Free Physical Books
I know that the idea of giving out your address to strangers in exchange for books seems a little bit suspect. I was skeptical about it at first too. But I have personally tried all of these websites and after a year of handing out my address like a business card I have received up to 30 physical books alone, some of these books I absolutely adored and some were just plain bad, but they were all free.
This is my absolute favorite website for this kind of thing; I’ve also gotten most of my free books from here. They have two programs for free books Early Reviewer and Member Giveaway. Early Reviewer is by far more popular and usually has a better selection but they’re harder to get. Member Giveaway is usually just members giving away old books that are lying around, Early Reviewer tends to have ARC’s (Advanced Readers Copies). They move around the free copies every month, and usually the same ones don’t reappear.
A few Books I’ve gotten from Librarything:
Anvil of God by J. Boyce Gleason
A Little Leg Work by Royce Leville
Minerva Day by Christie Keele
Goodreads is definitely a more popular website, but that makes it harder to get their books, but they do have a bigger selection and constantly have more coming in. You can find this in their explore part and click giveaways it’ll take you right to all the free books. They’re all physical copies too.
A few books I’ve gotten from Goodreads:
American Sycamore by Karen Fielding
Seven Days in May by Jennifer Luitwieler
Music City by Leona Bryant
Figment wasn’t made to get free books it’s kind of something you have to earn. I’ve gotten four books from them (and a free tote bag) but I got them because I wrote and promoted a story on their website and the prize was a book. You have to wait around for them to have a contest but when they do write the best story you can and promote it against others, you may not win but at least you’re a better write and promoter for it. All of their books are also YA.
Some books I have received:
Speechless by Hannah Harington
Saving June by Hannah Harington
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
Paperbackswap is not as free as these other websites; in fact you will eventually have to pay money but you do get free books as well. You pay the postage to mail someone a book from your bookshelf and then you get a credit, with that credit you will order a book from another person’s bookshelf. It’s all very easy, and a great way to get books. Not quite free but some of it is, plus when you sign up with a new address they give you two free credits. Multiple accounts to the same house do not get free credits. But when you move start a new one, and change your address on the other account. That’s what me and my sister did.
I also paired this with my other free books sites, give away the books I received from them that I didn’t like, it works well.
Some books I have received from Paperbackswap:
Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Mirror, Mirror by Gregory Maguire
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
I am always on the lookout for new ways to get free books, and currently have new leads. When they're confirmed I will share them with you.
Listia is a site where people literally just give away their things, including books. You have to pay with credits but you can also give away your things and earn those credits. But when you start you are given a substantial amount of credits and you can probably get a few cheap paperbacks mailed to you for free. Personally I do online surveys for gift cards and sell them on here, it’s pretty lucrative. They also sell for a lot.
Books I’ve received from Listia:
Grimm’s Complete Fairytales by Nelson Doubleday
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
The Stand by Stephen King
While getting an actual physical book on this website is a bit of a rarity, it can be done. Their websites says it should take up 2 to 3 weeks for the book to arrive but in my experience either the books is basically at your house the next day, or it drags it’s feet for about a month, so be patient with this site because the books do come. You have to write a 400 word review when you finally receive and read the book. But the site has wonderful tips on what to write about.
Some books Onlinebookclub.org has:
The Circuit: Executor Rising by Rhett C Bruno
Kelong Kings: Confessions of the world's most prolific match-fixer by Wilson Raj Perumal, Alessandro Righi, and Emanuele Piano
Money Burn by Jonah Wilson
Booklikes is a lot like goodreads and librarything if the two got together and had a child. There giveaway slection isn't as good as librarything and it's not as popular as goodreads. But it's a tight knit community that publishes all the best book reviews in their newsleter. The only real problem with this site is that when you're signing up for giveaways you have to retype all of your information for everyone of the giveaways. But there are a lot less people clamoring for these books then on the other sites, so that makes up for the tedious work.
Some books available:
Swans Are Too Fat by Michelle Granas
1066: What Fate Imposes by Glynn Holloway
The Mill River Recluse byDarcie Chan
