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.
Free: The Ranchers
Jerry Johnston is a modern day cattle rancher who struggles with life. His only wife died at an early age and he blamed God and, in a way, his children. He is bitter, tough and unforgiving. Then he meets a woman who has the potential to change how he sees things. How will he react? ... Read more
Free: Hell In The Choirstand
There is Musical War Going On! Unbeknownst to Jeremiah, Renard is a member of the Society of Tyrus; a secretive, demonic cult of musicians with chapters (The Pentagrammatory) that span across the country. Renard prepares a series of musical spells and incantations; prescribed from their secret book (Codified Manual of Tyrus) whose origin dates back ... Read more
Free: Red Clover
Red Clover is a novel about a boy growing up in an upper-class family where he clearly didn’t belong. When he turns eighteen, plagued with serious doubt and fear, he forges ahead to try to cultivate a life for himself—one more conducive to his own character. He meets an assortment of unforgettable people along the ... Read more
Free: Dead Nolte
One of the most rotten humans ever born has found a way to live forever. Nolte discovers the secret to eternal life by way of a loophole in one of the original ‘thirty pieces of silver,’ all he had to do is die, but now that he’s finally dead, everyone wants him to stay that ... Read more
The Will
Stripped of everything that made life a swanky, booze and babe-filled breeze, slacker extraordinaire Josh McCain embarks on a grueling and often hilarious two-year regimen of self-discipline. Despite skeptics and naysayers mocking him, saboteurs resolving to stop him, and his own questionable past haunting him, Josh is determined to overcome all odds and prove that ... Read more
Free: The Music Box
All Beth ever wanted from her mother was to be recognized as an adult. When she moved in with her grandmother, she received this recognition from her, but still did not receive it from her mother. Now that Beth’s grandmother has passed on, will Beth be forced to become her mother’s child again, or will ... Read more
Free: My Love is Not Afraid
In a world characterized by manipulation, bitterness, fear and insecurities, are human beings are able to love unconditionally? Love is a choice that one makes, not an emotion one falls in and out of. Using verse and photography, the author takes us on a journey of realizing the existence of true love and the liberation ... Read more
Free: Discontinued Attraction
Introducing your parents to the person you are dating is always nerve-racking. What if they dislike each other? What if your parents think they are not right for you? But in the year 2030, what happens when your parents disapprove that you are dating a robot? Free on Kindle.... Read more
Trail of Broken Wings
When her father falls into a coma, Indian American photographer Sonya reluctantly returns to the family she’d fled years before. Since she left home, Sonya has lived on the run, free of any ties, while her soft-spoken sister, Trisha, has created a perfect suburban life, and her ambitious sister, Marin, has built her own successful ... Read more
Free: The Beautiful World
When a luminous young violin prodigy’s father falls gravely ill, he must make his way down from the mountaintop where he was raised in isolation and into the civilized valley below. Newly orphaned, ten-year-old David has been home-schooled in everything that is good and beautiful, but he knows nothing of the ills of the real ... Read more
Thieving Forest
Winner of the North American Book Award in Historical Fiction, and an Independent Publishers Award Silver Medal. On a humid day in June 1806, on the edge of Ohio’s Great Black Swamp, seventeen-year-old Susanna Quiner watches from behind a maple tree as a band of Potawatomi Indians kidnaps her four older sisters from their cabin. ... Read more
Ripples: A Novel
Ever want to save an abused teenager, reform a narcissist, bring home a runaway, mete out justice, help someone you care about recover from PTSD? It’s a messy job and you won’t get it all wrapped up in a fancy bow. Oh, did I mention you’ll have to survive a forest fire in a deadly ... Read more
Free Boxed Set: The Coach House and Daughters
Marie and Richard have the perfect marriage until she discovers his involvement in a corrupt underworld. She flees to another state which she believes is a safe refuge. But between Richard’s threatening attempts to reunite and her discovery of her father’s surprising heritage, Marie feels anything but safe. Free on Kindle.... Read more
A Humble Heart
The first of Tim Vander Meulen’s Dark World trilogy, A Humble Heart introduces the vast world of Ielrenväd, in which dwell numerous races of mythological beings such as Elves and Dwarves. Humans are a separate race, the same as the others. Yet like all worlds, a force of evil draws the souls of many from ... Read more
A Child from the Wishing Well
Gerard’s single wish is to break out of paranoia and mental illness to re-discover his daughter Rosie’s love for her him as a father. Ashamed he cannot relate to his girl, Gerard accompanies and stays with her for violin lessons at the home of tutor, Ruth Stein. Ruth, fascinating him for her musical sensitivity, becomes ... Read more
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In a tragic turn of events, Roberto Sanchez’s future is altered and he now confronts the darkest of demons. While his family life tumbles through turbulent events, his daughter, Jenny, receives her father’s private journal – the one he promised as her inheritance, once he was dead – it is a race against time for ... Read more
Free: Murphy’s Luck
Sometimes rotten luck is better than no luck at all. Jinxed from birth with spectacular bad luck, Murphy Drummer wouldn’t venture beyond his backyard since he was a little boy. Lonely and despised, he utilized his solitude to acquire an array of mystifying talents. Fast forward twenty-five years and Murphy must find a new sanctuary ... Read more
Free: 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
Free: Remembrance of Letters Past: Famous Authors – Fake Letters & Other Parodies
A humorous look at classic literature in a collection of fictitious letters and other parodies. Letters never intended. Letters never written. But what would a letter of recommendation from Fyodor Dostoevsky look like? Would you want one? What would a letter of complaint from Marcel Proust to his fruit vendor look like? How did Ayn ... Read more
Waning Metaphorically
A multi-genre anthology of short stories and flash fiction including four dominant emotions, a gonzo inspired tale, a period piece from 1979, horror, comedy, dramas, and more. Instant gratification through story-telling. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Chopper Music
