Free and Discounted Literature on Kindle
Literature is often referred to books that are able to stand the test of time through their unique, creative elements and resounding messages. Classic stories by authors like Charles Dickens and Jane Austen make up just a small sampling of the literature available to readers today.
Parallels
Young Daniel is stricken with trauma by the tumultuous relationship between his parents and their contaminated marriage. The troubled boy develops severe anxiety and suffers from seizures, having to be placed on medication at the age of eight. The story quickly turns to Penelope, a young girl who is molested at a very young age ... Read more
Writing Trash and Hunting Buffalo by Jay Williams
What happens when you turn into the thing you most abhor? “Writing Trash and Hunting Buffalo” tells of a man who reports on the glitter set he despises, but through several tragic events that catapult him into the limelight, soon becomes similar to them. Can this conflicted man survive the constant struggle for his soul ... Read more
The GingerBread House
Set in a small town during the 1900’s, The Gingerbread House is a Romance/Mystery grounded in nostalgia, mirth, and true love. When a journalist comes home from Europe to take over the town newspaper from his sister, he becomes infatuated with the local people and their stories. From an orphaned young girl to a threatening ... Read more
The Bricks and Sticks of Life
The Bricks and Sticks of Life is based on an inspiring true story. Handyman Mitch understands how raw materials create magnificent dwellings, just as each ordinary moment, event, and encounter come together to build us into who we are. Through his journey of appreciating joys and growing through challenges, Mitch and his loved ones laugh, ... Read more
Free: Living with Markus
Forced to choose between cultivating a satisfying life for himself and rescuing his dysfunctional family members from their certain demise causes Marc to question the importance of family. Does Marc save his relatives from their ill-fated lives, or save himself from entering into a life of self-sacrifice and missed opportunities? Painful soul-searching and ... Read more
The Munich Girl
Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends. Plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante—and a tyrant’s lover—Anna uncovers long-buried secrets and unknown reaches of ... Read more
Amongst The Killing
There are 2 sides to every story. Meet Detective Street and mass murderer Jack Casey. Amongst The Killing documents each of their stories, told in their own words, as the moments unfolded when their paths first crossed and their lives intersected. How two men, with two different philosophies, could be so different and ... Read more
Off Balance
Alice thinks she’s accepted the loss of her ballet career from injury, until the day her boss asks her to befriend Lana, a pretty new company member he’s got his eye on. Lana desperately needs a friend, someone besides her mother, whose constant attention soon curdles into something more sinister. What follows is a friendship ... Read more
Portal to the Forgotten
A country constable searches for a missing girl in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains. What he finds is a portal to another dimension. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Pianist in a Bordello
Steeped in political satire, Mike C. Erickson’s debut novel offers a hilarious look into the issue of transparency. Erickson’s first-person narrative, set in 2010, opens with a chaotic prologue of campaign staffers urging the ever-optimistic Dick not to go through with his autobiography, before Dick delves into his life story. Erickson has created a ... Read more
Swans Are Fat Too
A heartwarming love story between an overweight pianist and a disinherited prince, set in Warsaw. “Beautiful…thought-provoking.” An Amazon bestseller in Eastern European Literature. Free with Kindle Unlimited. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
Descendants of the Dragon
When paleontologist Zee finds a new fossil discovery she is forced to confront the demons from her past while fighting the real world monsters who threaten to take everything her team has worked for. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
The Irish Flapper
The Irish Flapper, is a novel set in Manhattan during the exciting Roaring Twenties about a young Irish woman’s journey to America to fulfill her contrasting dreams of wealth and artistic expression. Once in America she awakens to the disillusioning reality of an immigrant’s life. It is her wildly flamboyant cousin, Isabelle, the “IT” ... Read more
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto: A Novel
Mitch Albom creates his most unforgettable fictional character—Frankie Presto, the greatest guitarist to ever walk the earth—in this magical novel about the bands we join in life and the power of talent to change our lives. In his most stunning novel yet, the voice of Music narrates the tale of its most beloved disciple, young ... Read more
The Balladeer
After his release from prison, a trouble man travels home to discover the truth about his bother’s death. On his way, his ballads take us back to when he and his brother were kids, and back to the dark event that left his brother dead from a shotgun blast. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Munich Girl
Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends. Plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante—and a tyrant’s lover—Anna uncovers long-buried secrets and unknown ... Read more
London Irish Dublin English
Dublin is a wonderful place to live and work. Experience this through the eyes of Donal, a wannabe Irish man. He loved the place so much that he moved here, from London, in the middle of the recession hit 1980’s. Working for an IT multinational company, he’s trying to sell computers to Dubliners. That’s not ... Read more
Orphan in America
Orphan in America is a compelling fiction that follows three generations across vast distances and the impact of a dark and unfamiliar episode of America’s past; the Orphan Train. Avery’s expressive language and fully realized staging enrich this literary work with an authenticity that brings the saga to life. “Reviewers’ Choice 2015”: a selected Indie ... Read more
Amie an African Adventure
Amie’s husband is offered work in Africa and for her it is a terrifying experience. Just as she begins to settle she comes to the unwelcome attention of a government official and the civil war breaks out. Amie is arrested and then begins a fight for her life as she escapes out into the African ... Read more
Free: Seven Eleven Forgotten and Other Stories
