The Best Free Kindle Books of 2021

If you’re looking to deep dive into a well-known author’s works, try this free Poe collection. This collected works ebook includes The Raven, Annabel Lee, The Tell-Tale Heart, and plenty of the author’s best-loved works to keep you busy.

Jo’s Boys is the third book in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women series, and it’s available as a free Kindle ebook. Follow Jo and her children — who are now all grown up — as they embark on separate journeys of self-discovery, triumph, and sorrow.

Elle Burns, who was formerly enslaved, now works as a spy for the Union during the Civil War. Though it means temporarily giving up her freedom, it’s a sacrifice she’s willing to make. When she meets Malcolm McCall, a Secret Service detective, she feels an immediate connection. But when the two discover a Confederate plot with potentially dire consequences, they attempt to put their attraction aside and unravel the Confederate army’s plans together.

The Handmaid’s Tale follows the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the dystopian Republic of Gilead. Although Offred is now fully integrated into the repressive life forced upon women in Gilead, she reflects on her life before — with her job, husband, and daughter. Satirical and haunting, this novel comments on a near-future scenario that at once seems impossible and too close for comfort.

As a baby, Simonopio was found abandoned under a bridge by Nana Reja. Because he was born disfigured and found covered in bees, townsfolk tend to stay away from him.

But Simonopio is a precocious child with the power to see premonitions when he closes his eyes. As he grows older, his visions and special connection with bees protects his adoptive family in unexpected ways.

Have you been waiting for an excuse to read the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Now here’s your chance! Follow Frodo Baggins, a hobbit from the Shire, as he embarks on a perilous quest to destroy a ring with the power to corrupt anything in its grasp. And if you’re ready for a total Tolkien reading marathon, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion are also on Kindle Unlimited.

The Weight of Ink follows two women — one in 17th century Europe and the other in 20th century America — as their lives intersect in unexpected ways. Scholar Helen Watts is called in to study Jewish documents found in a former student’s apartment. Through these papers, she uncovers the life of Ester Velasquez, a rabbi’s scribe in London during the 1660s.

Elena Boureanu is a vine witch, one whose spells help create the magic-touched wine of the Château Renard vineyard. When a curse banishes her to the marshlands, she and her beloved vineyards fall into disrepair.

Once she is finally able to break the spell, she discovers that the handsome Jean-Paul now owns the Château Renard — and he doesn’t believe in magic. If Elena wants to save her vineyard, she must convince Jean-Paul that all the winemaking techniques in the world cannot compare to a well-placed spell.

When journalist Jaya miscarries, she and her husband are left devastated in a marriage that seems to be falling apart. To find comfort and closure, she embarks on a trip to her hometown in India. But as she arrives, she uncovers family stories and secrets through the friendship of Ravi — her grandmother’s former servant and closest friend.