Rating of electronic libraries. Library of Foreign Literature Rudomino

Inga Mayakovskaya


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More and more often today one can hear the assertion that our country has "dropped" from the rating of the most reading in the world. However, in reality, these arguments are based only on the results of the book trade, and every year there are more and more people reading. It's just that now it has become more convenient to flip through books directly on electronic media or listen to their audio versions. After all, a whole library in one "reading room" (approx. - e-book) is much more convenient than a heavy paper book in a bag.

Well, for those who are tired of rushing around the Web in search of the book they need, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the list of the best, in the opinion of readers, online libraries.

Moshkov's electronic library (approx. - lib.ru)

Since its inception in 97, it is the oldest in the Russian Internet.

Here you will find almost any work of Russian classics. It is also worth noting that most of their texts are taken from academic publications. Unfortunately, you won't be able to download the book here, but reading it on the website is easy.

modernlib.ru

A very extensive resource on which you will find more than 40 thousand of a wide variety of books - for every reader's taste. From classics and ladies' novels to history books, science fiction, and more.

All books have annotations for easy selection.

It is worth noting the possibility of downloading (completely free of charge) books (approx. - in fb2 format).

Live library (approx. - livelib.ru)

The beauty of this library is that it is, rather, social network readers - a kind of club for those who like not only to "rustle" electronic pages, but also to leave an opinion about what they read.

Actually, on the basis of these opinions, ratings of the best books are compiled here.

You can download the work you like “without leaving the checkout” for free or, if you wish, buy it in the online store.

webreading.ru

On this resource you will find leaders in book sales and the most interesting novelties. The site offers to read both classics and modern literature, as well as non-fiction books. Among the latter, one can find chemistry and jurisprudence, philosophy and psychology, and much more.

As for downloading, it is allowed (and in different formats).

bookz.ru

Serious library, offering readers more than 70,000 books.

Artworks can be searched different ways- the search is convenient, and there is an alphabetical index.

You can download, download formats are offered to choose from.

imwerden.de

Here you will not find 2 million books - as, for example, in Librusek, which has become completely paid, but on the other hand, rare books from the literature of the 18-20 centuries, as well as ancient Russian literature and individual works of foreign authors, are presented to the attention of readers.

The site was founded in 2000, and since then it has been maintained and regularly updated by its creator living in Germany.

Downloading of works is available in various formats (approx. - PDF, MP3 and AVI).

gumer.info

On this site there is no modern literature for "reading" under coffee. For the attention of readers - scientific literature, history, linguistics, humor, philosophy and jurisprudence, etc.

More than 50 thousand readers a day, more than 5 thousand articles and books. One of the most popular scientific sites where you can find a book that is not in other libraries.

There are no downloads of books, but reading is available and absolutely free.

runivers.ru

Want to dive into history? Do you need any historical background for work / study? Then you are here!

A lot of useful historical literature, atlases and maps, historical documents, etc.

Convenient search, readability and even download in different formats.

Aldebaran

Today (after the closing of the most popular libraries) it is the most popular resource for book lovers.

A very large collection of books with annotations that are available both for reading and for downloading in different formats.

The number of books is over 82 thousand, and the fund is regularly replenished.

samolit.com

On this resource, you can download, publish copyright materials, create your own virtual libraries, write reviews and even earn money. Most of all, the site is loved by young writers.

Downloading is possible in fb2, epub, txt format, and also has its own converter.

The genres are very different. From contemporary literature and classics to poetry, business and scientific literature.

litres.ru

This site is a store e-books(including audio versions), but in the free section of the site there is also a library itself - about 26 thousand books, foreign bestsellers and fashionable novelties, classics and modern literature.

The download is available in various formats - but only after registration.

litportal.ru

More than 57,000 books of various genres.

When registering, the reader receives certain privileges: for example, the ability to independently change the font or page design, participate in polls, create bookmarks or view book ratings.

There is a download (in 14 formats), but reading is available on the sites "at partners".

litmir.co

The library contains more than 210 thousand books, added by authors and moderators.

There is a convenient search and "sorting" of books, you can leave reviews and rate.

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One of the first and most popular Russian-language electronic libraries, it opened in 1994. Authors and readers add to the library on a daily basis on a voluntary basis. The service does not take money, you can read absolutely everything for free. The only negative is that you cannot download the book.

2. Aldebaran

11. Bookland.com

The Bookland e-book store also offers a collection of free e-books in user-friendly formats in 18 languages.

12. Library club

The electronic library and online store "Biblioclub" offers interesting conditions: by purchasing 10 books, you can become the owner of the "Bookman" status and get half of the store's content for free use. The platform also provides the status of "Genius" - this is when you have free access to all the books on the site. A good option, especially if you are interested in literature on business and self-development, educational collections.

