Free Books
10 years ago, who would have thought that you could log into your PC, download Moby Dick or the works of Keats and have the PC read it to you. The world has changed a lot.
Project Gutenburg
More than 19000 online books ready to download and read. This is the soul of the Internet, I love this site and the principles they stand for. If you have children, why not download a classic, free of charge, and start reading it to them. You'll be paid back 10 fold.
ReadEasily
Small range of books. Easy to find good books and they have a great attitude to providing free books.
eserver
A huge range of books (more than 30000) but a lot of technical books and other writings that may not be to everyones taste.
bartleby
Cool site for classic verse, classic text and research. Bit harder to read, as it is all online, but worth the visit. Also Good links to quotes and research sites.
IPL (Internet Public Library )
Can't fault how nice it is to navigate this web page. Lots of text with a heap of different categories. Very nice site.