Public Domain Book Recommendations (lemmy.ml)

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I'm currently trying to get better at reading and am doing that by accumulating a library of public domain books, since they're free and easily available.

If you have a specific work you love that was published pre-1928, or is currently not under copyright, feel free to comment it down below.
if you have any authors you think are worth reading, also post them below.

I'm currently reading Jack London's "War of the Classes", and I have "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde downloaded for later.

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[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

For the public domain, I think Les Misérables by Victor Hugo is a great read.

However I must ask, why limit yourself purely to the public domain? Do you not have access to a library? They are incredible places. And there are also some great apps available like Libby where you can checkout ebooks and audio books from anywhere with internet.

[-] JayDee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It's not so much that I'm limiting myself to public works - I do have a library card and look around for various books that interest me. I'm just choosing to focus on them more currently.

I will have to check out Libby, it sounds very useful.

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