13. "Russian science fiction"

The bookshelf of the Russian Science Fiction site contains over 10,000 texts by 180 authors.

14. Project Gutenberg

The electronic library "Project Gutenberg" will delight those who like to read in foreign languages. This is more than 46 thousand e-books, the predominant language is English.

15. ThankYou.ru

ThankYou.ru - portal of music and literature provided free of charge. Not a bad selection of books in electronic format fb2, as well as an opportunity for aspiring authors to publish their book for free.

16. Library of Foreign Literature. Rudomino

Library of Foreign Literature Rudomino has digitized part of her funds. These are mostly rare books.

17. "Bookcase"

The cozy children's library "Bookcase" has digitized many good children's books, but in 2009 it was hacked and lost almost all of its assets. But something has survived. You can read children's works by clicking on the book icon in the drawn cabinet.

18. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology

The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology on its bookshelf shares profile books in PDF format. The sample is assessed by professionals as excellent.

19. Coffee room

"Magazine Hall" is an electronic library of modern literary magazines in Russia. You can find here fresh numbers the most famous domestic "thick magazines". The database is growing quite quickly, and reading is interesting, because many great works are first published here, and then migrated into separate books.

20. Electronic library of the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences

At the end of 2015, the website of the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences appeared a section "Electronic Library". Now it contains about 400 scanned scientific publications, divided by areas for the convenience of users. These are "Theory of Literature", "Russian Literature", "Literature of the Peoples of Russia and the CIS Countries", "Foreign Literature", "Folkloristics" and others. The library is being replenished, you don't have to register on the site.

Three years ago, the share of pirated books in the Russian segment of the Internet reached 95%. It is not known how things are now, but it is known for sure that many previously available digital libraries(for example, the famous Flibusta) is now blocked for copyright infringement.

Since we stand for the legality of the distribution of content, in the selection of the best electronic libraries on the Runet we have collected resources that offer a huge, and most importantly, a legal selection of digital books.

10. Klex Book Archive

This is one of the most convenient online libraries in Runet in terms of design and search for the desired book.

Of course, the range of texts in it is not as wide as that of other participants in the rating, but Klex is an indispensable resource if you need to find a free book on psychology, self-development or religious practices.

Library feature: There is only one format available for download - DOC.

9.e-Reading

It will be extremely difficult to get confused in the interface of this good online library of Runet, it is so minimalistic.

On e-Reading you can download many different works for free: from science fiction, fantasy and westerns to religious and philosophical treatises or.

Peculiarity: you can download books only in ZIP format. But this is a slight inconvenience when you consider the huge number of completely free and affordable books.

8. SamoLit

This fairly young online library has already become popular due to the large number of books available - both classics and novelties.

Some books are available only for a fee, but there are also completely free texts in the most popular formats (TXT, FB2, and EPUB). And before you buy your favorite book, you can read an excerpt from it.

7. LitPortal

A large Russian online library pleases readers with both a large number of downloadable book formats and a lively, crowded forum where you can discuss everything - from problems of digital libraries and OCR to literary flames and reviews on specific authors and works.

Peculiarities: a lot of book novelties, however, for free reading, most of the books have only part of the text open.

6. LitMir

This site was among the victims of the "anti-piracy" sanctions of Roskomnadzor. However, he corrected himself, deleted the books that the copyright holders complained about, and again returned to the top ten most popular online libraries on the Runet.

Here you can read and download (mainly in the form of a large introductory fragment) more than 560 thousand books, including foreign and domestic novelties. Like many other Russian electronic libraries, the link to the full version of the book on LitMir leads to liters.

Peculiarities: the ability to bookmark the desired part of the text; there are many free books. A very convenient search, you can see not only a series of books, but also the number of books in this series.

5. Kodges.ru

The regularly updated electronic library allows you to download both e-books and audiobooks in MP3 format for free. And not fragmentarily, but entirely.

For the convenience of users, audiobooks immediately indicate the file size, audio bitrate, and the reader's first and last name. And even a child can figure out the interface of the site.

Peculiarities: a large amount of specialized literature on physical education and sports, medicine, jurisprudence, etc. You can independently upload the available literature in suitable formats or audiobooks.

4. RoyalLib.com

This huge online library is very convenient for those who do not want to download books to their computer, and read them directly on the site. It has a beautiful and thoughtful design that is comfortable for the eyes. And in the right place in the book, you can set a bookmark.

Peculiarity: not all books are available in full format due to complaints from copyright holders. And those that can still be downloaded for free are available in such popular formats as TXT, DOC, RTF, FB2, HTML and EPUB.

3. Bookz

This well-known book portal has over 100 thousand works (including audiobooks). However, most of them are for informational purposes only, and you can download only a fragment of the book.

