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Old 08-08-2023, 07:12 PM   #1
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I noticed the BOOX store is basically all Project Gutenberg books. Does anyone have a good reading recommendation from Project Gutenberg? Mystery or horror. something that's still relevant.
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Old 08-08-2023, 08:00 PM   #2
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The Sherlock Holmes stories are all in the public domain now, but you're better off getting PD e-books from a place like Standard E-Books, since Project Gutenberg often has typos from uncorrected scans:

https://standardebooks.org/collections/sherlock-holmes
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Old 08-08-2023, 08:05 PM   #3
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i think i own all of Sherlock Holmes works.
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Old 08-08-2023, 10:49 PM   #4
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Project Gutemberg mysteries
This list may help:
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Old 08-09-2023, 01:06 AM   #5
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A couple I've read and liked:
Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White, thriller/mystery
Charlotte Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper, horror
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Old 08-09-2023, 04:40 AM   #6
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The Sherlock Holmes stories are all in the public domain now, but you're better off getting PD e-books from a place like Standard E-Books, since Project Gutenberg often has typos from uncorrected scans:

https://standardebooks.org/collections/sherlock-holmes
Very few unproofed typos on Gutenberg. Standard ebooks have a tiny selection compared to 70,000 approx and use overly complex formatting.

Perhaps you are thinking of the Internet Archive, which does no proofing.

You can search Gutenberg by Genre.
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Old 08-09-2023, 06:43 AM   #7
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i think i own all of Sherlock Holmes works.
Might I suggest the Bangs parodies?

e.g. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=315253
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Old 08-09-2023, 04:07 PM   #8
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I noticed the BOOX store is basically all Project Gutenberg books. Does anyone have a good reading recommendation from Project Gutenberg? Mystery or horror. something that's still relevant.
Honestly, I think you'd be be better off searching our Patricia Clark Memorial Library here using our Mystery tag. THIS is our mystery selection sorted by popularity.
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Old 08-09-2023, 04:14 PM   #9
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Very few unproofed typos on Gutenberg.
I've not read the PG Sherlock Holmes editions, but I'm reading another PG book that SE doesn't have, and there are plenty of typos in it. It's certainly readable, but it's not up to the quality I've seen from SE.
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Old 08-09-2023, 06:09 PM   #10
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The Sherlock Holmes stories are all in the public domain now, but you're better off getting PD e-books from a place like Standard E-Books, since Project Gutenberg often has typos from uncorrected scans:

https://standardebooks.org/collections/sherlock-holmes
And Standard Ebooks has the worst code. So ignore them.

A much better place to find eBooks is right here on Mobileread in the in the library.
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Old 08-09-2023, 07:43 PM   #11
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Very few unproofed typos on Gutenberg.
This is the reality. The objection about Gutenberg typos is ancient at this point and doesn't reflect the quality now.
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Old 08-21-2023, 09:22 AM   #12
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The Sherlock Holmes stories are all in the public domain now, but you're better off getting PD e-books from a place like Standard E-Books, since Project Gutenberg often has typos from uncorrected scans:

https://standardebooks.org/collections/sherlock-holmes

Well, hell, if someone wants public domain titles, just visit the library here on Mobileread. (And see post #10.)
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Old 08-24-2023, 10:44 PM   #13
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This is a pleasant cozy mystery.
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