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Anna
Anna
Below you’ll find a list of resources where you can download Python books for free. The Internet Archive (archive.org) has a great selection of classics that you can even borrow for free (e.g. “Automate the Boring Stuff with Python”). The free online course material from many universities is also often in the form of free Python textbooks. For example, you can search for “MIT OpenCourseWare Python” to find all the free material for all the Python courses at MIT.

For people who prefer to interact with books instead of simply reading them online, there are platforms like Real Python that occasionally posts free chapters or even free books for a limited time. Google Books often contains significant portions of books, including programming books, as preview versions. In addition, many publishers, including O’Reilly, occasionally offer free books of their own for a limited time. Librivox may have some Python books available as audiobooks, although there’s less chance of finding an audiobook of a free programming book. Also keep an eye out for pay-what-you-want tech bundles on Humble Bundle which occasionally contain Python books.

Other sources include Telegram groups and Discord channels dedicated to programming where sometimes even free eBooks are shared by members. Be sure to respect the copyright holders and only download materials that are freely available.
2025-07-18
Griffin
Griffin
I wish I had more resources when I was learning to program. Here are some really good free Python resources for you to learn to program with. The online book “Think Python” by Allen B. Downey at Green Tea Press is probably the best online book to start with to learn the basics of programming. For data science, the free online version of “Python Data Science Handbook” by Jake VanderPlas is great to start with too.

Coursera and edX offer free Python courses, which can be audited and include downloadable course materials. FreeTechBooks is a great website that aggregates a variety of free programming books, many of which are Python specific. The Python community is active and you can find a variety of great blogs, including Full Stack Python, where you can find links to free versions of books as well as community created guides and more. Also, many local libraries offer free access to eBooks through OverDrive, where you can borrow a wide variety of legal Python eBooks. The combination of books, documentation and online forums is the best way to learn a programming language like Python.
2025-07-20
Ellie
Ellie
As someone who has been coding in Python for years or so, I’m always looking for new, free resources to add to my collection. There are many classic programming books floating around in the public domain that can be found on Project Gutenberg, including ‘A Byte of Python’ for example. Open Textbook Library is another great resource for free academic texts, including ‘Python for Everybody’ which is a good starting point for new coders. I have also found that many books are hosted on GitHub (search for ‘python-book’ or ‘python-notes’ in a repository to find a full textbook). r/learnpython on Reddit is a great community and often people will link to free PDFs or online resources to help learn to code. Finally, the official Python documentation is free to use and actually really good for beginners, with tutorials that read like a book.
2025-07-20

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