Recommendations for books and stories that can be read in a browser?

Ernestine · 10-04-2026, 03:38 PM

Hi everyone

I often browse MobileRead as a guest, and thought I’d finally join in and start a thread collecting recommendations of texts that can be read directly in your browser (I often read on a phone, simply because that’s the device I always have with me).

A few places to start:

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ : a large collection of classic books, with a "Read online" option.
- https://americanliterature.com/short-stories/ : classic short stories, with collections that make it easy to find something for a short reading break.
- https://www.openclassics.org/ : fairy tales and folk tales with historical illustrations, identified editions and optional modern wording.
- https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page : books, poetry and other texts, often with scans of the source edition alongside the transcription.

KBAILEY90 · Today, 10:44 AM

Nice list!! I'd add Standard Ebooks (https://standardebooks.org). They're public domain books like Gutenberg's, but cleaned up and nicely typeset, and every book page has a "Read online" option. It reads well on a phone too.

Let me know how you like it!

JSWolf · Today, 10:55 AM

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JSWolf · Today, 11:00 AM

Is there any site that has full justification, hyphenation, and no paragraph spaces in a browser?

10-04-2026, 03:38 PM	#1
Ernestine Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2026 Device: Redmi Pad	Recommendations for books and stories that can be read in a browser? Hi everyone I often browse MobileRead as a guest, and thought I’d finally join in and start a thread collecting recommendations of texts that can be read directly in your browser (I often read on a phone, simply because that’s the device I always have with me). A few places to start: - https://www.gutenberg.org/ : a large collection of classic books, with a "Read online" option. - https://americanliterature.com/short-stories/ : classic short stories, with collections that make it easy to find something for a short reading break. - https://www.openclassics.org/ : fairy tales and folk tales with historical illustrations, identified editions and optional modern wording. - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page : books, poetry and other texts, often with scans of the source edition alongside the transcription.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 85,242 Karma: 154365101 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	delete post Last edited by JSWolf; Today at 11:02 AM.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 85,242 Karma: 154365101 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Is there any site that has full justification, hyphenation, and no paragraph spaces in a browser? Last edited by JSWolf; Today at 11:02 AM.

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Today, 10:44 AM	#2
KBAILEY90 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 12 Join Date: Sep 2026 Device: none	Nice list!! I'd add Standard Ebooks (https://standardebooks.org). They're public domain books like Gutenberg's, but cleaned up and nicely typeset, and every book page has a "Read online" option. It reads well on a phone too. Let me know how you like it!

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