161 books
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Public Domain Books
Showing 1-50 of 7,597

by (shelved 73 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,017,812 ratings — published 1890

by (shelved 67 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,208,662 ratings — published 1818

by (shelved 63 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.00 — 979,399 ratings — published 1897

by (shelved 61 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,683,935 ratings — published 1847

by (shelved 56 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,147,578 ratings — published 1813

by (shelved 54 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.07 — 638,200 ratings — published 1843

by (shelved 53 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,171,393 ratings — published 1884

by (shelved 52 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.89 — 428,120 ratings — published 1895

by (shelved 50 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.97 — 388,896 ratings — published 1900

by (shelved 48 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.26 — 766,579 ratings — published 1844

by (shelved 47 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.83 — 414,798 ratings — published 1879

by (shelved 45 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.82 — 407,983 ratings — published 1886

by (shelved 44 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,743,151 ratings — published 1868

by (shelved 43 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,395,340 ratings — published 1847

by (shelved 42 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.91 — 783,983 ratings — published 1876

by (shelved 39 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.42 — 723,770 ratings — published 1850

by (shelved 39 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.78 — 672,565 ratings — published 1861

by (shelved 38 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.88 — 219,138 ratings — published 1605

by (shelved 38 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.26 — 765,200 ratings — published 1908

by (shelved 38 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.51 — 489,206 ratings — published 1851

by (shelved 38 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.68 — 254,957 ratings — published 1719

by (shelved 37 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.07 — 280,819 ratings — published 1844

by (shelved 37 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.87 — 329,161 ratings — published 1838

by (shelved 37 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.58 — 238,209 ratings — published 1726

by (shelved 35 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.23 — 657,719 ratings — published 1866

by (shelved 35 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.83 — 682,402 ratings — published 1915

by (shelved 35 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.03 — 296,075 ratings — published 1904

by (shelved 35 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.85 — 828,376 ratings — published 1859

by (shelved 35 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.13 — 932,497 ratings — published 1910

by (shelved 33 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.18 — 698,727 ratings — published 1862

by (shelved 33 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.12 — 273,779 ratings — published 1865

by (shelved 32 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.02 — 679,762 ratings — published 1815

by (shelved 32 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.00 — 203,745 ratings — published 1850

by (shelved 31 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.83 — 253,680 ratings — published 1898

by (shelved 31 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.78 — 887,223 ratings — published -800

by (shelved 30 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.89 — 206,582 ratings — published 1869

by (shelved 30 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.18 — 310,256 ratings — published 1895

by (shelved 30 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.64 — 154,273 ratings — published 1897

by (shelved 30 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.73 — 100,330 ratings — published 1896

by (shelved 30 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.14 — 542,740 ratings — published 1818

by (shelved 29 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.15 — 342,239 ratings — published 1887

by (shelved 28 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.83 — 313,394 ratings — published 1817

by (shelved 28 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.03 — 755,348 ratings — published 1603

by (shelved 28 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.94 — 191,718 ratings — published 1872

by (shelved 28 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.44 — 432,597 ratings — published 1899

by (shelved 28 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.08 — 986,645 ratings — published 1811

by (shelved 27 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.87 — 364,315 ratings — published -800

by (shelved 27 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.05 — 121,512 ratings — published 1871

by (shelved 27 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.30 — 252,255 ratings — published 1892

by (shelved 26 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.99 — 273,156 ratings — published 1865

“The principle is twofold, do not forget. The book, as a book, belongs to the author, but as a thought, it belongs – the word is not too extreme – to the human race. All intelligences, all minds, are eligible, all own it. If one of these two rights, the right of the writer and the right of the human mind, were to be sacrificed, it would certainly be the right of the writer, because the public interest is our only concern, and that must take precedence in anything that comes before us.”
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“From writing in a diary and trying hard to hide it, to writing on public domains, we grew up so fast!”
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