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.
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
The Power Flux
A thought-provoking mix of dystopian, political, and metaphysical themes in a fast-paced adventure about the collapse of the fossil fuel era. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Kaffka, the Holy Grail, and a Woman Who Reads: The Quests of Sir Kay
Peace has finally been achieved—and it sucks. At least for Sir Kay. I mean, nobody really likes the cold and the fear of war, but compared with now? That delicious, dark-roasted heady beverage Merlin brought back from the Middle East, kaffa, is long gone. Arthur expects Kay to run castle and kingdom, just because he’s ... Read more
The Sorceress of Menlo Park
A brilliant young scientist named Joanne (aka The Sorceress) is creating a microchip brain implant to cure a neuromuscular disease. However, she is opposed by the United Front, a coalition of powerful interests who fear the dangers of mind control, Frankenstein monsters, The Beast of Revelations, etc. They confront each other in a series of ... Read more
Free: When it All Went to Hell
Full of disorientation and disillusion, revelation and redemption, loneliness and hope, When It All Went To Hell is a collection that will take you from the smallest of small town America to the far reaches of Africa and back again. These tales are inhabited by unpredictably real and absurdly honest characters that explore the complexities ... Read more
The Power Flux
WHEN THE OIL WELLS RUN DRY, WHAT WILL WE DO? “Dystopian novels all too frequently take predictable paths, but the special pleasure of this story lies in its attention to building believable worlds, protagonists, goals, and bigger pictures…It’s a powerful cocktail of emotion and action, and is highly recommended for fans of dystopian fiction looking ... Read more
The Roots of the Antenna
Loneliness, the scourge of this metropolis, is what Ming is up against. But he’s not taking sides; he’s just trying to survive. That includes graveyard shifts at the mall, picking up other people’s trash, and reversing the days, effectively becoming a night creature. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Pretender’s Lady: A Novel
This meticulously researched novel accurately opens history’s pages on a peerless woman who helped change the course of history and whose legend lives on in Scotland today?Flora MacDonald.She was the most famous Scotswoman of her day, single handedly saving Bonnie Prince Charlie. This is her fictionalized life story?her relations with the Prince, her flight to America, ... Read more
The Perfect Son
From a distance, Felix Fitzwilliam, the son of an old English family, is a good husband and father. But, obsessed with order and routine, he’s a prisoner to perfection. Disengaged from the emotional life of his North Carolina family, Felix has let his wife, Ella, deal with their special-needs son by herself. A talented jewelry ... Read more
Ripples Through Time
Winner of the 2015 Literary Classics Award for Inspirational/Visionary YA! BOOK DESCRIPTION: A novel about overcoming our own weaknesses when it doesn’t feel like there is anything left to live for, Ripples through Time tells the story of Calvin Greenwood. A family man in his eighties, Calvin is alone for the first time in over ... Read more
The Magician’s Assistant
Sabine– twenty years a magician’s assistant to her handsome, charming husband– is suddenly a widow. In the wake of his death, she finds he has left a final trick; a false identity and a family allegedly lost in a tragic accident but now revealed as very much alive and well. Named as heirs in his ... Read more
The Secret Book of Designs
A contemporary chemical romance that explores art, science, religion and philosophy and examines the questions these fields pose to address the unknown and the world around us. Heavily focused on experimental prose and non-traditional narrative. Set in a rehab program for an experimental drug that causes the sensation of Deja Vu to last for hours ... Read more
Free: The Blue
Derek may or may not deserve to be stalked by an unhinged ex-marine – he’s not sure. He did kill the man’s entire family in a car accident, and he may have been drinking, though thanks to the resulting coma he can’t remember much about that day. And that’s okay, because Derek is learning all ... Read more
Walk Me Home
Since their mother’s sudden death, sixteen-year-old Carly and her eleven-year-old sister, Jen, have been walking and hitchhiking across the Southwest trying to find Teddy, the closest thing they have to a family. Carly desperately hopes Teddy will take them in and save them from going into foster care—and forgive them for the lies told by ... Read more
Here (Christian Fiction)
Joshua engages in parties, pre-marital sex & has a pseudo friendship circle. Abigail keeps her circle of friends pure & is open about her greatest relationship – Jesus. These two teens living different Christian lives will have their worlds collide in a dramatic way more than Joshua could have ever prepared himself for. $2.99 on ... Read more
Into Autumn (Dystopian Fiction)
A chilling account of how Lars Lindgren and Eileen Branson must face new challenges when all of humanity is forced into desperate survival mode when the grid goes down, and government and the economy crumble. True-life characters, in gravely realistic scenarios, sure to make some people squeamish. $1.99 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
Love Anthony
