The proverb The best things in life are free is quite often used to describe different events here in life. Perhaps not so often when it comes to material things like books. However, the fact is that there are lots of really good books that can be read completely free online since the copyright to the books no longer applies.
Some of the real treasures in subjects such as personal development and self-help were published in the beginning of last century. Many of the books that are written on the subject nowadays are only to be considered as pale copies of these works.
Some of the books are referred to as “classics”, with millions of copies sold. Other books are more unknown today, but worth reading nonetheless.
Here are some of the best books that will help you to get inspired, regardless if you are on your summer vacation or heading back to work:
1. The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons, Napoleon Hill (1928)
2. Keys to Success-Personal Efficiency (1917) & Finance, business and the business of life (1915) B.C. Forbes
3. Personal Efficiency (1920) & Salesmanship and Business Efficiency (1922), James Samuel Knox
4. The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason (1926)
5. Gaining the Round Above; a Guide to Personal Efficiency, Gustavus S. Kimball (1918)
6. How to Win Friends and Influnce People, Dale Carnegie (1936)
7. Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1908)
8. As a Man Thinketh, James Allen (1908)
9. Hidden Treasures: Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail, H. A. Lewis (1887)
10. How to live on twenty-four hours a day, Arnold Bennett (1910)
11. The Art of Money Getting or Golden Rules for Making Money, P.T.Barnum (1880)
12. Pushing to the Front, Orison Swett Marden (1894)