Peculiarity: intuitive interface, availability of new products by Russian and foreign authors.

2. Aldebaran

One of the most best libraries e-books in Russia still evoke nostalgic memories of the "pirate freeman" of the 2000s in many of the Runet regulars. But those days are over, and now Aldebaran is a respectable resource that helps readers decide whether to buy a particular edition.

Most of the books in this library are offered as introductory excerpts only. The full version can be bought in the Liters online store. However, there are books that can be downloaded for free in popular formats including FB2, EPUB, and even PDF.

The features of the site include a user-friendly interface, the presence of advertising and the ability to purchase an audiobook.

1. Library of Maxim Moshkov

This is the oldest library in Runet has not heard, probably only those who have never read e-books. It was she who became the starting point for currently popular book resources such as Samizdat, ArtOfWar, etc.

On the pages of this resource you can find books of any genre, including a huge selection of classics of world literature. All books are conveniently sorted by subject, making it easy to find.

Features of this electronic library are laconic design, lack of advertising and inability to download books. They will have to be read directly on the site, and this is not very convenient, since the font is too small.

You bought an e-book reader, but it turned out that it is not so easy to download the book? Some sites offer viruses instead of books, others send only half of them under the guise of a whole book, and still others turn out to be sites without books, but with advertisements ... In fact, everything is not so complicated. In this collection you will find the best digital libraries. These free online libraries will delight you wide choice books and a user-friendly interface. All sites are time-tested.

RoyalLib

One of the most popular digital libraries. The books are offered here in different formats - and you can download the one that best suits your reader. Another handy feature of the library is online reading. You customize the design of the "reader" to your liking - and enjoy reading from a large computer screen. You can stop at any time - make a bookmark in the book and return to it whenever you want.

Twirpx

Here you can find rare books and magazines. The topics of books in this library are incredibly wide. From fiction and entertainment novels to such narrow scientific topics as, for example, "Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Graphics." Conveniently, you will find thematic catalogs on the main page. Let's say you're interested in celebrity diaries. You will see the section "Memoirs, Diaries, Autobiographies", go there and wonder how many more fascinating books you can read.

The only drawback of the library is registration. To download files, you will have to register, but no e-mails from this library will come. The books here are still free, but they are downloaded for "points". Each book is "worth" from 5 to 50 points - depending on its value. When registering, you are automatically credited with 100 points - that's enough for the first days.

What to do next? Upload your materials to the library. A book or magazine that is not yet in this library. The student can upload their lecture notes. And with every download of your file, you will be awarded points. Thus, the library is constantly updated with new books. If you absolutely do not want to “work for the good” of the library, then when you run out of points, you can simply register again.

eScriptorium

This is a repository of rare editions and manuscripts. If you did not find something in the previous library, then, perhaps, the necessary book is waiting for you here. Once downloaded, you can put it in the Twirpx library and earn points.

Flibusta

This is a pirate library. While all previous libraries respect copyright, Flibusta offers free downloads for those books that authors and publishers would like to sell.

The question arises - to download or not to download? It all depends on your conscience and budget. Many readers have found such a solution: they download the book of the author, whose work they want to get acquainted with, for free, read it and, if they like the book, buy it in paper version for their home library. And encouragement for the author, and a good book on the reader's shelf.

Also, this library is suitable for schoolchildren and students who are taking a course in modern literature. After all, it is impossible to buy all the books included in the program. Moreover, for the author, each reading is PR, and many writers really do not mind that their books be freely downloaded.

If you have not found the book you need in this library, come back in a few days. Often copyright holders demand that a book be removed, but after a while it is uploaded again.

Samolit

Not all books in this library are available for free. But the free section is very large, and the books posted there can be downloaded in as many as seven different formats. Many readers will be interested in the "news" section on the site - it tells about novelties of books, facts from the life of writers, about how the book world lives.

Russian fiction

The site originated in 1996, when it was difficult to find free modern science fiction literature on the Internet. No, there was, of course, there, but in scanty quantities and, basically, at fabulous prices. At that time, there were practically no online libraries intended not for buying books, but for one-time reading. Fortunately, the site's management has collected on its resource over 24,000 files related to the fascinating genre of science fiction.


Aldebaran

The electronic library Aldebaran offers readers convenient sections in which you can find books of completely different genres. Aldebaran positions itself as the largest collection of literature on the Internet. Before downloading, readers can view excerpts of the book online. The resource offers the ability to download literature to iPhones, iPads and Androids.

Tara Nova

In fact, the site positions itself not so much as a library, but as an archive. The peculiarity of the resource is that it provides a platform for potential publishers. Here you can find both the books themselves and the work of translators. The official site and the collected materials are provided directly by the authors and translators, and therefore you can safely download all the information posted on it, without fear of breaking the law.

