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Asian Folk Tales
Asian folk tales retold and free to read online: Japanese fairy tales, Indian fables and stories from Java, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Bedtime Stories for Adults
Bedtime stories for adults to read before sleep: gentle folk tales and quiet slice-of-life stories, with nothing frightening and nothing too long. Free to read online, each one complete.
Classic Adventure Novels
Classic adventure novels to read online for free: The Count of Monte Cristo, Moby Dick and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Classic Fairy Tales
Classic fairy tales to read online for free: The Arabian Nights, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio and Japanese fairy tales.
Classic Romance Novels
Classic romance novels to read online for free: Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights and the love stories that lasted.
Dark Fairy Tales for Adults
Dark fairy tales for adults, retold: folklore where curses stick, bargains cost too much and not everyone lives happily ever after. Free to read online, each a complete story you can finish in an evening.
European Folk Tales
European folk tales and fairy tales to read online for free: Norwegian fables, Russian fairy tales, German legends and the classics.
Family Stories
Family stories to read online for free: mothers and daughters, grandparents and village homes, the bonds that shape us.
Gothic Novels
Gothic novels to read online for free: Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Dracula and new gothic horror and romance.
Indian Stories and Novels in English
Indian stories and novels in English to read online for free: family sagas, monsoon romances, village memories and retold folk tales.
Long Novels to Get Lost In
Long novels to read online for free: epic serials and classics over 200,000 words for readers who never want a story to end.
Middle Eastern Folk Tales
Middle Eastern folk tales to read online for free: the Arabian Nights, Persian gardens, Anatolian princes and the tales of ancient Egypt.
Short Horror and Ghost Stories
Short horror stories and ghost stories to read online for free: haunted houses, restless spirits and slow, quiet dread, from Algernon Blackwood's Ten Minute Stories to new web fiction. Best read with the lights on.
Short Romance Stories
Short romance stories to read online for free: complete love stories under 30,000 words, from monsoon romances to Christmas surprises.
Short Stories for Adults to Read Online
Short stories for adults you can finish in one sitting: complete stories under 20,000 words, free to read online. Folk tales retold from around the world, Indian family stories and quiet romances, with new ones added as they are published.
Wuxia and Cultivation Novels
Wuxia and cultivation novels to read online for free: martial arts, immortal paths and sects at war.