From the publishing author of the Seven Eleven Stories periodical comes the original Seven Eleven collection. Four stories (“Seven Eleven Ceremony,” “Crash: Seven Eleven!” “Seven Eleven on a Boat,” and “Seven Eleven Forgotten”) revolve around Alex Aronovich—a talented but profoundly discouraged soul, searching listlessly for a connection to the world around him. In the last ... Read more
Amadea: One Spring in France
“A quick, entertaining, wonderful story”—Amazon review. Amadea takes a job as companion to an elderly aristocrat in the Pyrenees and becomes involved in the problems of a scholarly alcoholic, a thug, and a charming lawyer. This is a bestselling story of unusual friendships and the value of saying no. $0.99 or Free with Kindle Unlimited.... Read more
The Accidental Art Thief
For a quarter of a century forty-five-year-old Zinc has worked as a caretaker for a wealthy old man, living in a small casita on his ranch in New Mexico. She doesn’t make much money, but she has the old man, her dogs, and gorgeous views of the mountains. She is basically a very content recluse ... Read more
Wanna-be’s
As the lone white employee of a black S&L, failed screenwriter Winfield Payton chases the American Dream . . . “hip and fresh writing which could easily become an HBO series..” $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more
This Calling Master
Told from Michael’s personal journal written in 1987, This Calling Master explores the thoughts, the feelings, the emotions, and the actions of an amateur urban explorer who believes he has found a remedy to his problems. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
A Mosaic of Grace
Tim Lundstrom, a pastor burdened by his loss of faith, must decide whether to reveal himself at the risk of losing his adored and only daughter, autistic grandson, wife, and church community. Also hiding the truth from those she loves is Josephine Wallis, a physician whose disabled yet determined sister shares a longtime friendship with ... Read more
We’ve Come to Take You Home
Samantha Foster and Jessica Brown are destined to meet. But one lives in the 20th century and the other in the 21st … It is April 1916 and thousands of men have left home to fight in the war to end all wars. Jessica Brown’s father is about to be one of them. A year ... Read more
What If: Four Roads To Happiness
Dreams, life, family, job, love, passion, duty, have- to’s, want-to’s… How many times have you wondered what your life would have been, if you had taken a different career path, a different partner or another road in general? We seal our faith with the choices we make. Meet David, step into his shoes and make ... Read more
Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
Winner of 2016 eLit Book Award, Coinman is a quirky, heartfelt tale of a junior level office worker in India who has a number of eccentricities. The laughingstock of the office, he finds no relief at home; his wife Imli, an obsessed actress, completely vanishes into each role. When his life gets scattered beyond his ... Read more
All That Ails You: The Adventures of a Canine Caregiver
A hard-luck rescue dog ends up at an assisted living home, where he spends his days doting on seniors. All is well, until a cranky curmudgeon moves in across from his favorite resident. Over 400 five-star reviews! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Pride and Prejudice
In this historic romance, young Elizabeth Bennet strives for love, independence and honesty in the vapid high society of 19th century England. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Illegal Gardener
Sara Alexi weaves this entrancing story of the burgeoning relationship that develops between two people from very different backgrounds and cultures; an English woman living in Greece and the Pakistani illegal immigrant who becomes her gardener and house boy. Each brings their own problems, their own past baggage, and she approaches these with sympathy and ... Read more
Birdcall Morning
Joel Berskin is about to come out of a coma after seventeen years. The last time he was conscious, at thirty-one, O.J. Simpson had just led police on a long car chase. After his mother arrives at his bedside, he learns that his father has died, his wife has divorced him, and the music store ... Read more
The Devastation Agency
Ana is hiding from the undead in a quiet little town, but when a mysterious young man leaves her a message, her troubles are about to get a whole lot worse. Caden is no ordinary man and her life is about to change forever. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky
After centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light-two different realms, kept apart and at peace by a treaty and an ocean. Children of the Republic, Helena and Jason were inseparable in their ... Read more
The GingerBread House
Set in a small town during the 1900’s, The Gingerbread House is a Romance/Mystery grounded in nostalgia, mirth, and true love. When a journalist comes home from Europe to take over the town newspaper from his sister, he becomes infatuated with the local people and their stories. From an orphaned young girl to a threatening ... Read more
Glimmer and other stories
A riveting compilation of surreal, supernatural and mysterious tales. Seven compelling stories of obsession, loss, redemption and hope are brought together in this unsettling and original anthology. From ethereal speculation to rekindling forgotten love, these beautifully crafted tales explore human nature in all its diversity. Sometimes disturbing, sometimes inspirational, they all have a metaphorical richness ... Read more
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver. Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into ... Read more
The Hope of Tibet
Reviews of the novel, The Hope of Tibet: “A moving story, full of mysticism and teachings, which had me glued to each and every one of its pages.” “One of the best historical novels I read in a long time. It offers entertainment, emotion, narrative flow, quality and learning.” “The author opens a new window where ... Read more
Second Chances
Nichole is caught in a tough position, juggling too many responsibilities as her world falls apart around her. When her mother turns up missing while performing an errand, Nichole is left picking up the pieces of her shattered life and taking care of her younger siblings. She isn’t sure where she can turn to for ... Read more
The Balladeer
At age twelve in 1944, Bobby Wayner ran from his Kentucky home after watching his brother die on the kitchen table. An insane farmer had shot him, but because of a lie Bobby told, he blamed himself for Eldon’s death. Now after years of avoiding going home, and then being kept from it by a ... Read more