Liters

Liters (like Aldebaran) is included in the lists of the largest online e-book library. The resource offers its partnerships to authors and publishers, so the site is useful not only for the reader. The company "Liters" was founded relatively recently (in 2005), but has already managed to establish itself, having received the prestigious Runet prize in 2014. At the moment, the site has about 875,000 books in Russian and foreign languages, among which more than 32,000 books can be downloaded for free. Among other things, Liters presents a database of audiobooks, consisting of 10,000 materials.

10. Library of Leo Tolstoy's creativity

A wonderful resource for fans of the great Russian classic. With the joint efforts of volunteers from 49 countries, the site has collected Tolstoy's collected works, numbering 90 volumes. You can also find here Interesting Facts from the biography of Lev Nikolaevich. Convenient pointers will help you not to get confused in the richness of Tolstoy's work. The site's management makes it possible to download books in different formats or read them online. And here you can find friends with the same interests and have a pleasant time discussing the creations of your favorite writer.

Artifact

Compared to large resources, there are not so many books in this library (at the moment, about 8,500 texts have been downloaded). But the Artifact offers a collection of many fascinating works by popular authors, for example, Isaac Asimov, Robert Asprin and many others. In addition to fiction, there is a wonderful section "Languages" in which students foreign languages will be able to find helpful tutorials and tutorials.

Bookland

A great resource for reading lovers. The site contains both paid and free materials. In the section "Free books" you can find fascinating works of classics and contemporaries. In the store of the site there is an opportunity to purchase literature in different languages.

Old Wizard

An interesting project called "The Library of the Old Wizard" presents a catalog of free books. Visit the sections of the resource and find many works in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. A prerequisite for downloading is the registration on the site. By the way, you can combine business with pleasure: when reading new items on the site, proofread the text, correcting typos. This will help you improve the quality of the free library.

Nestor

The highly specialized library site contains download links scientific papers... The catalog is divided into two rooms: general and scientific. In the common room there are cognitive and general educational headings: computing and programming; home economics; musical and pedagogical literature; cooking; medicine and pharmacology; fishing; literature about animals. There are many interesting sections in the scientific hall: sociology; political economy; philosophy, etc. This resource allows you to easily and quickly download zipped files (with text and illustrations from a given book).

Humer

The library site is a treasure trove of humanitarian literature. Here you will find books on the topic of pedagogy, cultural studies, political science, etc. The category "Fiction" contains an interesting selection of works by Russian and foreign classics. The only drawback of this site is the lack of a "Download" function. However, if you do not want to read online, you can simply copy the text manually. Agree, this is a minor obstacle when you desperately need to get a rare scientific work.

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At the end of 2016 access to free fiction and specialized literature is significantly limited. Sites are either blocked government bodies, or monetize downloads of their own free will.

Explore the 30 most popular resources offering free downloads of books produced the following results. Websites are used as free literature only rare and unpopular works.

All modern books, as well as the creations of the classics, strictly limited in access... You will see information about this either right away, or by downloading the file and reading part of the book (the so-called "introductory fragment"). There will also be indicated the price that must be paid for downloading literature. This rule applies to such popular sites as LitMir, Librusek, Aldebaran, Vceknigi, Bookz, OwnLib, LibOk, Large free library and others.

This article contains digital libraries with a large database on which indeed you can download all the books for free... Supported formats for most of the works are .fb2, .pdf, .txt.

Attention : Before opening links to sites, read the descriptions. 3 out of 4 listed sites are blocked by Roskomnadzor and will open only with the help of simple manipulations.

1. Flibusta

A book fraternity working from the deep end of the internet. How, we wrote a little earlier. The largest electronic library with free access. Replenished by the users themselves. For 2019 boasts 418,000 books... More than 2000 books are added monthly.

2. Librusek

One of the oldest pirate libraries on the Russian Internet. More than 458,000 books(for 2019) To download books for free, use our instructions -.

3. Large electronic library

Free download. 60,000 books. Quite a large number of categories, but the interface is not very user-friendly. If you know what you want to find, you will love the site. Fast speed of loading pages and downloading books in 1 click.

4. Verbal Bogatyr

This e-book library is also located in the Internet zone, hidden from search robots. Therefore, it should be opened by means of TOP browser. detailed instructions for entry is placed by the link in the first paragraph of the rating. The owners of the resource do not report the number of books presented, but test requests demonstrate a large volume of the database. The site's interface is extremely user-friendly and reduces the time required to search and download a book to a few seconds.

Regrettably, we did not find any other serious sites providing free access to downloading classical and modern literature on the Russian Internet.

As before, a significant number of works of Russian and world literature can be downloaded using the site Rutracker - our window to the world of free cinema, books and software. For those who have not yet configured access to the resource, we recommend using

 

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