Every year, several works of art are entering the public domain like music, books, artworks, and films. Public Domain eliminates the authority of the Copyright Law since the copyrights of these works will be expired. Works entering the public domain are available for use by anyone, including but not limited to adapting, copying, downloading, remixing, performing, translating, and more.
We have crafted a list of new classic book collections that enters the public domain starting January 1, 2021.
Full Collection of Books Entering the Public Domain in 2021
Check out the list below to know what books will be part of the public domain comes 2021.
In case you might want to secure a Kindle version or a printed copy of these books, you can easily browse and find them through Amazon.
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- 1984 by George Orwell
- In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
- Eben Holden by Irving Bacheller
- The Trial (Der Prozess) by Franz Kafka
- Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
- The New Negro by Alain Locke
- Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo by Hugh Lofting
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
- The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
- Wild Geese by Martha Ostenso
- The Wind by Dorothy Scarborough
- No More Parades by Ford Madox Ford
- The Professor’s House by Willa Cather
- A Daughter of the Samurai by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
- Porgy by DuBose Heyward
- A Year of Prophesying by H. G. Wells
- Christina Alberta’s Father by H. G. Wells
- An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
- The Thundering Herd by Zane Grey
- Those Barren Leaves by Aldous Huxley
- Coral by Compton Mackenzie
- The Mother’s Recompense by Edith Wharton
- The Writing of Fiction by Edith Wharton
- Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
- Poor Dear Esme by A. M. Burrage
- On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs by Dorothy Scarborough
- The Sailor’s Return by David Garnett
- Sea Horses by Francis Brett Young
- Dark Laughter by Sherwood Anderson
All these books will now have a free version on your digital libraries and retailers like Amazon. You can now enjoy reading them without having to pay on your Kindle and Nook devices.
Which new classic books are you excited to read from the collection? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.
