Just curious what uploads from here everyone has read and enjoyed so far? I have a ton I have downloaded which looked interesting but I just ahve not gotten to yet. The ones I have read:

- I am partway through the Complete Sherlock Holmes. I keep feeling like it will go faster once I get through the novels...

- I am also partway through the Tom Corbett omnibus. I have read book 1 and will read book 2 when I finish the one I am currently reading.

- I have read The Little Prince with illustrations. I loved it! And I loved how great it looked (with the illustrations!) on my Sony. I wish someone could upload the French version :)

- I have just started the Josephine Tey Inspector Grant books. I had to brush up on my War of the Roses history in Wikipedia this morning :) I am greatly enjoying the series and will definitely read the other ones.

I am so grateful to everyone who has uploaded books for me to enjoy. If I had the software know-how to do some for others, I would do it (I am on a Mac and am not sure what the options are). If anyone ever needs a beta-reader, perhaps I could contribute in that way.

So thanks for the great books! Which ones have the rest of you been reading?

The "Little House on the Prairie" books that Patricia uploaded.

A murder mystery that even included gathering the suspects in the drawing room, but I can't remember the name.

Several versions of the Bible.

"Maelstrom" and "Behemouth" by Peter Watts, books 2 & 3 of "Starfish" series.

Can't think of anymore titles right offhand.

The Dhammapada

Alcoholics Anonymous (aka The Big Book)

Little House on the Prairie

Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone

everything offered in lrf or epub or prc, whatever I could get to work best in Calibre - of Alexandre Dumas, Talbot Mundy, Rudyard Kipling, Rafael Sabatini, A. C. Doyle, Thomas Bulfinch, R. L. Stevenson, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Johann Wyss, Daniel Defoe, E. P. Oppenheim, James Fenimore Cooper, Frederick Marrayat, Jonathan Swift, Edmond Rostand, H. Rider Haggard, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Bellem, Anthony Trollope, Robert Silverberg, Frederick O'Brien, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Anthony Hope, Richard Dana, Albert Payson Terhune, Jules Verne, Howard Pyle and a few G. A. Henty, some Dickens, Jack London and a few random others. Not too hard to see that my interests are mainly in adventure. I've read philosophy and I appreciate some poetry but I more stumble across poetry than look for it.

Got much appreciation for the uploaders. I sometimes forget to say thanks, I know that. ;)

Half of those are not "old classics" I read in school or something - They're the best books I've ever read that I'm happy to have found in a well loved version I could read electronically. :)

The entire Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy and Dr. Thorndyke series by R. Austin Freeman kept me busy for quite a while. I've also read "The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives" and three Chester K. Steele novels.

Dreamer

Under Milkwood

Thanks to Particia

I've sampled quite a few of the mysteries, and of the authors I hadn't read before I've become very fond of Edgar Wallace.

- I have read The Little Prince with illustrations. I loved it! And I loved how great it looked (with the illustrations!) on my Sony. I wish someone could upload the French version :)


There's a French version available (I think with illustrations) at ebooks libres et gratuits (http://www.ebooksgratuits.com).
(note that the book is still copyrighted in France)

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- I have read The Little Prince with illustrations. I loved it! And I loved how great it looked (with the illustrations!) on my Sony. I wish someone could upload the French version :)


I don't know if it helps, but although it is not yet in the public domain everywhere, it is free in Australia, and available on the Project Gutemberg Australia (http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300771h.html) website.

Cheers,
David.

PS : I converted it to ePub for my Sony, and I would upload it here, but I think it is against the forum's regulations to post a not-quite-public book ;)

I don't know if it helps, but although it is not yet in the public domain everywhere, it is free in Australia, and available on the Project Gutemberg Australia (http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300771h.html) website.

Cheers,
David.

PS : I converted it to ePub for my Sony, and I would upload it here, but I think it is against the forum's regulations to post a not-quite-public book ;)

MobileRead's servers are hosted in Canada, which has a life+50 copyright law. Since St.Ex died in 1944, the book is in the public domain there and we can host it on our server. if you've made an epub with the illustrations i think it would be a wonderful addition to our library. :)

obviously it is up to each individual member to decide whether it is okay to download the book according to their local laws. ;)

by the way, this text with the illustrations is also available on wikilivres here : http://wikilivres.info/wiki/Le_Petit_Prince

D'accord Zelda, merci !

Here it is, folks : http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51483

I've read a lot of the books that are on the MobileRead servers -- but read them long before I discovered MobileRead.

Of the books I've downloaded, here's what I've read so far:
Tom Corbet 01 - Stand By For Mars, Carey Rockwell
Tom Corbet 02 - Danger in Deep Space, Carey Rockwell
Emily of New Moon, Lucy Maud Montgomery
Emily Climbs, Lucy Maud Montgomery
Tom Corbet 03 - On the Trail of the Space Pirates, Carey Rockwell
Little Brother, Cory Doctorow
Mars Girl, Jeff Garrity
Neptune Crossing, Jeffrey Carver
The Bobbsey Twins, Laura Lee Hope

I'm part of the way through The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope, and I've sampled several other classics, but not read them through.