The world of nightclub bouncer Jackson Reilly revolves around drinking, smoking dope, casual sex with bar girls, and riding his aging Norton 850 Commando motorcycle, but as a child he was a piano prodigy. For mysterious reasons he gave it all up when he was thirteen, and he’s been at war with the rest of ... Read more
Of Human Bonds
Theo and Hélène embark on a headlong collision only to find themselves inexplicably attracted to each other. Fearing social repercussions, they hide their relationship, but denial will have consequences. As collision turns to collusion, the secret lovers follow a path of discovery, sharing their cultures, secrets and desires, and forming a human bond that only ... Read more
The Art of Racing in the Rain
A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope, The Art of Racing in the Rain is a beautifully crafted and captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . and it’s all told by a dog. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Pianist in a Bordello
What would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth? Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters ... Read more
The Secret of Crybaby Hollow
Recently wounded while on duty as a city police officer, a young woman retreats to an isolated Blue Ridge mountain cabin to recover. Soon she meets a county sheriff’s deputy, and together they begin to discover there’s something all too real and sinister behind a local superstitious folk legend. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Stolen Memories
The fabric of our life is stitched together with precious threads of captured memories, stirring emotions, and lasting events which are permanently etched across the tablet of our mind. What if those life-forging memories were gone? Would we no longer exist or would life start anew? To even imagine such a catastrophic possibility is frightening, ... Read more
Free: The Oxymoron of Still Life
Three stories–three different ways of looking at life, dying and death! In a masterful literary prose, author Lynn Lamb, has taken a fascinating look at a subject that eventually we all need to come to terms with. In the end, will you submit to death or fight it? Does death have the power to summon ... Read more
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. Follow Edgar’s story in this compulsively readable and riveting family saga. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Cornelia Avila
You wake up one day and there it is, the great question “Why?”. He’s there, and he won’t go away. You manage to roll out of bed, drag yourself to the bathroom. Toothpaste on your toothbrush, sleep in your eyes. You look up and he’s looking right at you. “Why does this matter? Why does ... Read more
Learning to Swim: A Novel
“A single woman dives headlong from a ferry into Lake Champlain to rescue a child, and then must figure out what to do with him. Compulsively readable, this is all about what we do for love.” —Boston Globe. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Asian Shorts
‘Asian Shorts’ is a brand-new, unique anthology of nineteen contemporary fiction short stories by nine different authors featuring Asia or Asians as the main theme.. The diversity of countries ranges from China to America and Pakistan to Vietnam. The authors are from various countries too but are mainly living in the USA, the UK and ... Read more
Free:13 Tales of Mystery, Fantasy and Suspense
Spirits occupy a seaside inn, technology invades a marriage, troubled voices rise from an airliner graveyard, and an atheist is hijacked to Heaven. “One Before Bedtime” gathers a captivating collection of original short stories for young adults, and everyone older—sweeping together Gothic tales, dark mystery, and fantasy, with humor. These accounts offer satisfying reading to ... Read more
Free: The Butterfly & The Snail
A tenor’s voice, passionate and pure, draws shy Rebecca Butler into the Studentenheim’s crowded social room. Finished singing, Khalil Khoury notices her sitting alone, joins her, then notices no one else. Georgetown University’s 1964 summer program opens; Salzburg’s magic begins. The Butterfly & The Snail interweaves several heartfelt encounters, creating a fabric of love and ... Read more
Free: The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny (Short Story Collection)
Nancy Fulda brings together some of her most thought-provoking short stories, including “The Cyborg and the Cemetery”, which was originally published MIT’s Technology Review. Metaphysical pets, biological constructions, a child with autism and a dying multimillionaire all appear in this groundbreaking collection of short stories. Free on Kindle.... Read more
OURAY’S PEAK
An idyllic childhood in New England filled with fishing on the sea with their father Mickey, and dancing to 50’s tunes with her brother, Jamie, is suddenly ruptured for Kristin when her grandmother Christiana dies. Soon after, without word or warning, her beloved mother Christine vanishes. However, a vital clue, is left behind: the w’ni ... Read more
Off the Reservation
An uproarious comic novel that explores modern presidential politics and whether honesty can find a place within it, Off the Reservation will keep you laughing throughout. When Congressman Evan Gorgoni of Indiana, fed up with Washington, retires from Congress, he does so with such stunning honesty that he is drafted to run for president. If ... Read more
The Whole Beast
On a drizzly February afternoon in the Pacific Northwest a local news crew stepped into a small patch of woods to film a story on truffle hunting. It wasn’t long before they realized they were not alone. To be held responsible for the discovery of Bigfoot is one thing, to have accidently killed the beast ... Read more
Free: At Odds With Destiny
Find a story for every taste in this eclectic, high quality 10-novel boxed set, featuring a variety of genres from talented, award-winning authors — literary, romance, thriller, fantasy, historical fiction, and more. These novels collectively hold nearly 1,000 5-star reviews. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Drums
Life was difficult in the new colony of New South Wales, especially for near destitute women. So when the Mission suggested an answer Amelia Yorke took it. Guy Richmond is a botanist seeking orchids in a Polynesian rainforest and heir to vast lands in New South Wales. They come from different world and should never ... Read more
Pianist in a Bordello
What would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth? Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters ... Read more
