Open-access academic book sources

Ten places to read peer-reviewed academic books legally and for free.

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OpenStax ↗
Rice University
Free, peer-reviewed textbooks for core university courses.
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UCL Press ↗
The UK’s first fully open-access university press.
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Open Textbook Library ↗
University of Minnesota
Hundreds of reviewed, openly licensed textbooks.
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Edinburgh University Press Open Access
Open-access monographs across the humanities and social sciences.
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DOAB — Directory of Open Access Books ↗
A searchable index of peer-reviewed open-access books.
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Oxford Academic Open Access
Open-access books and journals from Oxford University Press.
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OAPEN Library ↗
A large library of open-access academic books, mainly in the humanities.
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Cambridge Core Open Access
Open-access books from Cambridge University Press.
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MIT Press Direct Open Access
Open-access titles from the MIT Press, strong in computing and technology.
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Luminos ↗
University of California Press
UC Press’s open-access monograph programme.

OpenStax ↗