Here’s a roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks to get this holiday week off to a good start.
Amazon is running sales on their Kindle ereaders this week too, and they have an ongoing holiday ebook sale for the rest of this month where you can get up to 85% off over 1,000 titles.
Please note that the free Kindle ebooks listed below are free as of November 23rd, 2015. Most of these titles are free for a limited time only and will expire in a few days before going back to the regular list price.
A good place to find more free Kindle books is on the free bestsellers list at Amazon.
You don’t need to own a Kindle ebook reader or a Fire tablet to read these free ebooks; you can use a free Kindle reading app for iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, and Android devices, or use a computer or web browser.
Subscribe to The eBook Reader Blog to keep updated on future free ebooks posts, along with ebook reader news, reviews and how to guides.
When the free deals on the ebooks below expire, check the free Kindle ebooks section of this blog for newer posts.
Kindle Deals
Kindle Paperwhite 3 for $99 – Expires November 30th
Kids Kindle Bundle for $69 – Expires November 30th
Kindle for $49 – Expires November 30th
Kindle Paperwhite Essentials Bundle for $139 – Expires November 30th
Kids Edition Fire Tablet for $84 – Expires November 30th
Kindle Book Holiday Deals – up to 85% off – Expires November 30th
10 Free Kindle eBooks
CyberStorm by Matthew Mather
Technothriller, 4.3 stars, 4646 reviews
Now in development for film by 20th Century Fox, award-winning CyberStorm depicts, in realistic and sometimes terrifying detail, what a full scale cyber attack against present-day New York City might look like from the perspective of one family trying to survive it. Mike Mitchell, an average New Yorker working to keep his family together, finds himself fighting just to keep them alive when a string of disasters shreds the world around them…the Internet and communication networks go down…a deadly viral epidemic rages across the country…then a monster snowstorm cuts New York off from the world. In the chaos, rumors fly about a foreign attack, but even this becomes unimportant as Mike and his family struggle to survive in the wintry tomb of a doomed New York.
Everville: The Fall of Brackenbone by Roy Huff
Science Fiction, 4.3 stars, 65 reviews
Two very different worlds, Easton Falls University and the magical realm of Everville are in dire need of a hero. Owen Sage embarks on an epic journey of monumental proportions to save these worlds all while fighting to keep the world within himself intact. This quest is not for the faint of heart nor is it for the weak of mind—only the bravest will succeed. Discovering the well-kept secret of The Fourth Pillar of Truth is only part of the feat. Owen will have to outwit the ever-powerful villain Governor Jahal and overcome countless other challenges along the way. Amongst all of the dragons, giants and grand chaos, will Owen’s acquired skills and wisdom be enough to save both worlds or will peril be the ultimate fate of all?
Here With Me (The Archer Brothers Book 1) by Heidi McLaughlin
Romance, 4.7 stars, 360 reviews
Ryley Clarke has grown up with the military in her blood, with both parents serving their country. Ryley knows the risks of being married to the military. But when the unthinkable happens, and her future husband is killed in action, Ryley can barely survive… until Evan’s twin brother, Nate, helps her pick up the pieces. After serving on a special mission with the military for six years, Evan Archer returns home to find the unthinkable – the love of his life, Ryley Clarke – engaged to his brother, Nate. With Nate on deployment, Evan needs to figure out what happened in his absence, and more importantly, how to win Ryley back from the man he once considered his best friend, but now thinks of as his rival.
The Gauguin Connection (Book 1) by Estelle Ryan
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 4.4 stars, 1252 reviews
As an insurance investigator and world renowned expert in nonverbal communication, Dr Genevieve Lenard faces the daily challenge of living a successful, independent life. Particularly because she has to deal with her high functioning Autism. Nothing – not her studies, her high IQ or her astounding analytical skills – prepared her for the changes about to take place in her life. It started as a favour to help her boss’ acerbic friend look into the murder of a young artist, but soon it proves to be far more complex. Forced out of her predictable routines, safe environment and limited social interaction, Genevieve is thrown into exploring the meaning of friendship, expanding her social definitions, and for the first time in her life be part of a team in a race to stop more artists from being murdered.
