For those unaware, they take public domain books and create really high quality, free versions that can be read on any ereader or online. Every book also has an oil painting that is also public domain chosen to be its cover.

I have discovered a lot of amazing lesser known literature over the years from here, and wanted to suggest it in case anyone had not heard of it. The people running it do amazing work and there seems to be a steady stream of three or four new releases almost weekly.

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[–] rescue_toaster@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Anyone have some favorites available here? Been getting back into reading and looking for some recommendations that aren't the same top 100 books of all time lists that are all over the internet. Many of those books killed my interest in reading for a bit...

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 4 points 18 hours ago

Luckily they list estimate read times at the top of the book pages, so you can dive into some short reads to get a feel for authors and content.

I read mostly non-fiction, but if you're down for sci-fi:

H G Wells Invisible Man is a short favorite of mine.

And Edgar Rice Burroughs has a bunch of fun shorter stories, many are part of a Martian Series, which the movie John Carter was based on (one of my and my SOs fav comfort movies).

[–] Bookish_Gaudi@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

Which genres do you most enjoy?

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't know what you enjoy but I've been working my way through Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series and find it to be a very nice escape. Fantasy novellas.

[–] Bookish_Gaudi@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think @rescue_toaster@lemmy.zip meant books available within Standard Ebooks, which does not have those Seanan McGuire books. But I wanted to link their fantasy books here in case you wanted to check out some public domain classics:

https://standardebooks.org/subjects/fantasy

Giving a quick perusal, maybe one of these would appeal since you enjoyed McGuire's books:

Lilith by George MacDonald

The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris

The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany

If you follow those links, there is a nice short description of each along with a touch of historic context.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Oh you're totally right, thank you, I forgot where I was when I replied hahaha. Thanks for the recs though, I'll have a look!