While I urge everyone to try and support their local library whenever possible, I like many others am fully aware of the frustrations of having a public library that has small catalogues, and know that many state legislatures across the United States have been steadfast in their mission to ban books that they deem "innappropriate". So I hope these links can be found useful for Americans and non-Americans alike, and I hope to find and update this list with more non-English resources as well :)

Gutenberg.org - public domain books
Z-Library

- allows young adults ages 13–21 to apply for a free ecard to check out ebooks, including those of banned and challenged books here in the United States (read more about it here)
Brooklyn Public Library
Boston Public Library
San Diego Public Library
Seattle Public Library
LA County Library

Queer Liberation Library
Yarra Libraries
Japan Foundation Digital Library System
Archive.org - through Archive.org you can gain access to books for 1 hour at a time. its a little inconvenient but I have found books on here that I couldn't find anywhere else
* Once you received your library card, you can download and read through the Libby app

GetComics.org - comic books and graphic novels
GoComics - comic strips
Mangadex - manga

- apps I find the most accessible for displaying e-books
Paperback - manhwa & manga reader
Pocketbook - this app displays all mainstream e-book formats, including cbz files, and synchronizes across devices
Kotatsu

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
S/He by Minnie Bruce Pratt