Holiday Recipes: 150 Easy Recipes and Gifts From Your Kitchen by Bonnie Scott
Cookbook, 4.3 stars, 72 reviews
This 150 holiday recipe collection includes strategies to make your preparations easier, as well as tips to make your finished products tastier and more attractive. Also included are loads of unique ideas to package your creations for gifts that are memorable and maybe even photo worthy. Holiday Recipes not only has 150 recipes for your holiday table, but has all kinds of ideas for gifts from your kitchen, including an internet address for free printables – Christmas cookie pouches, bag toppers and hang tags for your baked goods. Give your homemade gifts in style this year.
Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner Mystery, Book 1) by Denise Grover Swank
Mystery, 4.4 stars, 3456 reviews
For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV on a Friday afternoon is bad even before she sees a vision of herself dead. She’s had plenty of visions, usually boring ones like someone’s toilet’s overflowed, but she’s never seen one of herself before. When her overbearing momma winds up murdered on her sofa instead, two things are certain: There isn’t enough hydrogen peroxide in the state of Arkansas to get that stain out, and Rose is the prime suspect. Rose realizes she’s wasted twenty-four years of living and makes a list on the back of a Wal-Mart receipt: twenty-eight things she wants to accomplish before her vision comes true. She’s well on her way with the help of her next door neighbor Joe, who has no trouble teaching Rose the rules of drinking, but won’t help with number fifteen– do more with a man. Joe’s new to town, but it doesn’t take a vision for Rose to realize he’s got plenty secrets of his own. …
Waist Deep (Stefan Kopriva Mystery Book 1) by Frank Zafiro
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 4.4 stars, 45 reviews
When disgraced former cop Stefan Kopriva is asked by an old high school classmate to find a runaway sixteen year old girl, he reluctantly accepts. Driven by guilt over a terrible mistake that drove him from the force more than ten years earlier, Kopriva battles old injuries, old demons and long ago memories as he unravels the mystery of the missing Kris Sinderling…and seeks his own redemption.
Blood Faerie (Caledonia Fae, Book 1) by India Drummond
Fantasy, 4.4 stars, 497 reviews
The modern tale begins in Perth, Scotland, where a police constable chases a serial killer, only to discover the crime has roots in the supernatural, a paranormal reality he never knew existed. During his murder investigation, contact with a mysterious woman stirs his dormant druidic powers, changing his life forever. She, and the killer, are fae. In this bestselling urban and epic fantasy book series, humans are plucked from Scotland, England, The Netherlands, Germany, The United States, Australia, and elsewhere and transported into the faerie realm. They learn to build a new life, tame their magic, even find love, all while facing danger, murder, kidnapping, and chaos. Those who survive will usher a new era into the Otherworld.
No Good Deed: A Psychological Thriller (The Mark Taylor Series Book 1) by M.P. McDonald
Mystery, 4.4 stars, 808 reviews
Mark Taylor knows his actions scream guilty—but he was only trying to stop the horrible terrorist attack. Instead of a thank you, the government labels him an enemy combatant and throws him in the brig with no rights, no trial, and no way to prove his innocence and learns that the CIA can do anything they want to him—anything at all. Mark’s just a regular guy—a photographer—who finds himself in an extraordinary situation when an antique camera he buys at a dusty Afghanistan bazaar produces photographs of future tragedies. Tragedies he’s driven to prevent.
KIYA: Hope of the Pharaoh (Kiya Trilogy Book 1) by Katie Hamstead
Genre Fiction, 4.3 stars, 203 reviews
When Naomi’s sisters are snatched up to be taken to be wives of the erratic Pharaoh, Akhenaten, she knows they won’t survive the palace, so she offers herself in their place. The fearsome Commander Horemheb sees her courage, and knows she is exactly what he is looking for… The Great Queen Nefertiti despises Naomi instantly, and strips her of her Hebrew lineage, including her name, which is changed to Kiya. Kiya allies herself with Horemheb, who pushes her to greatness and encourages her to make the Pharaoh fall in love with her. When Akhenaten declares Kiya will be the mother of his heir, Nefertiti, furious with jealousy, schemes to destroy Kiya….