Walden, and 99 other Free Online Books Every Student of Humanity Should Read

The beauty of the public domain is that after an author’s death, his or her works eventually become freely available to the public. This allows websites like Project Guttenberg to index countless classic texts for people to read online or download.

This is an opportunity no enterprising mind can neglect. To help you find the best of the best, we’ve compiled a list of books that seek to uncover the nature of humanity. Happy reading!

I have not cross-referenced exactly how many are on the Big Read list, but there are several.