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Every year, new authors enter the public domain and their entire oeuvre becomes part of our shared cultural heritage. This is cause for celebration, and we invite you to the party.

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James Matthew Barrie

Peter Pan

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Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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Sir Thomas Malory

Le Morte d'Arthur

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Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Homer

The Iliad

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Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Frankenstein

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Bram Stoker

Dracula

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Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

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Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Bram Stoker

Dracula

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Homer

The Odyssey

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Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

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Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

2021

F. Scott Fitzgerald's works are in the public domain since 2021, making his iconic novels like The Great Gatsby freely accessible.

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Herman Melville

1991

In 1991, Herman Melville's work became available worldwide. You can download his books at the Public Domain Library.

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Jack London

The Call of the Wild

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Sun Tzu

The Art of War

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Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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James Matthew Barrie

Peter Pan

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Herman Melville

Moby-Dick

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Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

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Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

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