Websites for E-Media
- Project Gutenberg – Over 46,000 free ebooks to download or read online
- Open Book Library – Over a million public domain ebooks to download or read online, plus an open lending library collection of modern ebook fiction and non fiction
- Bartleby.com – Harvard classics, reference texts, historic essays, poetry, and other literary works
- The Internet Archive – Access to historic and contemporary audio, music, and digitized video collections
- Librivox – Public domain books recorded by volunteers and available for online listening
State Services
- Colorado Talking Book Library – A free service to Coloradans of all ages who are unable to read standard print material due to visual, physical or learning disabilities. CTBL provides audio, Braille and large-print books and magazines.
Websites for Readers
Best Sellers & Award Winners
- New York Times Best Sellers
- Indiebound Best Sellers
- Penguin Random House Award Winning Books of 2025
- JMU Libraries Best Sellers & Award Winners
- Blinkist Best 44 Award-Winning Books
- Barnes & Noble Book Awards
Book News & Reviews
- New York Times Book Review
- Denver Post Books
- NPR Books
- Read.gov
- Kirkus Reviews
- Publishers Weekly
- The Guardian
- BookTrib
- Amazon Book Review (includes Best Books of the Year)
Next Reads & Recommendations
- Fantastic Fiction
- Stop You’re Killing Me!
- Books on Screen
- Goodreads
- Penguin Random House: What Book Should You Read Next Quiz
- Whichbook
- New York Times What to Read Next
- Library Reads
- Simon & Schuster
Apps for Readers
Many are recommended by the Ouray Librarians
- Storygraph
- Reading Tracker, Recommendations, and Stats
- Apple App Store Awards 2025 Finalist for Cultural Impact
- CloudLibrary (recommended)
- Get access through having an Ouray Library card
- E-books and Audio books
- Fable (recommended)
- Reading Tracker, Recommendations, Book Clubs, and Stats
- A modern app for every reader
- Goodreads
- Reading Tracker and Recommendations
- Parent Company is Amazon
- Amazon Kindle (recommended)
- E-books
- Free version, but can also upgrade to Kindle Unlimited
- Serial Reader
- Read Classic Literature, one day at a time