From award-winning New York Times bestselling author Lisa Genova—whose novel Still Alice is now an Academy Award-winning film starring Julianne Moore—comes a novel about autism and unconditional love. Look for Lisa Genova’s latest novel, Inside the O’Briens, available now.I’m always hearing about how my brain doesn’t work right…But it doesn’t feel broken to me.In an ... Read more
Orphan in America
An epic novel of substance and style, 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 ... Read more
The Quaker Cafe
When Liz Hoole, a free-spirited liberal from the Midwest, marries into a conservative Quaker family, she knows that raising children in compliance with Quaker values will be challenging. Twenty-five years later, she still feels like she’s falling short of expectations. Fortunately, her faith and her friends in the small, rural North Carolina town of Cedar ... Read more
Life After Life
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a ... Read more
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it—from garden seeds to Scripture—is ... Read more
Winter Solstice
In Winter Solstice Rosamunde Pilcher brings her readers into the lives of five very different people…. $2.99, Today only! Browse more $2.99 novels by Rosamunde Pilcher, today only.... Read more
Here (Christian Fiction)
Joshua engages in parties, pre-marital sex, & has a pseudo friendship circle. God knows why Joshua chose this lifestyle, and knows there is only one man who can change that journey – his dad. Abigail, who lives in another town, keeps her circle of friends pure & is open about her greatest relationship – Jesus. ... Read more
Across Great Divides
Across Great Divides is a timeless story of the upheavals of war, the power of family, and the resiliency of human spirit. When Hitler came to power in 1933, one Jewish family refused to be destroyed and defied the Nazis only to come up against another struggle—confronting apartheid in South Africa. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Blue Hydrangeas
What if the person who knew you best and loved you most forgot your face, and couldn’t remember your name? A care facility is everyone’s solution for what to do about Sara, but her husband Jack can’t bear to live without her. He is committed to saving his marriage, his wife, and their life together ... Read more
The Amen Trail
After the death of one of her clients in embarrassing circumstances, frontier saloon girl Leticia Murphy flees with erstwhile town drunk and handyman Eulis Potter. Eager to forget her colorful past and find redemption, Lettie is determined to turn over a new leaf, and Eulis is happy to follow her. The couple impersonates a preacher ... Read more
Random Lucidity
Silver Medal Winner – 2015 eLit Book Awards “A remarkable narrative with no wasted chapters.” – Portland Book Review “Adair’s characters are engaging – with the malicious and gorgeously depicted Rita being particularly memorable.” – Literary Fiction Book Review “It’s impossible to read Adair’s work and not scrutinize our own dreams and aspirations to answer ... Read more
Christmas on Mimosa Lane
Anna DeStefano presents a touching Christmas story about love, loss, and healing–and the joys of coming home. Today only, $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
What I Remember Most
In a new novel rich in grace, warmth, and courage, acclaimed author Cathy Lamb tells of one woman’s journey of reinvention in the wake of deep betrayal. Today only, $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Dogs of Christmas
While nursing a broken heart, Josh Michaels is outraged when a neighbor abandons his very pregnant dog, Lucy, at Josh’s Colorado home. But Josh can’t resist Lucy’s soulful brown eyes, and though he’s never had a dog before, he’s determined to do the best he can for Lucy–and her soon-to-arrive, bound-to-be-adorable puppies. The Dogs of ... Read more
The Search for Ethan
A gritty contemporary drama brimming with dark humour. Two typical teenage lives are transformed after a night of hallucinogenic experimentation, when the subsequent bad trip spills into their real lives with tragic consequences. A desperate but comically bizarre search for redemption begins, with help from an unlikely source. (contains swearing). $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: If… Second Chance
A thought provoking tale that examines how events can change life decisions in a heartbeat, Shona Forrester is determined to make her business a success. However, her carefully planned future will be turned upside down by events so bizarre, events she never could have imagined. Rick seems to be part of the equation for a ... Read more
Free: Nothing Down
New York Yankees pitcher Homer Newbody doesn’t want the money. He just wants to play baseball. And when he announces to the world that he would be happy to play for nothing, it draws him a barrage of criticism from the media, players and others. Is Homer up to the task of ignoring the taunts ... 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
When the Sun was Mine
Flo: I was an inmate in this hellhole they charmingly called a nursing home. Then Brit climbed in my window. She was just a kid. How could she possibly help me? Brit: I should have been in college, not working in this dump. But then I never would have met Flo. She had Alzheimer’s. They ... Read more
The Nightingale
In love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939 In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of ... Read more
