffeurLouis Tracy
- The Passionate ElopementCompton MacKenzie
- Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome IAlexandre Dumas
- On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at OberammergauWilhelmine von Hillern
- The Prairie WifeArthur Stringer
- Doctor Cupid: A NovelRhoda Broughton
- A Romance of Billy-Goat HillAlice Caldwell Hegan Rice
- The Crack of DoomRobert Cromie
- Dainty's Cruel Rivals; Or, The Fatal BirthdayMrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
- The MoonstoneWilkie Collins
- The Green MouseRobert W. Chambers
- The Silent BarrierLouis Tracy
- One Woman: Being the Second Part of a Romance of SussexAlfred Ollivant