Recommended Reading:

http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading
Find here a list of recommended reading compiled by /lit/ users, please refrain
from posting topics asking for recommendations until after you have checked this
link. It also contains a list of valuable links when looking for books, includi
ng 'must read' book lists and the Western Canon.
Free Electronic Books (Ebooks)
Try the following websites for access to free ebooks:
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://library.nu
http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks
http://ebookee.com/
http://manybooks.net/
Another resource available is #bookz, check these links for more information!
irc: http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Bookz
irc.undenet.org#bookz
If the book is not found on one of these resources then it is unlikely a free ebook version of it exists, try a simple Google search before posting here. Howev
er it is unlikely a member of /lit/ will be able to help you if it is not listed
on one of these resources.
E-Readers:
Searching for the perfect E-Reader? For you or as a gift?
Please search these websites:
http://www.mobileread.com/
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix
for all the information currently available on E-readers
If, after THOROUGHLY searching these sources, you still do not have the answer y
ou're looking for then please feel free to post a thread here asking for help. H
owever we will most likely not know the answer if it is not posted on the listed
sites.
Converting ebook file formats:
Okay now you have your ebooks you might want to convert them to a more e-reader
friendly format. Most ebooks come in a .txt or /htm; format, the most e-reader f
riendly format is .epub. We suggest converting all files to this format for the
best results.
The best tool for this is a free program called Calibre:
http://calibre-ebook.com/
It also serves as a good way of cataloguing and sorting your ebooks.
Literary Blogs and Online Magazines:
Listed here are some interesting and varied blogs concerning literature. These a
re regularly updated with fresh content, meaning you will rarely read the same t
hing twice:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat
http://www.bookslut.com/blog
http://www.marksarvas.blogs.com/elegvar
http://www.complete-review.com/saloon
http://www.maudnewton.com/blog
http://www.lbc.typepad.com/blog

http://www.theoldhag.com
http://www.readerville.com
http://www.wordriot.org/
http://wordswithoutborders.org/
http://www.all-story.com/
http://www.undergroundvoices.com/
http://www.webdelsol.com/
http://www.threepennyreview.com/
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/
http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/
http://www.thewriterseye.com/
http://web.me.com/christineyurick/Think_Journal/Home_Page.html
http://www.theomnivore.co.uk/
http://www.pshares.org/
http://www.redchinamagazine.com/
http://www.irishpages.org/
http://www.ilrmagazine.net/
http://jacketmagazine.com/00/home.shtml
http://www.theliteraryreview.org/
http://www.littlemag.com/security/index.html
http://www.madhattersreview.com/
http://www.methree.net/
http://www.usm.edu/english/mississippireview.html
http://www.narrativemagazine.com/
http://cat.middlebury.edu/~nereview/
http://nuvein.net/
http://www.pbq.drexel.edu/
http://www.theparisreview.org/
http://www.percontra.net/
http://www.pifmagazine.com/
http://www.bornmagazine.org/
http://bostonreview.net/
http://www.expatriateliterarycircle.com/
http://www.corpse.org/
http://www.failbetter.com/index.php
http://www.geist.com/
http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/
http://www.granta.com/
http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/
http://www.anotherealm.com/
http://www.applevalleyreview.com/
http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/
Miscellaneous Links:
Listed here are a selection of links pertaining to literature, mostly online res
ources, they include free literature courses, online videos and lectures and muc
h more.
http://academicearth.org/
http://freevideolectures.com/
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/index.php
http://hulk03.princeton.edu:8080/WebMedia/lectures/
http://ci.columbia.edu/ci/
http://conversations.berkeley.edu/
http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Browse