MobileRead's servers are hosted in Canada, which has a life+50 copyright law. Since St.Ex died in 1944, the book is in the public domain there and we can host it on our server. if you've made an epub with the illustrations i think it would be a wonderful addition to our library. :)

obviously it is up to each individual member to decide whether it is okay to download the book according to their local laws. ;)
Careful, for the Frenchies : As St Exupéry died during the 2nd WW, the delay in France is 100 years after his death ! (70+30)

A murder mystery that even included gathering the suspects in the drawing room, but I can't remember the name.
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I would be very interested to know the name of that book.

I have downloaded several books from this site but haven't read them. Just now (after seeing this post) I downloaded Little House In the Big Woods. I remember reading this book with my 3rd grade class and LOVING it. I hated all school assigned reading but this is one of the books that sticks out in my mind. I never read the rest of the series, so I'm planning to work my way through the series.

'The Mark of the Red Thumb' by R. Austin Freeman - :thanks: HarryT
'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' by Victor Hugo, 'Vanity Fair' by W. M Thackeray - :thanks: Patricia
'Star Maker' by Olaf Stapledon - :thanks: Crutledge

I'm sure there are others, but I can't recall them at the moment.

Careful, for the Frenchies : As St Exupéry died during the 2nd WW, the delay in France is 100 years after his death ! (70+30)

I don't understand ? 70+30 ? Why ?

Little Women & sequels
Jane Austin novels
Kai Lung's Golden Hours
Tom Jones
Some of the Rider Haggard anothologies
The Gift of the Magi
Good-bye, Mr Chips
Three Men in a Boat
Kim
David Balfour (Kidnapped & Catriona)
The Canterville Ghost


And looking through the list of books I've downloaded reminds me of many, many books from Mobileread that I'd like to get around to reading.

Thanks to all those who proof and format and upload.

I don't understand ? 70+30 ? Why ?

Just a quirk of French copyright law. If you died during WWII you get 30 years extra copyright term. Goodness knows why!

What a neat thread! :) So far only a couple, a Max Brand western as Ihave never read him before, and Sherman's version of the Holy Bible. Will be doing a lot more now that I have the hang of it. Sincere appreciation for all the hard work everyone has done!

Just a quirk of French copyright law. If you died during WWII you get 30 years extra copyright term. Goodness knows why!
I think it's just a way for the government to mark its aknowledgement for "services rendus" (favor ?) to the beneficiaries...

hm, well my list would be long, if i could remember from the top of my head where i got all the free books from (mainly here and feedbooks, but also some other sources like ebooks libres et gratuits...) but let's see :
Topper - Thorne Smith by BenG (planning to read "Night life of the gods" too !)
tons of detective stories by Patricia, including books by
Dorothy L. Sayers
Anna Katherine Greene
some very interesting books about language by madam broshkina (and some others by madam broshkina too) notably "less than words can say" by Richard Mitchell. i highly recommend it. there are three by him available here (thanks madam b !) and the other two are on my list.
quite a lot of sagas and original fiction...

...and, well, tons more, but i have a terrible memory. :o i'm sure i'll think of more soon.

I think my list is:

Chesterton: The Wisdom of Father Brown
Chesterton: The Scandal of Father Brown
Dumas: The Three Musketeers
Jane Austen: Mansfield Park
Jane Austen: Persuasion

i do collect Sherlock Holmes. do you have any other recommendations for good books to read ?

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If you like Sherlock Holmes, try my E.W. Hornung "Raffles" omnibus (Hornung was Conan Doyle's brother in law, and wrote Raffles as an "anti-Holmes"), and the however many volumes it is I've posted of R. Austin Freeman's "Dr. Thorndyke" books. All are excellent.

I have read so many from here the list would be to long . And I would personally like to thank all the people that have downloaded them, its nice to discover new authors that I have not read (ever) thanks for opening my eyes.... :)

...and, well, tons more, but i have a terrible memory. :o i'm sure i'll think of more soon.

I forgot 'Three Men in a Boat' - and it was the last book I finished. :smack:

:thanks: JSWolf

I couldn't begin to say how many I have. I am greatly appreciative of everyone who uploads books, though.

Some favorites:

Harry's Sherlock Holmes Omnibus
Patricia's Little House and A Thousand Nights and a Night (Strange juxtaposition there)
The Altsheler books from several people
Three Men in a Boat and On the Brummel by Jon
Olaf Stapledon collection

Just a quirk of French copyright law. If you died during WWII you get 30 years extra copyright term. Goodness knows why!

Actually I think it's not WWII but any war. So Apollinaire, who died in 1918, is _still_ not copyright free in France for instance.

Can anyone recommend some crime novels?